Esther Puentes is the owner and president of Interface Network since 1986. She is also the Fiscal Manager of the Empowerment and Leadership for Youth and Young Adults (ELY) program since 2009. Esther has successfully worked with the private and public sectors for 36 years providing technical assistance, training, conducting needs assessments, focus groups, surveys, questionnaires, and cultural audits. She is passionate about providing high-quality outreach, engagement, and training services for BIPOC communities. She has spent the last 28 years providing training and consulting services for diverse markets at local, national, and international levels. Esther has decades of experience providing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-based technical assistance and training, outreaching to Latinx and other diverse communities, facilitating needs assessments and focus groups targeting Latinx communities, and developing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) action plans for private businesses, public agencies, and community-based organizations. Esther has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from San Jose State University and a master’s degree in Bicultural Education from San Jose State University. She also holds a teaching credential from the state of California.

Marin Arreola is owner and president of Advanced Economic Solutions Inc. located in Salem, Oregon. He has over 25 years of experience developing and implementing economic, business, health, and supplier diversity programs and workforce development initiatives that better serve culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Oregon and California. Marin has worked with Business Oregon, Oregon Department of Human Services, MODA Health, OHSU, FamilyCare Health, Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, City of Salem, Hoffman Construction, Oregon Health Authority, Marion County, Polk County, Salem Health, Willamette Valley Medical Center, Oregon Community Foundation, Swinerton, Skanska, Microsoft, City of San Jose, and the Governor's Office of Business & Equity to name a few. Additionally, Marin has served on many commissions and boards that seek to better serve culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Oregon and California, including the Oregon Governor’s Racial Justice Council where he Co-Chaired the Governor’s Workforce Committee that developed the Future Ready Oregon plan (SB1545), Salem Chamber of Commerce, Salem Capitol Connections, Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association, Garten Services, Governor’s Marketplace Steering Committee, Chemeketa Community College Foundation, Small Business Development Commission for City of San Jose, Former President of Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Silicon Valley, etc. Marin has been acknowledged by both President Bush and President Clinton for promoting economic and workforce development in the Latino community. Marin is one of the founding fathers of the Nu Alpha Kappa fraternity started at California Polytechnic State University in 1989 to create leadership and philanthropy opportunities for Latinx college students.

Colleen Puentes is a former teacher and educator who started teaching in 1993 in a predominantly Vietnamese and Latinx school district. From the start, her career has centered on program development and making learning accessible for immigrants, second language learners, and ethnically diverse individuals. Colleen is currently the Director of the Empowerment and Leadership for Youth and Young Adults (ELY) program and a Senior Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant at Interface Network. She believes a comprehensive and effective DEI action plan goes beyond training. Colleen has decades of experience helping organizations conduct cultural audits, focus groups, staff development training, and strategic planning for private and public sector clients. She will help you customize training and technical assistance to better serve unique clients, increase productivity, and improve customer satisfaction.