: About Us :

On Saturday, May 12, 2001, the Georgia Hispanic Network (GHNet) was formed by a group of Hispanic professionals with diverse backgrounds looking to establish a networking organization for Georgia Hispanics. GHNet was given a 501(c)(6) designation by the IRS. The first major membership drive was held on January 30, 2002 with guest speaker Sam Zamarripa.

Through a series of high quality professional events, seminars, speakers and cultural events over the past two years, our membership has grown from a small nucleus to over 200 members and over 3000 professionals on our mailing list.

GHNet has had 3 very successful major fundraisers called the Annual Celebration and Art Exhibit which have received extensive local and national publicity. Through these fundraising efforts in 2002 GHNet was able to donate $2,500 to the City of Atlanta Fire Department to help train firefighters to use Spanish for emergencies. In 2003 the proceeds were used to establish the GHNet Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization to promote our efforts in reaching future generations. In 2004 some of the proceeds were contributed to Junior Achievement of Georgia (Hispanic Initiative).

Today the Georgia Hispanic Network is one of the largest, most diverse and highly educated Hispanic professional groups in Atlanta with members including physicians, attorneys, sales, marketing, finance and technology executives, CEOs, CIOs, educators, artists, professors and entrepreneurs.

Many fields are represented in our group including medicine, technology, real estate, finance, banking and government. Most of our members and attendees have 4-year college degrees and many have one or more graduate degrees. The majority of our members are bilingual and several speak or understand 3 or 4 languages.

In 2003 we instituted a successful Board Retreat to cover the strategic development of our organization, crystallize the mission and vision of the organization and chart the course for the next few years. Strategic development retreats to insure our organization remains on course have since become essential annual events.