Presentation of the Association of Professional and Entrepreneur Women

1. Asociación de Mujeres
Empresarias y Profesionales
Presentation
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL AND ENTREPRENEUR WOMEN

2. AMEP:
We believe in the
power of women to
change the world

3. AMEP is an organization that brings together women entrepreneurs, professionals
and executives in the United States with the goal of empowering women at the
business, professional, social, cultural and family levels.
AMEP is a 501(c)(6) for non-profit corporation.
Visit us at our Website: www.amepusa.org
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WHO WE ARE

4. To empower Latina women by
serving as a platform for Latino
women to promote their business
and professional activities.
Be a mentor to Latina women
desiring to become
entrepreneurs
MISSION

5. OBJECTIVES
Contribute to the economic, social, material
and cultural development of women
entrepreneurs and professional women
Forge alliances with entities, companies and groups
with similar purposes to benefit Latino women
Connect women to promote their business and
friendship
Obtain and provide support to offer services that
Latinas require, especially economically vulnerable
women to obtain education, jobs and personal
growth

6. OUR CORE VALUES AND COMMITMENT
Give first, sharing and empowering our community to thrive in a positive
environment of encouragement
Lift others as we climb to foster prosperity and growth
Teamwork to make our dreams a reality
Carry out our activities with respect, cooperation and accountability
Provide exceptional products, services and resources and psotive
experiences through education and continuous improvement
Communicate with respect and transparency guided by the highest
principles of ethic and good intention
Seek win-win results
Be reliable and responsive with ourselves and others
Always seeking win-win outcomes
Foster integrity, honesty and reliability
Cultivate a community of like-minded individuals, occupied with giving
their best for the common good
Be happy, find, emphatic and well balanced in all aspects of our lives

7. ACTIONS
SUPPORT: Events to support our members to grow their
businesses, promote their professional activities and assist
those wishing to start a new business.
SPONSORSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS: from and with companies
and related groups.
EDUCATION : of women in various arear to advance in their
jobs, business, personal relationships and family.
A SENSE OF COMMUNITY: among women to encourage the
creation of jobs, women owned businesses and friendship
among them.
MENTORING: supporting women to be leaders at all levels ,
following the example of other successful women.
MEMBERSHIPS : increase the number of members and create
new local chapters to have a presence in every state.

8. WHY BECOME A MEMBER OF AMEP?
AMEP is the only association of its kind in Texas and
other parts of the United States that seeks to address
the needs of Spanish speaking Latino professional and
business women, with programs and activities oriented
specifically to their professional development in their
language of origin: SPANISH.
AMEP is proud to have over 100 active members in its
three years of existence.

9. ACTIVITIES
MONTHLY BREAKFAST NETWORKING MEETINGS
SAN ANTONIO, TX: On the second Tuesday of each month at: The Egg and I,
830 NW Loop 410 corner with Blanco, San Antonio, TX 78216, 8:00 a.m.
DALLAS, TX: On the second Wednesday of each month at: Nuevo León
Restaurant in Farmers Branch (odd months) and The Egg and I in Carrollton
(even months), 8:00 a.m.
Each month a member gives a presentation
MONTHLY LUNCHEONS
SAN ANTONIO, TX: The third Wednesday of every month at: Sushi Seven,
19141 Stone Oak Pkwy #507, San Antonio, TX 78258
MONTHLY NETWORKING MEETINGS:
LITTLE ROCK, AR: On the second Tuesday of each month at: Cactus Jack de
Markham St., 6:00 p.m.
BUSINESS MIXERS
At the facilities of our members

10. ACTIVITIES, Cont'd.
READERS CLUB
These events take place due to our great number of readers. It
is a monthly event open to the community.
FASHION SHOW
Event taking place in San Antonio and soon in Dallas and
Arkansas with proceeds distributed to other charitable
organizations working with the Latina community
SUMMER CONCERT
San Antonio event to support future Spanish-speaking talents
AMEP CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
In San Antonio and Dallas, supporting small Latina-owned
businesses and MLM distributors

