Boutique Retained Search · Fort Lauderdale · Est. 2021 · Woman-Owned & Minority-Owned
Latina Chief is a boutique executive search & talent advisory firm placing top-tier women and Hispanic / multicultural executives across the United States and Latin America — closing the gap between who leads and the markets they serve. Every slate we present is 100% diverse. That is not a quota; it is our pipeline.
Every shortlist since 2021 has been 100% women and/or multicultural executives. It is firm policy, not a client request.
Retained executive and mid-level engagements completed 2021 – 2025, across six industries and nine countries.
Founder Lizette Ibarra brings 20+ years in talent acquisition; partners add finance, coaching and LATAM operations depth.
An intentionally small, partner-led team working across the U.S. and Latin America — no junior bait-and-switch.
01 The Slate Builder
Configure the seat you need to fill. We pull a representative slate from the live network — the same anonymized profiles our researchers build before a kickoff call.
No exact match in the visible pipeline.
This combination is thin in the public view of our network — but rarely thin in reality. Broaden the market to "U.S. + LATAM", or request a custom talent map and a researcher will build this slate by hand.
Request a Custom Talent MapProfiles are anonymized composites drawn from live pipeline patterns — illustrative, not real candidates (status: synthetic, shown for confidentiality). Skill indices: Leadership / Cultural fluency / Functional depth / Market access, 0–100, assessed by partner review.
¹ SHRM replacement-cost model · ² McKinsey Diversity Wins, 2020 · ³ Selig Center, 2023 / UNCTAD nearshoring FDI, 2023
02 Solutions
Retained · Milestone-based
A partner — never a junior associate — leads the engagement from calibration to close. We map the full market of women and Hispanic executives for your seat, then present a slate where every candidate is diverse and every candidate is credible.
Curated pools · High velocity
The pipeline you build at Director and VP level starts at mid-level. We maintain standing, pre-assessed pools so your mid-management bench diversifies on the same trajectory as your executive team.
Advisory · Confidential
Actionable intelligence on where diverse leadership talent actually sits: competitor org structures, compensation trends, and movement signals across the U.S. Hispanic and LATAM markets.
Consulting · Evidence-based
A placement that leaves in 14 months is a failure, whatever the slate looked like. We work with your leadership on the conditions that make diverse executives stay — practical, evidence-based, and measured.
03 Why Latina Chief
Large firms sell you a process and staff it with juniors. We sell you access — and the partner who owns it sits across the table from you, in your time zone, speaking your candidate's language.
Skills First · Diversity Forward · Always
We do not "include diverse candidates." Every shortlist is composed entirely of women and multicultural executives, because that is where we hunt. If a market genuinely cannot sustain the standard, we tell you before you pay us — not after.
Each candidate passes the same structured gauntlet: functional depth, leadership evidence, cultural fluency, and values alignment, scored on a 0–100 index and reviewed by a partner. Diversity gets you the slate; merit gets you the hire.
Eleven people, on purpose. We run a limited number of concurrent searches so the partner who scopes your role is the one calling candidates at 7 p.m. in Monterrey. You get discretion, speed, and a phone that a decision-maker answers.
Fort Lauderdale to Mexico City to São Paulo: we assess candidates who can operate across borders, currencies and cultures — the exact profile companies need as the U.S. Hispanic economy and LATAM nearshoring converge.
04 Track Record
| Engagement | Industry | Role | Slate Diversity | 2-yr Retention | Year |
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05 The Method
Calibration sessions with every stakeholder who will touch the hire. We leave with a success profile, comp benchmarks from our own dataset, and a map of where this leader currently sits.
Direct outreach into our network plus warm-intro paths built over 20+ years of relationships. Passive candidates hear from a partner, in their language, about your story — not a template.
Structured interviews score leadership, functional depth, cultural fluency and values alignment. We probe the things reference calls won't tell you — including cross-border operating range.
Four to six candidates, every one a woman and/or multicultural executive, every one able to clear the bar on merit. Full dossiers, interview-ready, presented live by the lead partner.
We coordinate, debrief after every round, and tell you honestly what we hear — including when the market is telling you to move faster or recalibrate comp.
The search ends when the leader is established, not when the offer signs. Structured onboarding checkpoints and inclusive-leadership consulting protect the placement through month twelve — our 94% two-year retention starts here.
06 The Partners
Founder · 20+ yrs Talent Acquisition
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Lizette founded Latina Chief in Fort Lauderdale in 2021 after two decades leading talent acquisition for multinational teams across the Americas — and after watching too many brilliant Latina leaders stay invisible to the firms that needed them. Under her leadership the firm has delivered 450+ searches with a 100% diverse-slate record.
"We don't build teams. We build legacies — for the companies bold enough to lead like the markets they serve."
Managing Partner · CPA & Executive Coach
Palm Springs, CA · United States
Led finance and executive coaching engagements across Latin America and the U.S. for global firms. Brings the P&L lens to every leadership assessment — and the coaching cadence that keeps placements past month twelve.
Associate Partner
Monterrey, MX · Latin America
Deep bench in Northern Mexico's industrial and retail corridors. Blanca's warm-intro network reaches passive operations and supply-chain leaders that job boards never see.
Associate Partner
Texas · United States
Specialist in bicultural executives for the U.S. Hispanic market — the leaders who can pitch in a Miami boardroom on Tuesday and close in Monterrey on Thursday.
Associate Partner
Mission, TX · United States
Leads talent mapping and market intelligence engagements — competitor org teardowns, comp benchmarks, and movement signals across retail and consumer sectors.
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Guadalajara, MX · Latin America
Runs the firm's confidential scheduling and candidate communications from our LATAM hub — the reason partner responses land inside one business day, across time zones.
+ 5 research & delivery specialists across Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Mexico City and São Paulo · 11 people, on purpose.
07 In Their Words
Confidential Consultation
A partner — not a sales representative — will respond within one business day. If your matter is urgent, reply timing is confirmed in the acknowledgement.
Reference LC-2026-000 · Confidential