MEET REFUGIO
- Former Fortune 50 senior corporate leader
- Award winning Employee Resource Group global chair
- Mentor/coach for professional leaders
- Leadership expert and speaker
- Author: The Latino Leadership Playbook
“The days of only focusing on your role, working hard, and “hoping to get promoted” are over. It’s now time to show up big and to swing big! It’s time to take bold action and for the new leader to step up and show the real impact all communities are ready to make!”
-Refugio Atilano
Refugio is a 2nd-generation Mexican-American born and raised in Chicago, IL. He’s a first-generation graduate and business leader with vast experience working in many corporate environments for Fortune 500 companies.
Refugio’s passion is in developing professional leaders for the current and future generations. He strongly believes in the importance and power of sharing knowledge to develop the collective leadership capabilities for all professionals.
Refugio strongly believes in the power and influence of all communities and is a strong advocate for everyone’s leadership potential. He is hyper-focused on developing everyone’s leadership capabilities through his Professional Leadership Club and impactful leadership topics, with more programming to come soon that will be targeting college and high school students so they can be set up for leadership success at an early age and are workplace-ready coming out of school.
Refugio’s brand is one of professionalism, determination, vision & execution, and exceptional relationships. He strongly believes that our natural professional superpowers (i.e., problem solvers, passionate, and team-players) will be a game-changer for the new leader and he is committed to showing how to bring those elements to life so that we all can begin to add unique impact as a professional community and set us up to be the new leaders of tomorrow!
