
 |
Careers and Salutes

|
Gonzales Group wants to recognize and salute business leaders in the real estate and financial services community who are making a difference in their organizations to reach the Multicultural market. We believe it's important to highlight the best practices of these individuals with our members.



|
|
|
Jessica Verduzco

VP, Strategic Markets, First American Title Insurance
Jessica is responsible for driving the Multicultural strategic direction for various product business units designed to create profitable growth within new customer segments.

* Read More 
|
 |
|
|
Mark Blair

Founder, Vice Chairman of the Board, and President, Clemente Alliance
Mark is responsible for developing the directional structure and operational leadership of the Clemente Alliance, a full online suite of financial services solutions including real estate, mortgage, insurance and credit monitoring.

* Read More 
|
 |
|
|
Alexander Chaparro

Director of the Chicago Association of Realtors, Illinois Association of Realtors, and National Association of Realtors.
Alex Chaparro is a second generation Realtor and 16 year veteran of the real estate industry. A native Chicagoan, he has grown up in the real estate industry and has worked in every facet of office operations and sales management. He has had the privilege to mentor and train some of Chicago’s leading agents. He is recognized as a true mentor and teacher in real estate sales training and agent and office development.

* Read More 
|
 |
|
|
Michael Sotello

Founder and President of Approach Management Services
Michael E. Sotelo, age 52, is the founder and President of Approach Management Services (AMS), a full service, risk management consulting firm specializing in workers’ compensation for all types of industries. Mike Sotelo is also the Vice President of Field Operations and Partner of W. G. Clark Construction Co. Mike is a nationally-recognized safety professional and a highly visible force in the Northwest’s construction community. He has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry.

* Read More 
|
 |
|
|
Rose Ann Djelmane

Senior Vice President, National Multicultural Sales Support Division, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
Rose Ann Djelmane is Senior Vice President, National Multicultural Sales Support Division, for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. In this position, Djelmane manages Countrywide's National Multicultural Sales Support Division and House America Department, which were created to support the company's commitment to serve historically underserved markets.

* Read More 
|
 |
|
|
Yamila Ayad

President, Mission Home Loans
Fifteen years of Neonatal Intensive care nursing prepared Yamila Ayad for the rigors of mortgage lending. An energetic, upbeat professional by nature, Ayad simply shifted her role as counselor to parents of newborns, to counselor of Hispanic borrowers as new homeowners. Her motto: With good information, people make better choices. Her positive approach made the career shift 15 years ago seamless and helped to establish her quickly as a reputable lender to the Hispanic community.

* Read More 
|

CLICK HERE FOR CAREERS AND SALUTES ARCHIVES
|

|
|

|


MULTICULTURAL INSIGHTS

|
Volume 2 Issue 11 - Week of July 21st, 2008

•The State of the Multicultural Homebuyer in Today's Housing Market
•FACTOID - LATINO WORKERS BY THE NUMBERS
•The Changing Face of the U.S. Consumer
•Building Trust in Troubling Times
•He's Magic - Former Lakers Star's Urban-Development Venture Grows Into an Empire...
•Newcomers by Numbers
•Guatemalan Women Kick Aside Constraints in the U.S.

* Read More
|
 |
Volume 2 Issue 10 - Week of June 23rd, 2008

•Multicultural: A Specialty Market in the Real Estate Community
•Chinese Immigrants Increase Philanthropy in Their New Homeland
•Broadening Minds - The Gonzales Group Works to Educate the Industry on the Multicultural Consumer Base
•The Color of Credit
•Switching Languages Can Also Switch Personality
•New Chinatown grows in Far East San Gabriel Valley

* Read More
|
 |
SIGN UP
FOR OUR E-BULLETIN!
|
 |
|
|
The Changing Face of the U.S. Consumer
A big share of future spending growth may come from the 26 million households headed by people under 35.

Building Trust in Troubling Times
Staff at J.C. Marshall Financial Services, Inc., sees the opposite happening. So they want to educate wary potential homebuyers about the realities of the market and get them into their first homes.

|
|

|
|