11. AREAS
Consumer Goods Import/Export businesses
Consulting IT Accounting Banks and
Credit Unions – Financing Real Estate
Decoration Education Entertainment
Computer Services Financial Services
Photography Mortgage Services Cleaning
Multilevel Marketing Legal Services
Community Services Radio and TV Health
PR, Advertising and Marketing Beauty Salons
Restaurants and Catering Personal Development
Tourism Theater Franchises Postal
Services Magazines Printing Services

12. Gerardo
Menchaca
Immigration
Law
ICE and
Home Land
Security
Numerology
The difference
between an ER
and URGENT
CARE
Family Law
Earline Lagueruela
Marketing expert
Improve your
Image with
Medical
Assistance
Victor Landa
Latinos in USA
Lorena Rios-Contreras
Vice President
F r o s t Bank
Veronica Sanders
Josephine Ruiz- Healy MD

13. Mara Wilson - Marketing
Houses by
Lucy
Re/Max Real
Estate
Roscio Rueda
Ana M. Azimi - CPA
Sonia
Navarro –
Taxes
H&R
Block
Elsa
Torreblanca
Printing
Services
Luisa Lewis –
Banking Services
Virginia
Arteaga-Haid
Dienst
International
Consulting
Maria Valencia
Maggie García
Some of our Members

14. PARTNERSHIPS
AMEP has partnered with DFW International Community Alliance and the Greater Dallas
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to offer our members the benefits of all events of these
organizations and to promote mutual support.
AMEP has also partnered with AeroMexico, the premier Mexican airline to offer special
tariffs and promotion available exclusively to AMEP members, as well as with Aflac to offer
the affordable health insurance benefits for AMEP’s membership and with Randolph Brooks
Federal Credit Union for financial services available to AMEP’s members.
We have partnered with Aflac to offer affordable medical insurance benefits to our
members
We have partnered with Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union for financial support and
credits, as well as with other financial services. RBFCU is also a non-profit entity.
Due to our partnership agreement with the Ana G. Mendez University System. all our
workshops, seminar, conferences and courses take place at the AGMUS campus in Dallas,
featuring high tech educational facilities

15. BENEFITS
Discounts and benefits offered by AMEP’s partners
Use our Webinar platform that AMEP offers its membership for
free, with unlimited attendees
Advertisements placed at the AMIGAS de AMEP pages on Facebook
Monthly ads of members’ companies on AMEP’s Facebook pages
(San Antonio, Dallas y Arkansas)
Ads of members placed in our newsletter and local events pages
Presentation of our members’ business and activities at our
monthly networking meetings
Free exhibition tables at AMEP’s events or where AMEP participates
Including our members’ business or bios in our newsletter
Interview in our weekly radio show “Mujer de Exito”
Soon to come, our AMEP magazine

16. MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
AMEP accepts as members all women who:
Are or desire to be economically active, with a desire to
learn and share their knowledge, to be involved with their
community and are motivated to grow personally,
professionally and socially
Have submitted their application and paid the membership
fee
Are admitted as members by the Executive Committee
Have access to electronic media, i.e. e-mail, to facilitate
communication with AMEP and other members
Men are admitted as members under the friendship category

17. NATIONAL AND CHAPTERS
NATIONAL
President: Irene Keegan
ARKANSAS
President: Lupita Chavarría
DALLAS
President: Claudia Herrmann (National President 2012-2015)
SAN ANTONIO
President: Irene Keegan

18. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Irene Keegan
Vicepresident: Claudia Herrmann
Founder: Virginia Arteaga

19. SAN ANTONIO EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
President: Irene Keegan
BOARD MEMBERS: Rosario Crutchfield
Education Sara Kisel
Alliances and PR Martha Mascorro
Book Club Gely Cantu
Community Projects Lety Carreiro

20. DALLAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dallas Chair: Claudia Herrmann
Vicepresident: Lucy Massey
Past Dallas Chair and
Vicepresident Outreach:Virginia Arteaga
Business: Maria Valencia
Marketing, PR Flabia Navarro-Dunnigan
and events: Claudia Vivar
Dulce Luna
If you are a member and wishes to participate in any of the above committees
please contact your Chapter coordinator

