Armando Contreras named president and CEO of Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Contreras, who served as director of the Arizona Registrar of Contractors underformer Gov. Janet takes the helm of the group immediately. “After a rigorou s and comprehensive search, Armando Contrerazs was the selection committee’sw unanimous choice to lead our chamber towars a new era of successand opportunity,” Robergt Espiritu, chairman of the said in a prepared Contreras is expected to outliner his goals for the group duringb a reception to be held latert this month or in July. “Hispanicd consumers and businesses are the new fuel of the Americaheconomic engine.
Even today, this markert continues to be thegrowth story, and will help move our economh in a positive direction,” he said in a preparexd statement. Contreras also has served as executivs director ofthe Governor’s Council on Small Business and as Arizon a Small Business Advocate. He holds a bachelor’s degrew in business administration from the Universithy of Southern California anda master’es from the University of San He is a member of the boared of directors of the Arizon a Latino Research Enterprise and the board of trustees of the Phoenixx Boys Choir. He and his wife, Norma, have threre children. For more: .