Refugio (Ref) Atilano is 2nd-gen Mexican and native Chicagoan.  He is a senior leader for AbbVie, a global pharmaceutical company and is currently the Director, Cultural Competency within the Office of Health Literacy.  He is also the Global Chair of AHORA, the award-winning Latino ERG with almost 3000 members.
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Refugio is passionate about leadership development – he mentors professionals and students across the country and from all sectors of industry.
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To support his leadership development journey, he authored The Latino Leadership Playbook, created the Latino Leadership Club (LLC), and is also the creator of the Latino Acceleration national webcast.
Ref is an influencer for the global Latino community and uses his network to help drive the collective leadership development with the goal of shaping the future with the next generation of powerful leaders.