21. I FORO MUJER EMPRENDE 2013
(I WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM)
MEXICAN CONSULATE

22. SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM
I FORO MUJER EMPRENDE
Inauguration: Hope Andrade, Texas Workforce Commissioner
Panel 1: The ABC on Starting your Own Business
The Business Plan, Forming a Company,
Tax and Accounting Issues
Panel 2: Support to Newly Formed Businesses by Non-Profit
Organizations and Government
Acción Texas, SBDC, Greater Dallas
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, City of
Dallas
Panel 3: The Vision of Success
Success Cases: Latina women share their stories of
challenge, success and practical advice
Keynote
Speech: Beth Van Duyne, Mayor of Irving, Texas

23. RESULTS: I FORO MUJER EMPRENDE
Number of attendees: 240
Potential for new businesses: 85
Presence of IPADE: alliance for the professional and business
success of Latina women
Presence of the Mayor of Irving and support of Latina owned
businesses
Presence of: Small Business Development Center - SBDC, ACCION
TEXAS (the largest micro-financing entity for minorities),
Chambers of Commerce (business assistance centers) and the
Office of Economic Development of the City of Dallas
Private companies – assisting and sponsoring to create new
businesses
Support: the Mexican Consulate of Mexico in Dallas and the Texas
State government through the Texas Workforce Commission and
Commissioner Hope Andrade

24. II FORO MUJER EMPRENDE 2014
DALLAS CITY HALL – CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER

25. SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM
II FORO MUJER EMPRENDE
Inauguration: Mónica Alonzo, Deputy Mayor Pro-Tem, Dallas
Panel 1: The Latino Business Community and the Support of the Latin-American Consulates
José Octavio Tripp Villanueva, Consul General of Mexico in Dallas, Gloria
Alvarado Aceituno, Consul General of Honduras in Dallas , Ana Raquel
Cruz, Deputy Consul of El Salvador in Dallas, Alberto Valencia Carlo,
Consul General of Peru in Dallas
Panel 2: The ABC on Starting Your Own Business
The Business Plan, Forming a Company, Tax and Accounting Issues
Panel 3: Support to Newly Formed Businesses by Non-Profit Organizations and
Government:
The Office of Economic Development of the City of Dallas, Acción
Texas, Small Business Development Center, Small Business
Administration
Panel 4: The Vision of Success
Success Cases: Latina women share their stories of challenge,
success and practical advice
Keynote Speech: Janie Barrera, Founder and CEO of Acción Texas (now Lift Fund)

26. RESULTS II FORO MUJER EMPRENDE
Number of attendees: 290
Potential New Businesses: 92
Presence of: Small Business Development Center -
SBDC, ACCION TEXAS (the largest micro-financing entity
for minorities), Small Business Administration (SBA) and
the Office of Economic Development of the City of
Dallas
Private companies – assisting and sponsoring to create
new businesses
Support: Consulate General of Mexico in Dallas,
Consulate General of Peru in Dallas, Consulate General
of El Salvador in Dallas, Consulado General of Honduras
in Dallas

27. III FORO MUJER EMPRENDE
SAN ANTONIO CENTRAL LIBRARY

28. SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM
III FORO MUJER EMPRENDE
Inauguration: Hon. Ivy R. Taylor, Mayor of San Antonio
Panel 1: The Latino Business Community and the Support of the Mexican Consulate
Hon. José Antonio Larios, Consul of Mexico to San Antonio
Panel 2: The ABC on Starting Your Own Business
The Business Plan, Forming a Company, Tax and Accounting Issues
Panel 3: Support to Newly Formed Businesses by Non-Profit Organizations and
Government:
Small Business Administration, Minority Business Development
Agency, Bexar County Program for Minority Women
Panel 4: The Vision of Success
Success Cases: Latina women share their stories of challenge,
success and practical advice
Keynote Speech: Hon. Margarita Zavala, former First Lady of Mexico

29. RESULTS III FORO MUJER EMPRENDE
Number of attendees: 290
Potential New Businesses: 40
Presence of: Small Business Administration (SBA)
Minority Business Development Agency, Bexar
County Program for Minority Women
Private companies – assisting and sponsoring to
create new businesses
Support: Consulate General of Mexico in San
Antonio, Café Commerce, City of San Antonio, San
Antonio Public Library and companies

