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A MOMENT WITH THE PRESIDENT
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From the Desk of John Hernandez, President of the FWHCC
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Leadership is a term that is widely used these days and if one were to Google it, several thousand articles, tips and examples instantly appear. I am sorry to say that being called a leader is much easier than actually living by the description. It's hard, stressful and in many cases, it seems impossible to do! However, it can also be very enlightening, rewarding and can teach you a lot about yourself. As I currently prepare to speak in front of a group of educators about Leadership later this month, I found myself trying compile a short list of characteristics that I try to live by every day.
1. Inspire by example - If you want to be great, be great! Success attracts success. Good people follow great examples. Try to become the person you want others to describe.
2. Respect - always! - Above all, respect everyone whether you agree or not. The high road is always a good idea in both the short and long term.
3. Do the right thing - True success comes when you get there through the ebbs and flows in life and in business. It may not always be easy, but you do always have a choice to do the right thing, even if it doesn't necessarily benefit you. In my opinion, it makes success that much sweeter.
4. Keep calm - When faced with drama, problems and unforeseen turns, keep your head and look for a solution instead of dwelling on the scenario. Your attitude and clear thinking is the only thing that will put you back on track.
My hope is that this short list helps in establishing your own list. I hope everyone has the opportunity to meet and work with several different kinds of leaders. Only then can one hone in on what kind of leader they would like to be. Lastly, it is my humble opinion that leaders are both born and made. Sometimes you take the lead and at other times, you're appointed. Either way, create your list and try your best to live by it.
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EVENTS CALENDAR
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Fort Worth's Fourth at Panther Island
Celebrate Independence Day at Fort Worth's Fourth at Panther Island Pavilion on Monday,
July 4th. Gates open at 2pm and the largest fireworks show in North Texas begins at 10pm.
There are plenty of family-friendly activities.
Spend the day tubing while live music plays along the river all day long. The free KidZone includes zip lining, dace painting, water slides, pony rides, levee slides, bounce houses and more! General Admission is free; VIP Pass Upgrades available. Visit
fortworthsfourth.com for more information.
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18th Annual North Texas Wellness Fair
All are invited to join the Hispanic Wellness Coalition on August 6th for the 18th Annual North Texas Wellness Fair! This event offers a wide range of free medical screenings, exercise and cooking demonstrations and more. The NTWF is designed to provide access to health care prevention services and information to those who cannot afford it. The objective is to break the barriers of communication by building trust among providers and those in need. Please click here for event information and a list of the services that will be provided.
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Five Pillar Lecture Series: Education
On August 18th, join the FWHCC and Dr. Kent Scribner, Superintendent of the Fort Worth Independent School District, for the next installment of our Five Pillar Lecture Series.
To facilitate a discussion about creating a thriving education system for our community, Dr. Scribner will speak to attendees about his conclusions and impressions of our educational system after approximately one year on the job and will discuss FWISD's most pressing needs. Register online.
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CHAMBER
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Young Professionals of Fort Worth Meeting with Susan Huston
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This June, the FWHCC's Young Professionals of Fort Worth group had the opportunity to learn personal skills to enhance their professional careers from Susan Huston, owner of Susan Huston Fashion Concepts. The Capital Grille generously hosted our group for lunch and Susan spent the lunch-hour teaching important life skills, ranging from professional impressions to business and dining etiquette. The YPFW members learned tips and tricks to help them develop both personally and professionally.
Susan is a business etiquette and professional image consultant, a fashion writer, stylist, and fashion show producer. She uses more than 45 years of experience in the world of fashion, manners, and etiquette to teach people from all walks of life effective business etiquette and professional image skills.
Whether she is teaching young girls, Miss Texas prior to the Miss America contest, government and city leaders, or men and women from the corporate world, Susan uses her many years of knowledge and experience to provide useful and practical advice. One of her more famous clients was the Texas Ranger's Baseball team's "Rookie Player Camp", whom she taught business etiquette and professional image.
Susan always provides important information to assist her clients in "knowing what to do and when to do it." Teaching them to polish their social skills for success along with her humor blended with professional knowledge for an entertaining and factual fun session.
Susan is regarded a leading North Texas fashion and wardrobe expert. As the former fashion editor for the Fort Worth Star Telegram's Panache' Magazine, she is a now fashion writer and stylist for the Fort Worth Star Telegram, writing for Indulge Magazine, K Magazine and the Life&Arts sections of the newspaper. She produces fashion shows in a variety of venues, from major malls to charity events throughout the metroplex. She also offers wardrobe and shopping services.
In her work, she blends each area of her expertise to not only teach others how to dress appropriately but also how to develop business etiquette and professional image skills that give her clients the confidence needed to succeed in today's world.
