LBRT luncheon connects Latino business owners

Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board member Camerino Hawing (center) with Sonoma Valley high School students Miriam Zenon and Daniel Martinez. Hawing was recognized with the Latino Business Roundtable Community Leadership Award. Hawing, a native of Mexico is a graduate of UCLA, a professional architect and is the first Latino representative to serve on the District Board of Trustees.

The recent Latino Business Roundtable Luncheon held at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn featured keynote speaker Willie Tamayo, founder of La Tortilla Factory. More than 40 business and community members attended to hear his inspiring story of taking a small family business to the leading tortilla bakery in the nation – producing more than 4 million tortillas each week in Sonoma County.

The Latino Business Roundtable is a program of the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce that aims to “connect, promote and support Latino business owners and professionals.” The first lunch in September featured Sonoma County, Fifth District Supervisor Efren Carillo. The next Latino Business Roundtable lunch will be held in Febr. 2010. For information contact the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce at sonomachamber.com.