Washington, DC – For the first time in 10 years, the National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI), the nation’s premier leadership organization for Latinas, will celebrate its renowned Executive Leadership Training Conference and Mujer Awards in Miami, FL on November 4-5.

NHLI’s conference is the premier leadership and professional development training for Latina leaders gathering hundreds each year.

In addition to two days of leadership and professional development training, inspirational speakers, networking, and more, under the theme The Latina Mosaic: Strength in Diversity, the conference will celebrate how Latinas are strengthening the social fabric of this country and making major inroads in the leadership pipeline for a growingly diverse America.

Conference highlights include:

• Cutting-edge workshops on Leadership, Executive Management, Business, and other topics
• Top level Latina trainers and inspirational speakers
• Nonprofit management institute
• Financial town hall with Latina financial guru Julie Stav
• Style branding for leaders by fashion expert Martin Llorens
• Latina authors book fair
• Youth track for college student leaders
• Celebration of Latina Leadership through the Mujer Awards
• Honoring of Rising Stars including immigration activist Gaby Pacheco from Miami; Maria Isa, a Latin hip-hop artist with a social justice message, and more.

Conference goers will also have the opportunity to attend the conference’s Community Marketplace/Expo featuring local, regional and national organizations, and corporations promoting their services, products and initiatives.  Participants will leave the conference with the skills to be more effective executives, educators, public servants, mentors and community advocates

HOW? Interested participants may purchase individual or group registrations, and community marketplace packages are available at www.nhli.org/mujer .htm. Early bird rates apply through August 31 and regular rates until October 27.

WHEN & WHERE? November 4-5 at the Hyatt Regency, 400 South East Second Avenue, Miami, Florida

NHLI 2010 Conference Sponsors to date include: State Farm Insurance Companies, MillerCoors, UPS, Southwest Airlines, The Coca Cola Company, Nordstrom, Ford, Merck, McDonalds, Anheuser Busch, Pfizer, Goya, Fannie Mae, The Walt Disney Company, the Miami Herald, Nielsen, Nissan, and Mount Sinai Hospital, NY; Media Partners: Latina Style Magazine, Latina Lista.net, PowerfulLatinas.com, CapitalWirePR, Hispanic MPR, and Outreach Partner: Latinos in Higher Ed.

Founded in 1987, NHLI has trained and empowered more than 10,000 Latina leaders from the public and private sectors who have been appointed to leadership positions in government, corporate America, nonprofits, foundations or have started their own businesses. NHLI’s mission is to develop Hispanas as ethical leaders through training, professional development, relationship building, and community activism. www.nhli.org