Small and large business owners alike can benefit from Susan's workshops. Susan has worked with groups ranging from the Texas Rangers Rookie Baseball Camp to small companies. No matter the size or type of company, Susan's expertise and services are an investment in the success of your employees. Even in today's casual society, a foundational knowledge of better business etiquette and professional impressions will help employees stand out and feel more confident in their positions.
For more information, please visit susanhuston.com o
r call (817) 265-5404.
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Latinas in Leadership Part One
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Part one of the two-part installment of Latinas in Leadership took place in an intimate setting at the Petroleum Club in mid-June. The FWHCC was honored to host a panel of four strong Latinas with leadership positions in Corporate America. The panel consisted of
Kim Cummings of BNSF Railway, Dr. Liz Treviño of Northside Community Health Center, Dr. Elva LeBlanc of Tarrant County College District, and Jennifer Treviño of UNT Health Science Center, moderated by JoAnn Jensen of New York Life. The women spoke to participants openly and candidly about their personal experiences in the corporate world, answering questions with honesty and transparency. Thank you to each of these wonderful women for sharing lessons learned and advice about working in leadership positions at their respective companies. We would also like to thank our Presenting Sponsor, Coca-Cola, for making the Latinas in Leadership Series possible. Please join us on October 27th for Part Two: Latinas in Entrepreneurship. 
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President's Scholar Dinner
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 The FWHCC, in conjunction with Tarrant County Restaurant Association, the Hispanic Women's Network of Texas, and Tarrant County College, proudly presented 22 students with scholarships at this year's President's Scholar Dinner. Thank you to our scholarship committee and scholarship partners: Southwest Bank, Texas Christian University, Hispanic Leadership Organization, Ciera Bank, Texas Wesleyan University, The González Family, NBC5, and Walter F. Kaufmann. Due to the generosity of this year's scholarship donors, these scholarships will not only help deserving high school graduates attend college to receive undergraduate degrees, but will also help students pursue their dreams at trade schools and in the healthcare industry. To find out about donating to next year's scholarship program, please contact Cintya Segoviano at
cintya.segoviano@fwhcc.org.
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COMMUNITY
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Tarleton Creates Needs Analysis for Latino Business Workshops
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Tarleton State University Fort Worth and two of their distinguished faculty from the College of Business Administration (Dr. Miguel Baeza and Dr. Cindy Rippe) are interested in conducting a needs assessment in our community to determine trainings that are desired by our Latino business owners. The goal is to conduct nonpartisan analysis, study, and research on creating opportunities for entrepreneurs to thrive in Fort Worth and beyond, and to address the professional needs of Latino/Latina business owners. "It is imperative for the small business community to thrive and we plan to provide a deliverable after we collect the data," said Dr. Miguel Baeza, Assistant Professor in the College of Business at Tarleton State University.
Dr. Miguel Baeza and Dr. Cindy Rippe are accomplished faculty members from the College of Business Administration that will provide trainings based on the needs of FWHCC partners and members. Tarleton will invite businesses to attend these trainings and workshops for free. Right now, Tarleton is collecting data and will then create a schedule of lunch & learns/trainings based on the data. To help Tarleton form the curriculum for these trainings, we invite you to participate by filling out
a short 5-minute survey that consists of less than 20 questions. Please c
lick here to complete the survey.
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HEB Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
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Congratulations to our new  neighbor, the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a branch chamber of the Tri-County Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. This past month, the FWHCC joined the HEB HCC in celebration of their launch. This event not only allowed us to join some amazing supporters and community leaders, but it also allowed us to see some of the work that the HEB HCC is already doing in the community. Check out the HEB HCC's website for more information.
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TCC Latina STEM Fellowship
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This summer, from July 18th-28th, Tarrant County College will be hosting a 2-week STEM focused summer camp and college tour at TCC's Trinity River Campus. The camp is for female students, 15 to 21 years old. The mission of this program is to support young women interested in STEM through skill building, education and career planing, and mentorship.
According to the research of Dr. Sophia Garcia, TCC's Biology Department Chair, Latinas are currently behind in obtaining STEM-based degrees compared to their African American and Caucasian counterparts. We support and encourage the importance of TCC's faculty and staff to seek out and identify needs such as this.
This year's camp program is biology-based. To aid in the advancement of Latinas in the STEM fields, this camp will allow participants actual experience in labs and to tour research facilities at TCU and A&M.
If you or someone you know is interested in applying to participate in the camp, please contact Dr. Robert Muñoz, Vice President for Community & Industry Education, at
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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The following article was shared by a valued member of the Chamber, Comerica Bank, regarding the current state of our international economy. We found Comerica's insight to be interesting and would like to share it with our members. The following economic alert, written by Robert A. Dye, Ph.D, Narishwar Ghimire, Ph.D, and Daniel Sanabria, was released by Comerica on June 27th.
