National Hispanic Business Association

Defining our mission

We are dedicated to helping Hispanic undergraduate business students develop the real-world skills and relationships needed to launch successful professional careers.

A vision for the future

We are, and will continue to be a national network of undergraduate student organizations that has been dedicated to helping Hispanics launch successful business careers for more than 19 years. Through our family of 41 chapters, we provide career development, professional networking, and community building opportunities to our more than 2,600 undegraduate members. To further these efforts, we have built a network of corporate partners who rely on us to support their diversity initiatives by providing a resource of highly motivated candidates.

History of the NHBA

The first NHBA Leadership Conference, in 1990 at the University of Texas at Austin, aimed at promoting the development of Hispanic students who showed promise of becoming leaders in the business world.

The founders saw that these leadership conferences, held annually, would create a national network of Hispanic business student organizations and alumni, and in 1993, they established the National Hispanic Business Association (NHBA).

Beyond the Conference

Since 1993, the NHBA has expanded its role in providing personal and professional development beyond the conference - and now reaches out to students, businesses, and communities with events and programs operating throughout the year.

The NHBA’s unique approach to students and communities has achieved more than was initially thought possible.

Development of the NHBA

As Hispanic communities have grown into the largest minority in the United States, and Hispanic youth prepare to enter the workforce, the NHBA has worked to bring the strengths and limitless potential of these talented Hispanic students to the forefront.

In becoming one of the largest nonprofits to serve Hispanic students in the United States, the NHBA has grown from a single student chapter to more than 41 in some of the largest universities serving Hispanics in the country. Each participating organization, each alumni, adds another valuable networking contact for Hispanic students and strengthens the links that unite our society.