Olga Camargo

Olga Camargo

2019 Ricardo Salinas Scholar, Ricardo Salinas Scholarship

Olga Camargo is CEO and Founder of FARO Associates LLC.

Olga Camargo is CEO and Founder of FARO Associates LLC*, an independent woman-owned business and Minority Business Enterprise or MBE, a specialist in operations consulting, risk management and advisory services headquartered in Chicago. With a combined 45 years of experience, the experts at FARO Associates have excelled at delivering high quality tailored financial services, insurance brokerage services, and served as trusted operations consultants to businesses, nonprofits, and government across industries that include education, construction, and healthcare. Olga was selected by Hispanic Lifestyle for its “2018 Latinas of Influence National Award”. In 2017, Diversity MBA Magazine honored Olga with its National Top 100 Under 50.

Executive Leaders Award. She is part of New America Alliance’s American Latina Leadership Caucus, comprised of the 100 most influential Latinas across sectors in the U.S. In 2013, she was inducted into the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration Alumni Leadership Academy for her outstanding contribution in her industry and raising the standing and stature of the college. Olga is genuinely dedicated in helping others achieve personal financial success and overall professional success, and has leveraged her expertise and HACE’s national reach to do so.  She goes above and beyond her role as National Board Chair by donating her time one-on-one, leading workshops, and connecting HACE to partners year-round.  Selected to participate in Ideas Festival Session 1.