Elaine M. Coronado, President
1101 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20004

Ms. Coronado is the President of ARGUS International Inc.; a consulting company specialized in developing and promoting messages to targeted audiences. Utilizing the tools of special events, public relations, diversity outreach, public and private partnerships, and other external programs, Argus guides clients toward meeting their objectives. Clients include Hispanic Designers, Inc., National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, National Foundation for Women Legislators, Latina Style Magazine, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, and Dell Inc.

A Texas native, Ms. Coronado currently resides in Washington, D.C. Her first assignment upon arrival in the district in 1988 was to serve on the Hispanic Presidential Inaugural Committee for President George Walker Herbert Bush. She later interfaced with the White House as President of the Hispanic Alliance for Free Trade. This national coalition of Hispanic organizations and business leaders served as a unified voice on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). She promoted Hispanic commitment for the NAFTA by leading a trade delegation to Mexico City to meet with President Carlos Salinas and by testifying before the 1992 Republican platform committee. Due to her successes, she was named by Hispanic Business Magazine, as one of The Top 100 Influential Hispanics in the United States..

In 1997, she was invited by Senator Orrin G. Hatch to serve on the U.S. Senate Republican Conference Task Force on Hispanic Affairs. As a current member of this task force, she provides legislative input to 27 Republican Senators. On the local level, Ms. Coronado served a two-year term on the State Advisory Committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

She continues to serve as a public member on selection boards for the State Department and USAID. As such, Ms. Coronado provides input on personnel matters relating to cultural, economic, and political Foreign Service officers. Ms. Coronado also served in an exofficio capacity on the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) Association Board of Directors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She served as the 2003 President of the Board of Associates at the National Rehabilitation Hospital.

In 2001, Ms. Coronado produced the Hispanic Presidential Inaugural Gala in honor of President George W. Bush. Under her guidance, $250,000 was raised for the event within a five-day period.

She is a 1990 graduate of the National Hispanic Leadership Institute, Center for Creative Leadership, and the Executive Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Ms. Coronado holds two degrees from the University of Texas at San Antonio, History (1986) and Political Science (1994). Her studies at the University of St. Louis at Madrid provided her the unique opportunity to study Spanish culture and art appreciation at the Prado Museum. She is a 2003 graduate of the U.S.-Mexico Solidarity Foundation.