During the annual Women in Technology Conference in Larkspur, Colo., Nina Vaca delivered a keynote address on June 8, 2018. The Women in Technology conference is an annual retreat designed to connect and celebrate women across Colorado’s booming tech industry. Attendees engage in discussions surrounding opportunities and challenges that impact the female workforce. As the breakfast keynote, Nina kicked off …
Nina Vaca participated in the Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities in a one-day supplier diversity workshop for small, minority-owned, women-owned, and other diverse businesses in Washington D.C. on June 4, 2018. The workshop offered entrepreneurs insights about navigating corporate supplier diversity programs and identifying successful strategies when working with these corporations. “It’s about business and creating a …
Nina Vaca gave the opening keynote at the Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program‘s signature event, the America’s Future Summit: Unlocking Potential, Advancing Prosperity, May 17, 2018 in Chicago. In 2016, Nina was selected as a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, one of the most prestigious business fellowship programs in the country. She’s expected to complete the leadership …
Nina Vaca moderated a fireside chat with Robert Kaplan, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on May 10, 2018. In front of an audience ranging from philanthropists to think tanks, the pair tackled topics on economies, monetary policy, GDP growth, technology enabled disruption, education, and entrepreneurship. The fireside chat was part of the innovative moonshot design …
Nina Vaca was invited by the New York and New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. to the annual Financial Services Symposium on Supplier Diversity hosted by Guggenheim Partners on May 7, 2018 in New York. The New York and New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. is a link between major corporations and minority business enterprises. Guggenheim Partners is …
The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) named Pinnacle Group the Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Company in the country. Pinnacle Group Chairman and CEO Nina Vaca accepted the award at the WPO Conference May 4, making it one of only two companies to be named #1 twice in the history of WPO’s rankings. Each year, WPO hosts its annual conference to bring women in …
In Las Vegas on May 1, 2018, Nina Vaca spoke at the Cinemark General Manager Convention. Cinemark is an entrepreneurial minded company which began in Texas and now operates in fifteen countries around the globe. Nina, a Cinemark board member, shared that Cinemark is setting the tone for corporate America by not only investing in their own business and people, …
Nina Vaca powered through a 170 mile ride from Houston to Austin with Team BP to propel multiple sclerosis (MS) research forward while also helping those already affected by MS. The BP MS 150 is a two day fundraising bike ride organized by the National MS Society. This ride is the largest event of its kind in North America with …
Nina Vaca spoke on a panel centered around diversity and equality in business hosted by The Texas Lyceum Conference on April 27, 2018 in Dallas, TX. The panel was moderated by Alfreda Noraman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas along with Ana Meade of Toyota USA and Liji Thomas of Southwest Airlines. The Texas Lyceum is an association intended …
At the Entrepreneurship Export Exchange (E3) Conference on April 17, 2018, Nina Vaca engaged the audience in Ireland in a conversation with Patricia O’Callaghan of RTE News. This event was put on by the Global Situation Room and Enterprise Ireland in an effort to strengthen business ties between the United States and Ireland. Global Situation Room, a woman-owned business, is …