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NAHREP Leadership Academy

Date
Monday, November 16, 2026
Time
8:00 AM–5:00 PM Central Standard Time
Location
JW Marriott Chicago
Address
151 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Registration
$395; active NAHREP Platinum Members only. Separate registration is required.

NAHREP Regional Connect: Midwest

Date
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Time
12:30 PM–4:30 PM Central Standard Time
Location
JW Marriott Chicago
Address
151 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Registration
Separate registration is required.

Two Events. Two Days. One Location.

Join NAHREP in Chicago for two days of leadership development, industry insights, and meaningful connections. Leadership Academy and Regional Connect: Midwest require separate registrations.

NAHREP Leadership Academy

Join fellow NAHREP leaders for a focused experience centered on leadership development, practical strategies, and stronger connections across the NAHREP network. Leadership Academy is designed to provide participants with valuable ideas and tools to help them lead with greater confidence and impact.

Leadership Academy is exclusively for NAHREP Platinum Members. You must be an active Platinum Member to register.

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NAHREP Regional Connect: Midwest

Join us in Chicago for an engaging day of networking, education, and community building at NAHREP Regional Connect: Midwest. Connect with industry leaders, explore timely strategies, and strengthen the relationships that help advance Hispanic homeownership. Whether you are a seasoned professional or building your career, Regional Connect offers valuable insights and connections to help you navigate today’s evolving real estate market.

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Speakers

Gary Acosta
Gary Acosta
Co-Founder & CEO, NAHREP
Milkauris Quintero
Milkauris Quintero
Chapter Network Team Manager, NAHREP
Maritza Salazar Campo, PhD
Maritza Salazar Campo, PhD
Faculty Member, The Paul Merage School of Business