30. EDUCATION FOR SUCCESS
SEMINARSS, COURSES, WORKSHOPS AND WEBINARS

31. SUBJECTS
EDUCATION FOR SUCCESS
PR and Marketing – Branding for Small Business
Sales: Sales Techniques and Closing
How to Succeed with your MLM Business – MLM 360
Bullying and Anger Management at the Workplace
Life-Work Balance
Negotiation – Effective Negotiation Techniques
Financial Education for Small Businesses
Financial Literacy and Principles and Creation of Prosperity
and Abundance
Change your Attitude – Change your Life: How to Succeed in
Business
From the Idea to the Business: Legal Aspects of Starting a
New Business
How to Buy and Sell Real Estate

32. SAN ANTONIO

33. 1st AMEP FASHION SHOW

34. 1er ANNIVERSARY
AMEP SAN ANTONIO

35. DALLAS

36. MONTHLY BREAKFAST NETWORK MEETINGS
DALLAS AND SAN ANTONIO

37. MONTHLY BREAKFAST
NETWEORKERS
Attendance: 15-50 persons
Subjects: Talks, small conferences and
presentations imparted by AMEP
members
Results: Generation of new business for and
among members
I.e. Ana Azimi, public accountant and realtor has
increased her clientele by networking with new
potential clients at our breakfast meetings. Gely
Cantu has increased her multilevel marketing
network

38. MUJER DE ÉXITO
AMEP RADIO PROGRAM
At Radio FBD.com
With news, interviews on topics of interest
to Latino women: business, health,
motivation, family, nutrition, personal
development, financial and much more.
At Pegasus Netwaves
You can listen to the podcasts of the
interviews on our Facebook page: AMEP
Radio
To advertise and interviews contact AMEP at
infodallas@amepusa.org or call 210 446 4616
ext 101

39. MUJER DE ÉXITO
Claudia Herrmann
Hostess
Lucy Massey
Hostess
Virginia Castaño
Platinum Supplemental Insurance
Hon. Gloria Alvarado Aceituno
Cónsul General de Honduras en Dallas
Iván Arturo Quintero
B1 Coach Geno Garza
Inglés Sin Estrés
Jessica McGregor
El Rincón del DF
Lucy Massey
Houses by Lucy - Re/Max
Sonia Navarro
H&R Block
Ana Cecilia Herbert
Texas Service Life
Mara Wilson
Aeroméxico
Willy Presburger
The Mortgage Ability
Emilio García
Taxsaver USA
Virginia Arteaga
Dienst International Consulting Services
Luis Morgan
Radio FBD.com
Controles
Luisa Lewis & David Rico
BB&T

41. COFFEE WITH THE CONSUL
Attendance: 90 - 120 persons
Themes: conference and presentations by
institutions and organizations supporting Latina
owned businesses: Small Business Administration,
Acción Texas (now Lift Fund), ProMéxico
Results: Attendees have direct access to
institutions that can help them to create a new
business or expand their existing businesses. As a
result of AMEP’s events, Lift Fund has awarded
financing to at least five individuals who have
been able to start their own business

42. AMEP PROMOTES CULTURE:
MONTHLY READERS CLUB

43. LOS NUEVOS CANTOS DE LA CEIBA
NUEVA TROVA YUCATECA, LECTURA EN MAYA Y ESPAÑOL,
TEATRO Y DEGUSTACIÓN DE COMIDA Y TEQUILA
CENTRO CULTURAL LATINO | 5 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2015

44. ARKANSAS

45. NEW 2016 CHAPTERS
• MARCH 2016 AUSTIN, TX
• APRIL 2016 LAREDO, TX
• SEP 2016 NASHVILLE, TN
• OCT 2016 PHOENIX, AZ
• NOV 2016 FORT WORTH, TX

46. ADDRESS AND INFORMATION
rsvpsat@amepusa.org For events
infosat@amepusa.org For all information
infodallas@amepusa.org For all information
Infoarkansas@amepusa.org For all information
infoaustin@amepusa.org For all information
infolaredo@amepusa.org For all information
Address: 6211 W Northwest Highway Ste. 251
Dallas, TX 75225
8503 NW Military HWY # 105-154
San Antonio, TX 78231
Website: www.amepusa.org
AMEP was formed as a for non-profit corporation with the Secretary of State of
Delaware in October 2011 and obtained the 501(c)(6) status in September 2014