The Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has named Janet Dominguez as its new Director of Memberships & Events.
Janet’s responsibilities include coordinating all in-person and virtual events that the IHCC has announced in its annual calendar.
She will collaborate directly with IHCC’s President & CEO Jaime di Paulo to maintain the organization’s excellent relationship with its current and future corporate members, as well as craft the necessary strategies to build and integrate new members into the Chamber.
In the last six months and leveraging her marketing and public relations expertise, Janet’s excellent performance as a Business Advisor in the Cook County Covid19 Recovery Small Business Assistance Program impacted hundreds of small businesses by helping them manage and kick-start their marketing and branding needs.
Janet’s career began when she arrived in the United States from Mexico in 1996 and began working on her major in business entrepreneurship at Columbia College, while at the same time working on events production. Janet became the director for the largest festival in the Midwest, Fiesta del Sol, and then transitioned into the advertising agency world, opportunity that took her to pursue a position as Hispanic Marketing Manager for Staples in Framingham, MA., Upon her return to Chicago, she became the marketing director for a Hispanic cheese brand, joined another advertising firm as the director of public relations, and opened her own agency, La Agency WHO?
Accustomed to yielding efficiency, Janet’s impact in marketing, promotions and public relations to accounts like Gift of Hope, Disney on Ice, Jewel-Osco, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bears, and the Department of Tourism of Mexico only to name a few, have earned her a few recognitions from the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, PRNews Awards, Platinum PR Awards amongst others.
Her passion for advertising, marketing and public relations is one she hopes to inject into her new role with the IHCC, as well as to transfer that same passion to Latinas seeking to enter the business world.