{"id":69526,"date":"2019-06-13T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-peter-villegas-vice-president-and-head-of-latino-affairs-for-coca-cola-to-receive-corporate-excellence-award-by-negocios-now\/"},"modified":"2019-06-13T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T18:09:02","slug":"peter-villegas-vicepresidente-y-jefe-de-asuntos-latinos-de-coca-cola-recibira-el-premio-a-la-excelencia-corporativa-de-negocios-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/peter-villegas-vicepresidente-y-jefe-de-asuntos-latinos-de-coca-cola-recibira-el-premio-a-la-excelencia-corporativa-de-negocios-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Villegas, Vice President and Head of Latino Affairs for Coca-Cola to receive Corporate Excellence Award by Negocios Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">CHICAGO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 13, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Peter R. Villegas, Vice President and Head of Latin Affairs for The Coca-Cola Company, will be the recipient of the <i>Corporate Excellence Award-2019<\/i>\u00a0during the &#8220;Who&#8217;s Who in Hispanic Chicago Gala.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgaf94left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgaf94left\" title=\" \" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/902574\/Negocios_Now_WHO_Logo.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>BMO Harris Bank will be the presenting sponsor of the event, taking place at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 12<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>As a national spokesman for the company,\u00a0 Peter develops and oversees the execution of local, regional and national strategies that position Coca-Cola as a leading corporate citizen in the U.S. Hispanic community, in addition to managing relationships with key Hispanic leaders throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning as a bank teller, Peter has spent his 25-year career in corporate America working his way up through various roles in the financial industry, the past 15 in key management positions.<\/p>\n<p>Before Coca-Cola, Villegas served as Vice President and Senior Manager in the Office of Corporate Responsibility for JPMorgan Chase, also serving as Co-Chair of the Global Adelante Board and the JPMorgan Chase Latino Business Resource Group; an organization with over 7,000 members globally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Peter has had an amazing professional career that allowed him to lead big corporations such as <span class=\"xn-person\">Chase Bank<\/span>, and now Coca-Cola, positioning himself as one of the top Latino leaders in the US,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Clemente Nicado<\/span>, publisher of Negocios Now.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2014, the &#8220;Who&#8217;s Who&#8221; special edition and gala is an initiative to recognize the leadership within the Hispanic community. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to <span class=\"xn-person\">Peter Villegas<\/span>, five other recipients of the 2019 special awards have been named. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Camerino Gonzalez<\/span>, founder of Los Comales Restaurants, will receive the <i>Lifetime Achievement Award<\/i>; <span class=\"xn-person\">Socorro Vasquez<\/span>, president of Toro Construction Corp, will receive the <i>Latinas in Business Award<\/i>; <span class=\"xn-person\">Daniel Arce<\/span>, CEO of Tropical Optical, will receive the <i>Business of the Year Award<\/i>; and <span class=\"xn-person\">Jose R. Sanchez<\/span>, president of Norwegian American Hospital, will receive the<i>\u00a0Community Champion Award.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, <span class=\"xn-person\">Jamie Rhee<\/span>, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation, will receive the &#8220;El Amigo de Negocios Now Award.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other sponsors include ComEd, Wintrust, Peoples Gas, <span class=\"xn-person\">Remy Martin<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-org\">Northeastern University<\/span>, Coca Cola, MZI, GSG Consultants and Salvador Insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2007, Negocios Now is a nationally recognized and award-winning publication and the Midwest&#8217;s most dynamic news source for growing Hispanic businesses.\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-person\">Clemente Nicado<\/span>, the founder of Negocios Now, was also named &#8220;Latino Publisher of the Year&#8221; in 2018. <\/p>\n<p><b>Contact: <span class=\"xn-person\">Alejandra Cano<\/span> <br \/><\/b>Event Coordinator <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:whoiswho@negociosnow.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">whoiswho@negociosnow.com<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>630-728-9627<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2496246-1&amp;h=80903012&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F902574%2FNegocios_Now_WHO_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F902574%2FNegocios_Now_WHO_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/902574\/Negocios_Now_WHO_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Negocios Now<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">CHICAGO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 13, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Peter R. 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