In a stunning rebuke to transnationalism, the citizens of the United Kingdom have voted to leave the European Union. Global financial markets were clearly unprepared for what should have been a reasonably foreseeable event. The false positive signal of the Guardian poll just days before the election added to the complacency despite notoriously inaccurate British polling. BREXIT it is no doubt a historic event, not only for the United Kingdom, but also for the European Union. The immediate impacts of the LEAVE vote are still playing out in global financial markets as they grope through the uncertainty. US and global equity market sold off on Friday. Fortunately, the weekend provided a much needed, although temporary, circuit breaker. Treasury bond yields dropped as investors crowded into lower risk assets. The dollar strengthened against the pound and the euro. Gold rallied. Oil sunk.
Short term: We expect to see ongoing, but diminishing, volatility in global financial markets in coming weeks. BREKIT was a game changer, but it does not appear to be a Lehman moment. There is not a huge avalanche of potential energy behind the vote waiting to pull down primary financial institutions in very short order. The Bank of England and the European Central Bank stand ready to provide liquidity as needed. Prime Minister David Cameron has announced his intention to step down, launching a new election cycle in the UK and increasing political uncertainty there. We assume that the next Prime Minister will invoke Article 50 of the EU bylaws which is the mechanism for exiting the EU. US and other foreign owned corporations that have maintained a presence in the UK as an entry point to the EU will start shifting resources and operations toward the continent.
Medium term: Article 50 negotiations will be contentious. The EU will be eager to make BREXIT painful in order to discourage other countries from following the example of the UK. The UK will retaliate where possible, but their leverage is limited. Article 50 imposes a two-year time limit for negotiating a withdraw from the EU, so there is a hard break if negotiations fail. Scotland may seek another referendum on independence from England. Northern Ireland faces a much thicker border with the Republic of Ireland. There could be consequences for NATO in a more contentious Europe.
Long term: BREXIT is a fundamental challenge to the founding principles of the EU. It may no longer be meaningful to talk of an ever closer and Europe. If other countries, such as the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, decide to leave the EU, setting the stage for still more departures, then Germany faces a prisoners' dilemma. Do they try to hold together a crippled EU and face a greater burden for revenue sharing? Or do they move towards an EU Light with reduced financial obligations, or even a two-tiered EU?
Implications for the US: Near term global financial market volatility puts even more pressure on the Federal Reserve to be cautious. We think that there is very little chance that the FOMC will vote to raise the fed funds rate at their next meeting over July 26/27. If the UK falls into recession this year without the EU following, global headwinds will be small. However, if the UK plus the EU fall back into recession, slower global demand growth would be a headwind for the US and for Asia. An Asian recession would have very serious global consequences. Oil prices might not lift in that environment and inflationary pressure would be very weak. Central banks, including the Federal Reserve, would have to abandon their intention of eventually raisings interest rates. There would be no new normal; normal would be something else. Because of increased global risk as a result of BREXIT, we believe that the Federal Reserve will be very cautious through the end of this year. For now, we are leaving one fed funds rate hike in our interest rate forecast, coming in December, but that is not a sure thing. The fed funds futures market places only a 15.5 percent change of at least one fed funds rate hike by December 14th and an equal probability of a rate cut by then.
The articles and opinions in this publication are for general information only, are subject to change, and are not intended to provide specific investment, legal, tax or other advice or recommendations. The information contained herein reflects the thoughts and opinions of the noted authors only, and such information does not necessarily reflect the thoughts and opinions of Comerica or its management team. We are not offering or soliciting any transaction based on this information. We suggest that you consult your attorney, accountant or tax or financial advisor with regard to your situation. Although information has been obtained from sources we believe to be reliable, neither the authors nor Comerica guarantee its accuracy, and such information may be incomplete or condensed. Neither the authors nor Comerica shall be liable for any typographical errors or incorrect data obtained from reliable sources or factual information.
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MEMBERS
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We would like to welcome the
newest member
of the FWHCC Ambassador team, Stephanie Garza. Stephanie has worked in various customer service roles for the last sixteen years, over which time she has honed her skills for facilitating clients' needs at the highest level of service.
Just recently, Stephanie transitioned
from a seven-year
career in hotel
sales to that of a full time Realtor, joining her husband Mike Garza at Keller Williams Realty. As a Fort Worth native, Stephanie is eager to assist those who wish to buy, sell, or invest in real estate in the city she is proud to call home. Stephanie effectively leverages her educational background holding a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University, her customer service skills from years of experience in the hospitality industry, and her strong communication and organization skills to provide the very best real estate experience. Outside of her professional life, Stephanie enjoys spending time with family and friends, running and biking along the Trinity River, and trying all the great restaurants Fort Worth has to offer.
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