California State University, Northridge

President & CEO at LATINA Style, Inc.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Robert E. Bard is the president and CEO of LATINA Style Inc. the premier company working to empower the Latina professional working woman, a position he assumed in October 2001, after the untimely passing of his spouse and business partner, Anna Maria Arias, founder, editor & publisher of LATINA Style Magazine. An overwhelming response to Ms. Arias’ passing from the Latina and Hispanic community inspired Mr. Bard to devote his energies to keep her mission and the goals of the company alive.  Mr. Bard has further developed the LATINA Style Business Series, the most successful ongoing business development program for Latina business owners in the nation; the LATINA Style 50 Awards and Diversity Leaders Conference, the National LATINA Symposium and the Distinguished Military Service Awards, honoring outstanding Latinas for their military Service. In 2012 LATINA Style launched the LATINA Style Hero Program focusing on the reintegration and re-assimilation of Latina officers leaving the service and entering civilian careers. He is Chairman of ANSO, the Association of Naval Service Officers Advisory Board, and Vice Chairman of Parents Step Ahead,  an organization created to enable parents to get involved in their children’s education.   He served on the Board of Directors of  Score, the premiere organization enabling entrepreneurship, and on the advisory boards of HITEC, the Women of Alpfa.  Mr. Bard is a recipient of  the prestigious Admiral Farragut Hispanic Diversity Champion Award for his work to improve and promote diversity in the military community, presented by the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead. He is a graduate of the Maldef Leadership program.  Mr. Bard is a graduate of California State University, Northridge, and completed postgraduate studies at UCLA and certifications from Harvard, Yale and Columbia Universities.Mr. Bard is married to Ms. Lupita Colmenero, publisher of El Hispano News and Founder of Parents Step Ahead Foundation in Dallas.

Robert Bard

Robert Bard