SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

SHPEs mission is to changes lives by empowering the Hispanic community to realize its fullest potential and to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support, and development.

Specifically, SHPE is focused on:
1) Excellence & Innovation: Becoming the most highly-regarded organization serving Hispanics in STEM
2) Advocacy & Influence: Advocating, educating, and supporting for parity in diversity and inclusion for Hispanics in STEM
3) Employment & Career Growth: Orchestrating new employment opportunities and career growth by partnering with corporations, academia, and government
4) Member & Stakeholder Value: Continually improving member and stakeholder satisfaction and loyalty
5) Operational Optimization & Accountability: Continually improving SHPE's operational and financial stability

SHPE is dedicated to becoming the most valued organization serving Hispanics in STEM. We have the technical and professional talent, the membership commitment, and a solid value proposition to stabilize and grow the organization to new heights over the next 3 years. Our opportunities are vast and will be focused on the growth opportunities that are baked into our strategic priorities.

For each strategic goal outlined above, SHPE has the following objectives and strategies for achieving that goal:

1) Excellence & Innovation: Becoming the most highly-regarded organization serving Hispanics in STEM
› Revitalize SHPE's corporate brand.
› Communicate to SHPE's membership our programmatic value.
› Provide tailored solutions and support to Hispanics in STEM.
› Create a new generation of SHPE leaders.

2) Advocacy & Influence: Advocating, educating, and supporting for parity in diversity and inclusion for Hispanics in STEM
› Educate national policymakers on SHPE's corporate mission and vision.
› Demonstrate the value of SHPE student/professional chapters and its relation to the Hispanics in STEM talent pipeline.
› Convene and collaborate with government, business, and nonprofits toward the goal of increasing representation of Hispanics in STEM.
› Position SHPE as the expert voice and validator on Hispanics in STEM.

3) Employment & Career Growth: Orchestrating new employment opportunities and career growth by partnering with corporations, academia, and government
› Create and maintain partnerships with corporations and academic institutions to expand career-growth opportunities.
› Develop innovative employment connections for members.
› Continually grow and diversify SHPE's membership.
› Provide programs with measurable outcomes that are designed to increase Hispanics in STEM in: 1) C-suite positions; 2) Government roles; 3) Academia; and 4) Entrepreneurship.

4) Member & Stakeholder Value: Continually improving member and stakeholder satisfaction and loyalty
› Provide high quality and valuable programs and events.
› Ask and listen to our members' answers so we can better understand their needs and expectations.
› Provide effective resources for chapter governance.
› Further develop the skills and strengths of regional and chapter leaders.

5) Operational Optimization & Accountability: Continually improving SHPE's operational and financial stability
› Stabilize and diversify revenue growth through corporate and individual giving, new sponsors, grants, etc.
› Optimize governance and operations.
› Transform work culture to emphasize innovation and accountability.
› Develop required skills and succession planning for staff and Board.

SHPE capabilities for achieving its goals include:

- Strong history in the Hispanic and STEM communities since 1974
- Solid reputation for being a source of outstanding and diverse STEM talent
- Loyal and growing membership of over 10,000 STEM students and professionals nationwide
- Dedicated corporate support in the form of 45 major Industry Partnership Council members, as well as, 100s of sponsors for scholarships, events, and other programs offered by SHPE
- Owner of the largest Hispanic STEM event in the U.S. with over 6,000 attendees every year
- Executive team with extensive experience in managing and growing nonprofit organizations
- Board members with significant networks and experience in STEM
- Deeply-held core values of familia, service, learning, and resilience

SHPE has the right team, the right reputation, the right plan, and the right values for achieving its mission.

Since 1974, SHPE has established itself as the leading U.S. organization serving Hispanics in engineering, with close to 250 chapters and over 10,000 members. SHPE has the largest annual conference serving Hispanics in STEM. And it has established itself as part of the 50K Coalition (along with SWE, NSBE, and AISES) focused on a bold national goal: to produce 50,000 diverse engineering graduates annually by 2025.

What's Next:
- SHPE's focus on expanding to serve all Hispanic STEM (science, tech, engineering, and math) students and professionals, not just those in engineering.
- SHPE also has begun advocating for Hispanics in STEM on Capitol Hill, meeting with leaders in the government to be sure that Hispanics are represented, sharing the issues with under-representation, and the opportunities that come with diversity and inclusion. SHPE also meets with representatives of major corporations to advocate for diversity and inclusion.
- SHPE's updating and expanding its program offerings to ensure the organization provides more value to its members, focusing on programs for K-12 students, academics, professionals, women, those focused on tech & innovation, and more.
- SHPE will stabilize and diversify revenue growth through corporate and individual giving, new sponsors, grants, etc.

There's much more to come for SHPE in 2020 and beyond.