HPNG NY January Networking Event Invitation January 31, 2008

The Hispanic Professionals Networking Group of NY invites you to its January networking event.

A new year brings new goals and new dreams. Our January speaker helps shape many of the dreams of our Latino youth.

In continuing with our tradition of asking an outstanding Latina to kick off our networking events for the year, HPNG is very proud to welcome our January speaker:

MS. LUCIA BALLAS-TRAYNOR
Senior Vice President and General Manager
MTV TR3S

Lucia Ballas-Traynor is the Senior Vice President, General Manager of MTV Tr3s, based in New York. Prior to joining MTV Networks, Ballas-Traynor worked for IDT Corporation where she served as Senior Vice President of Hispanic Marketing and was responsible for formulating Hispanic marketing strategies for its Telecom division.

Lucia started her career in Hispanic television 20 years ago at Univision where she held a succession of positions. In 1989, she began a new career path in advertising sales as a sales executive for Univision's Mas Magazine. In 1994, she joined Galavision as Director of Ad Sales and in 1999 was appointed General Manager, assuming responsibility for all of the network's operations.

Guest Host: Laura Martinez, Contributing Editor
Multichannel News

Agenda:

6:00-6:30 p.m. - Guest arrival and registration
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Speaker program
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Networking

* $15.00 pre-pay
* $20.00 at the door

* Appetizers compliments of HPNG
* Cash Bar

$15 pre-pay / $20 at the door.

Official Website: http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/JAQBXOAWJMFOQJIMATGK/jan08NY