2005 Hispanic Leadership Summit Schedule
Times and rooms are subject to change.
Friday, August 5
3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Registration
Location: Los Rios Foyer
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. DNC Hispanic Caucus Meeting (Members Only)
Location: Director's Room
Saturday, August 6
7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration
Location: Los Rios Foyer
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast
Location: Regency Ballroom West
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. Welcome *
Charles Soechting, State Party Chair
Invocation: TBA
Pledge of Allegiance: State Representative Carlos I. Uresti
Location: Regency Ballroom West
9:00 a.m. Introducing Guest Speaker *
Congressman Mike Honda, DNC Vice Chair
Location: Regency Ballroom West
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Guest Speaker & Topic *
Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano, Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Location: Regency Ballroom West
9:15 a.m. Introducing Gov. Howard Dean *
Alvaro C. Cifuentes, DNC Hispanic Caucus Chair
Location: Regency Ballroom West
9:15 - 10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks *
Governor Howard Dean, DNC Chairman
Location: Regency Ballroom West
10:15 - 11:00 a.m. Poll Presentation
Cornell Belcher, Brilliant Corners, DNC Pollster
Location: Regency Ballroom West
Note: CLOSED SESSION TO PRESS
Times and rooms are subject to change.
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. Introducing Panelists *
Senator Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rico
Location: Regency Ballroom West
11:15 a. m.- 12:15 p.m. Plenary Panel Session *
Economic Growth
Adolfo Carrion, President, Bronx Borough
Education
State Representative Pete Gallegos
Congressman Henry Cuellar, 28th Congressional District, TX
Healthcare
Congresswoman Hilda Solis, 32nd Congressional District, CA
State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer, District 116
Voting Rights/Judicial Appointments
Congressman Charles Gonzalez, 20th Congressional District, TX
Location: Regency Ballroom West
12:15 - 12:25 p.m. Announcements
12:30 p.m. Lunch
Location: Regency Ballroom Center
1:10 p.m. Introducing Keynote Speaker *
Linda Chavez-Thompson, DNC Vice Chair
Location: Regency Ballroom Center
1:15 - 2:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker *
Location: Regency Ballroom Center
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Working groups Session *
Group 1: Regency Ballroom East 1/3
Group 2: Regency Ballroom East 1/3
Group 3: Regency Ballroom East 1/3
Group 4: Llano
Group 5: Pecos
Group 6: Directors
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Working groups Session (continued) *
Group 7: Rio Grande West
Group 8: Rio Grande Center
Group 9: Rio Grande East
Group 10: TBA
Group 11: TBA
3:45 - 4:30 p.m. End Remarks/Wrap-up *
Tom McMahon, DNC Executive Director
Moses Mercado, Deputy Executive Director, Intergovernmental Affairs
Albert Morales, Deputy Director, America New Majority
Location: Regency Ballroom West
Sunday, August 7
9:00 a.m. - Noon Grassroots Training
Jason Leon, Deputy Political Director, DNC
Parag Mehta, Director of Training, DNC
Anna Martinez, Executive Director, National Lawyer's Council, DNC
Luis Miranda, Director, Regional & Specialty Media
Sabine Romero, Sandler, Reiff & Young PC
Location: Rio Grande East
