Mesirow Financial - Corporate Contacts

	Olga Camargo Head of Hispanic Research and Strategy
350 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60654 \| 312.595.7128 \|

Areas of Focus: Economic Analysis, Hispanic Community Outreach, multicultural marketing

Profile:

Heads the Hispanic community outreach initiatives for the firm. Provides expertise on Hispanic marketing and business development
Works with the firm's Chief Economist, Diane Swonk, to provide economic commentary to clients and the public at large
Previously served as marketing senior associate for Bank One's Corporate Economics group. Prior to Bank One, she held a business in Chicago's Little Village and helped manage a family owned business in the same area
Designated 2007 Latina Professional of the Year by the Chicago Latino Network, an organization with 38,000 members

Accomplishments:

Nominated for Crain's Chicago Business 40 Under 40, 2008
Selected by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' for its Emerging Leaders Program
Authored How to Reach Chicago's Mexican Market: A Case Study of Local Businesses Doing it Right (2006)
Created and launched Mesirow Financial's Hispanic Outreach program to market the firm's services more directly to Hispanic business leaders/owners
Developed and spearheads Emerging Markets Task Force, internal program
Received a Business Leader designation from the Latino Association for Business Students at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2000

Education:

Affiliations:

Chicago Council on Global Affairs, President's Circle, member
The Instituto Del Progreso Latino, board member and chair of the Development Committee
Advisory Council for The State of Latino Chicago: Economic Impacts to the Institute for Latino Studies' Center for Metropolitan Chicago Initiatives, University of Notre Dame
Illinois Bankers' Association, member of the Emerging Markets Advisory Committee
University of Illinois at Chicago, member of the Latin American and Recruitment Educational Services Advisory Council
National Association for Business Economics, member
Economics Club of Chicago, member
Executives' Club of Chicago, member
University of Illinois Alumni Association, member
Chicago Community Trust – Latino Giving Circle, member