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Hispanics
in National Leadership Keynote Speakers at NAHP Convention
Washington,
DC--March 20, 2006--Three important Hispanic leaders are scheduled
to speak at the 21st Annual Convention & Exposition of the
National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP), scheduled
for March 29 to April 2nd in Las Vegas. Gary Meo, Gilbert Davila,
Frank Gómez, and Javier Ismodes, will give significant
keynote addresses at the NAHP Convention.
Gary Meo, Scarborough's
Senior Vice President, Print and Internet Sales, is responsible
for the sales and service of Scarborough's products to over 130
major metropolitan daily newspapers, alternative newsweeklies,
magazines and Internet companies nationwide.
Gary started his publishing
industry career in 1980 with the Time Inc. Magazine Group in New
York where he spent four years in newsstand marketing and sales,
and a year as Assistant to the Business Manager of People Weekly.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent a year as Assistant
Circulation Director for LA WEEKLY.
In 1986, Gary joined
the Los Angeles Times where he held a number of positions in the
Marketing Research department, culminating in Publications and
Systems Manager. Gary moved to Austin, Texas in 1994 and worked
for a year as Circulation Director for Hispanic Magazine. He joined
Scarborough Research in 1995 as Vice President, Print Sales for
the Western U.S. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, Print
Sales in 2000 and to Senior Vice President, Print and Internet
Sales in 2001.
Mr. Meo is an Associate
Member of the Research Federation of the Newspaper Association
of America, a member of the American Marketing Association and
a member of the California Newspaper Advertising Executives Association.
Gilbert Davila is the
Vice President of Multicultural Marketing for the Walt Disney
Company. In this role, Davila is charged with working with all
corporate divisions (Theme Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment,
Media Networks and Consumer Products), to help build, enhance
and strengthen Disney's connections with the various multicultural
segments.
Prior to that, Gilbert
was the VP of Multicultural Management at Sears Roebuck and Co.
where he spent 7 years building what became one of the leading
multicultural marketing programs in the country. While at Sears,
Davila was also the publisher of the Nuestra Gente Magazine, the
largest ABC audited Spanish magazine in the country with a circulation
of 865,000
Prior to joining Sears,
he had various sales and marketing roles with Coca Cola USA and
Procter & Gamble.
Frank Gómez
is the Executive Director, Corporate Communications Educational
Testing Service. He joined Educational Testing Service (ETS),
the word's largest testing and assessment organization, in August
2005.
As Executive Director
of Corporate Communications he oversees internal and external
communications, including the website, publications, advertising,
and other aspects of the organization's outreach efforts.
He has been in the field of communications all his professional
life. Previously, he was a U.S. Information Agency Foreign Service
Officer, serving in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mali Haiti and Washington,
DC. In addition, he was a writer-editor for the Agency's Western
Hemisphere Newswire and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Public Affairs. In this capacity, in addition to writing on Hispanic
affairs as a freelancer, he became a founder of the National Association
of Hispanic Journalists. He was Director of External Affairs and
later Senior Director of Corporate Communications of Philip Morris.
Javier Ismodes, Vice
President of Emerging Markets at Genworth Financial. Born in Peru,
Ismodes offers a broad range of insurance and investment products
that create and preserve personal wealth, protect assets, and
enhance lifestyles. He is also the leader of Genworth Financial's
Hispanic Forum.
Before moving to the
U.S. in 1993, Ismodes worked at IBM Peru as Service Marketing
Manager, Customer Service Manager, and Customer Engineer.
Ismodes has been involved
with the Hispanic community as mentor and instructor for the Junior
Achievement program. He is also a member of the Virginia Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce.
About the NAHP
The NAHP Inc. and Foundation, commonly known as the NAHP, have
grown to what is now one of the most recognizable national Hispanic
organizations in the USA. The NAHP serves more than 350 Hispanic
publications with a combined circulation of over 40 million copies.
NAHP Member publications and outreach affiliates reach the homes
of over half of Hispanic Americans on a regular basis. NAHP print
media voice is held in the highest regard by a broad spectrum
of readers. NAHP publications are the bell weather and barometer
of Hispanic communities. The NAHP is now positioned as the Hispanic
print media leader and standard bearer.
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CONTACT:
NAHP, Inc. & NHP Foundation
Armando Garcia
(202) 662-7250 |
