Legal Luminaries

Rafaela Monasterio Asset Living
Rafaela Monasterio Paves the Way for Continued Asset Living Expansion

Rafaela Monasterio continues to create a best-in-class compliance organization at Asset Living

Elena Ortiz Chiques Mastercard
Elena Ortiz Knows Mastercard Has Her Back

Elena Ortiz was promoted during her maternity leave, and she returned more committed than ever

Veronica Rodriguez TelevisaUnivision
Veronica Rodriguez: Driving Strategy at the Intersection of Law, Finance and Business

After nearly two decades in BigLaw and multibillion-dollar transactions, Veronica Rodriguez now helps steer one of the world’s largest Spanish-language media companies through transformation and complexity.

Edda Santiago Covenant House International
Edda Santiago is the Queen of Reinvention at Covenant House International

Who walks away from big law money to focus on combating homelessness? Edda Santiago.

Rose Marie Glazer AIG
Rose Marie Glazer is a Large Cap Public Company General Counsel at AIG

How a small gift from her parents fueled Glazer’s career success

Carolina Rincon Cortes Ontop
CLO Carolina Rincon Cortes Found Her True Self in Law

Carolina Rincon Cortes is transforming. The Colombian-born attorney, chief legal officer (CLO), mother, wife, and…

Kate Pérez Whittaker has Everything She Worked So Hard for at Arxada

Kate Pérez Whittaker wanted two things: a big career and a big family. She shares how she landed them both.

Jeannine Cordero Accertify Inc.
Jeannine Cordero Is at Home as an Advocate and Fraud Thwarter

For fifteen years, Jeannine Cordero advocated for students with special needs. Now she helps Accertify stop fraudsters from separating people from their money.

Gustavo Torres Fervo Energy
Gustavo Torres Helps Scale Up Fervo Energy

VP and General Counsel Gustavo Torres is dedicated to promoting clean, firm power by helping Fervo Energy set a standard in renewable energy

Luis E. Gomez Ford Motor Company
Luis E. Gomez Leads High-Stakes Class Action Defense Worldwide for Ford

Luis E. Gomez drives litigation strategy and legal innovation as a trusted business partner at Ford

Lynn Lugo IQVIA
Lynn Lugo Dares to Be Herself

From soldier to senior counsel, Lynn Lugo has carved a global path defined by resilience, intellect, and authenticity—rising through the ranks of law and technology while championing Latino representation in the legal field

Deanna Ortiz McDonald’s
Deanna Ortiz Transformed a College Basketball Career into a Legal Career

Playing Division 1 basketball taught Deanna Ortiz accountability, how to communicate with a variety of individuals, and how to build relationships

Monica Lopez Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Monica Lopez Grew Up in the Fields and Is Now a Star In-House Attorney

Monica Lopez reflects on life as a migrant and the parents who raised her to become a successful corporate counsel

Sylvia-Rebecca Gutiérrez Stevens Institute of Technology
Sylvia-Rebecca “Becky” Gutiérrez Leads with A Curious Mind

Sylvia-Rebecca “Becky” Gutiérrez, assistant general counsel at the Stevens Institute of Technology, has always had a drive to know more

Richard Muñoz Buckner International
Richard Muñoz Builds Better Nonprofits

Richard Muñoz guides nonprofit Buckner International as it grows with intention and strives to build self-sustaining programs

Suzette Recinos PepsiCo
Suzette Recinos Wants You to Make Your Vision Known

Suzette Recinos was promoted to PepsiCo’s general counsel of LatAm by cultivating a reputation of speaking up and taking on big challenges

Roxana Mondragón-Motta Ericsson
Roxana Mondragón-Motta Is the Product of Immigration

Roxana Mondragón-Motta of Ericsson speaks multiple languages. But Spanish was the one that drove her career further than her younger self ever imagined.

Ronald Martinez Vanderbilt University
Ronald Martinez Outworked the Odds

Ronald Martinez details an unexpected journey from small-town rural roots to legal leadership at Vanderbilt University