Agenda

Monday, Nov 16, 2026 | Leadership AcademyJW Marriott Chicago | 151 W Adams St., Chicago, IL 60603
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM CST
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Breakfast
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
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Leadership Academy
Leadership Academy schedule and session details will be available soon.
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Opening Remarks
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Inside the NAHREP Family of Brands
NAHREP functions as an interconnected brand system built to support the economic mobility of the Latino community. NAHREP Co-Founder and CEO Gary Acosta opens the morning by discussing why the Hispanic Wealth Project, AVANCE Global, AVANCE Sports, NHCA, and The Alumni Society are all in it together. Expect a state of the association update, a preview of what is ahead for AVANCE Global, and a clear picture of how every attendee, no matter which brand brought them into the room, can plug into the ecosystem heading into 2027.
  • Speaker | Gary Acosta, Co-Founder & CEO, NAHREP
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One Message, Every Brand
Communications and marketing leads from across the family of brands get a shared starting point for talking about the ecosystem: what each brand stands for, what AVANCE Global is, and how Regional Connect fits into the bigger picture. The goal is one consistent voice across every brand and every market heading into 2027, whether the audience is a prospective member, a local reporter, or a sponsor deciding where to put its dollars.
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Break
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Public Speaking Fundamentals for Emerging Leaders
Expect practical structure, delivery techniques, and exercises attendees can keep practicing long after the session wraps, so every incoming president, director, coach, and program leader walks into 2027 ready to represent their organization with confidence.
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Handling Hard Conversations
Every board, committee, and team runs into disagreement at some point, and this session gives every brand and every attendee a shared toolkit for working through it constructively. A facilitator walks the room through practical techniques for de-escalating tension, having direct conversations, and keeping relationships intact even when the answer is no. You will gain skills that travel straight back to your own boardroom and everyday business.
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Lunch with Professor Salazar, UC Irvine
Professor Salazar joins the group over lunch to connect UC Irvine’s research to the homeownership and wealth-building work the family of brands leads nationally, giving every attendee fresh data points and framing to bring back to their own markets.
  • Speaker | Maritza Salazar Campo, PhD, Faculty Member, The Paul Merage School of Business
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2027 National Events
NAHREP leadership walks incoming boards through the 2027 national events calendar and makes the case for why skipping any of them costs more than the ticket. The conversation opens with what full-bundle redemption for the three chapters that used theirs in 2026, with those chapter presidents joining on stage to share exactly how they got their whole board to redeem, before turning to what is ahead in 2027 and why it is worth building the trip into every chapter budget now.
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Event Planning 101
Chapter event and marketing directors get hands-on time with NAHREP national to map out where a chapter leader's responsibility ends and where the Events Leadership Model and coaching support begin. The session covers venue and vendor sourcing best practices, budgeting basics, and the planning timeline that keeps a chapter event from becoming one of the roughly 80 percent that get postponed, with a QR code open throughout for attendees to submit questions live.
  • Moderator | Milkauris Quintero, Chapter Network Team Manager, NAHREP
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Budgeting for the Board
Membership directors and secretaries get a real playbook for growing chapter membership, built around the coach and chapter board that grew their database the most year over year. The session breaks down what moved the needle for the highest-growth chapters and how the chapter referral program factors in, with thirty minutes of content followed by open Q&A.
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Board Succession Without the Drama
A coach and a chapter leader walk through how to read a board roster, plan for staggered terms, and recruit the right number of new members before seats open up. The conversation gets specific about navigating difficult relationships on a board and treating conflict resolution as something to plan for, not just react to, so the next generation of chapter leadership starts strong.
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Getting Hands-On with the NAHREP Portal
Every attendee works through the member portal, and Member Clicks live on their own computer, covering the tools chapter leaders use most and the everyday tasks that tend to trip people up. It is a fully hands-on walkthrough built to send every leader home comfortable navigating the system without having to call for help.
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Strategy Session, Director to Director
Directors break out by role to trade notes with peers solving the same problems in their own chapters, guided by a past chapter president who has faced the same challenges firsthand. It is an open forum built for candid conversation, practical fixes, and the kind of peer network that keeps paying off well past Leadership Academy.
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2026 : Leadership Academy | Regional Connect: MidwestJW Marriott Chicago | 151 W Adams St., Chicago, IL 60603
9:00 AM – 11:45 AM CST
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Leadership Academy
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The Formula for Winning Annual Sponsorship Revenue
The chapter that brought in the most annual sponsorship revenue this year shares exactly how they did it, with their sponsorship director alongside the rest of the team that made it happen. Expect a real strategy breakdown so every sponsorship director in the room leaves with tactics they can put to work immediately.
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Shark Tank Sponsorship Prize
The first ten chapters to register their entire incoming board for Leadership Academy earn a shot at pitching, Shark Tank style, for real sponsorship dollars. One representative per chapter makes the case on stage, with one to three winners walking away with $2,500 each toward their chapter, and the winning pitches carrying straight into a speaking opportunity at Regional Connect: Midwest.
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Voices from the Board
A handful of outgoing leaders take the mic to share what their time on a chapter board meant, from the lessons learned to the relationships built along the way. It is a candid, personal close to two days of training and a reminder of why chapter leadership is worth the work.
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM CST
Randolph
Regional CBOG Meeting (Invitation Only)
12:45 PM – 1:30 PM CST
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Local Chapter Boards Meeting
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM CST
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Doors Open & Networking
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
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Regional Connect: Midwest Sponsored by Rate
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Opening Remarks
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Sponsor Remarks
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What the Midterm Elections Means for Your Business
Two weeks after the November 3 midterms decide control of the U.S. House, an expert panel discusses the political shift into terms that matter for your business: what changes for lending, housing policy, and business planning heading into 2027. The conversation connects Washington to wealth creation and closes with a look ahead to NAHREP's 2027 Homeownership & Housing Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., where these conversations move to the nation's capital.
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The Great Wealth Transfer and the Future of Latino Wealth
NAHREP releases its newest State of Hispanic Wealth Report alongside the NAHREP network survey this September, right as the great wealth transfer becomes one of the biggest financial stories in the country. This conversation focuses on whether that transfer widens the gap or closes it, and what either outcome means for you. The panel will look at the Report to review what the numbers mean for the Midwest, introduce the organization's work, and open the door to the High Net Worth Boot Camp for those ready to build a personal wealth plan of their own.
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From Bad Bunny to the World Cup: How 2026 Changes Your 2027
Bad Bunny headlined the world's biggest stages, the World Cup brought global attention to Latino culture, and even Zara leaned further into Hispanic-inspired design. 2026 made the case that the Latino brand is bigger and more visible than ever. We look back at what the year proved and gets specific about how to turn that momentum into real business growth in 2027, from marketing to partnerships to positioning.
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Closing Comments

Registration

Leadership Academy and Regional Connect: Midwest require separate registrations.

NAHREP Leadership Academy

November 16–17, 2026

Platinum Rate
Mon, Nov 16–Tue, Nov 17
Platinum Member $395

You must be an active NAHREP Platinum Member to register.

Register for Leadership Academy

Leadership Academy refund deadline: Monday, November 2, 2026

NAHREP Regional Connect: Midwest

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

Early Bird
Through Sat, Oct 3
Platinum Member FREE
Standard Member $25
Non-Member $50
General
Oct 4–Nov 16
Platinum Member FREE
Standard Member $50
Non-Member $100
Onsite
Tue, Nov 17
Platinum Member $50
Standard Member $100
Non-Member $150
Register for Regional Connect

Regional Connect refund deadline: Monday, November 2, 2026

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Regional Connect: Midwest Sponsors

Title & Event Sponsor

Learn About NAHREP Sponsor Event-Related Opportunities

Regional partners and other companies which are currently unaffiliated with NAHREP may sponsor event-related opportunities as listed below. Contact us for more information about regional sponsorship opportunities.

Title Sponsor
$25,000
Event Sponsor
$5,000
FOR SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES CONTACT:
Tricia Meza
Corporate Relations Manager
tmeza@nahrep.org
(619) 719-4806

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