LAS VEGAS, July 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Television
host, renowned chef and author Pati
Jinich will talk about cooking, parenting and pursuing
dreams at MGM Resorts Foundation's Women's Leadership Conference
(WLC) Aug. 7.
Jinich will participate in the conference's popular executive
leadership panel, which will feature dynamic women leaders at the
top of their careers. Registration for the conference is sold out
for the fourth year in a row. In its 11th year, WLC will
be held Aug. 7 & 8 at MGM Grand
Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas,
NV.
"Pati has had a remarkable career that started in politics and
transitioned to pursuing her passion of cooking Mexican cuisine on
national television," said Dawn
Christensen, the conference's organizer and director of
National Diversity Relations for MGM Resorts. "Her diverse
background and ability to bring cultures together serve as
inspiration to others."
Jinich, born and raised in Mexico
City, specializes in Mexican cuisine. She shares her passion
for the food through her popular PBS Television show Pati's Mexican
Table. The show is its sixth season and has won an Imagen award and
has been nominated for two Emmy awards. It has also been nominated
for awards from the prestigious James Beard Foundation and
International Association of Culinary Professionals.
Jinich took a unique path to cuisine via politics. After
receiving a master's degree in Latin American Studies from
Georgetown University, she worked as a
political analyst. Now she is resident chef of the Mexican Cultural
Institute in Washington, D.C.
A knowledgeable, approachable, and entertaining storyteller,
Jinich enjoys telling the stories of her native land and of Latinos
in the U.S. Through her show and her cookbooks, "Pati's Mexican
Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking"
and "Mexican Today: New and Rediscovered Recipes for the
Contemporary Kitchen," she challenges stereotypes about Mexican
food, people and the culture.
She was named one of the Top 5 "Border Ambassadors" who are
bringing the United States and
Mexico closer together by the
Council of the Americas in their Americas Quarterly
magazine. Pati has been invited to cook and talk across
the United States, Mexico and Canada. She also cooked at the White House for
President Obama's Cinco de Mayo
dinner. She was named to the Kitchen Cabinet for the
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and is a member
of Les Dames d'Escoffier. She
is a regular guest on NBC Today Show, ABC The Chew,
CBS The Talk, NPR All Things Considered, and The
Splendid Table.
Conference background:
The 2017 Women's Leadership Conference theme is "Women Inspiring
Women." The conference sold out earlier this month, the
fourth year in a row that registration has reached capacity.
The conference will offer a wide range of learning opportunities,
career guidance and personal growth tools, including:
- Exposure to diverse and nationally recognized speakers and
accomplished women role models.
- Two days of career-oriented workshops that will give women
hands-on opportunities to develop skills based on their career
needs.
- Three distinct learning tracks: Emerging Leaders, Emerging
Executives and Executives.
- Workshops for entrepreneurs who are well-established or just
thinking of starting their own businesses.
The conference is open to women of all ethnicities, professions
and social backgrounds, locally and nationally, and men who support
them. The MGM Resorts Foundation is the conference's presenting
sponsor. Each year, proceeds from the conference after costs, are
donated to one or more local nonprofit agencies devoted to the
welfare and development of women and children. Dress for Success
Southern Nevada recently received a $30,000 gift from the 2016 conference.
Participating sponsorships are available to organizations or
companies who share the vision and goals of this conference.
Current sponsors include: The Coca-Cola Company, Las Vegas
Convention and Visitors Authority, Bank of America, CBS Radio,
Southwest Airlines, Everi Payments Inc., Cashman Photo Enterprises,
Greenspun Media Group, Vegas PBS, Las
Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, R&R Partners
Foundation, Cirque du Soleil, Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits,
Agilysys, Inc., L3 Technologies, Inc., Large Vision Business
Network Mixer, Kr8 and Global Gaming Women. Conference supporters
include America First Credit Union,
Caesars Entertainment, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Las Vegas
Billboards, Las Vegas Springs Preserve, McCarran International
Airport, Phyllis A. James, sbe and
Winston & Strawn LLP.
For more information about WLC, please visit
mgmresortsfoundation.org/WLC.
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) is one of the world's leading global
hospitality companies, operating a portfolio of destination resort
brands including Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay and The Mirage.
The Company opened MGM National Harbor in Maryland on December 8,
2016, and is in the process of developing MGM Springfield in
Massachusetts. MGM Resorts
controls and holds a 76 percent economic interest in the operating
partnership of MGM Growth Properties LLC (NYSE: MGP), a premier
triple-net lease real estate investment trust engaged in the
acquisition, ownership and leasing of large-scale destination
entertainment and leisure resorts. The Company also owns 56 percent
of MGM China Holdings Limited (SEHK: 2282), which owns MGM
MACAU and is developing MGM COTAI,
and 50 percent of CityCenter in Las
Vegas, which features ARIA Resort & Casino. MGM Resorts
is named among FORTUNE® Magazine's 2016 list of World's Most
Admired Companies®. For more information about MGM Resorts
International, visit the Company's website at
www.mgmresorts.com.
About The MGM Resorts Foundation
The purpose of The
MGM Resorts Foundation is to collect and distribute monies and
assets donated by employees of MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) for the aid
and support of qualified community nonprofit programs, agencies or
organizations designated exclusively by MGM Resorts employees. In
addition, the Foundation collects and distributes donations to the
Foundation by third-party non-employees to support charitable,
scientific, literary, and educational activities approved by the
Foundation's Board of Directors and organized by MGM Resorts
employees to benefit qualified non-profit charitable organizations
designated by the Foundation's Board.
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