As a diversity expert with more than 22 years of experience, Lorie Valle-Yanez was brought onboard to MassMutual Financial Group to implement an internal diversity and inclusion strategy that’s earned accolades from employees and executives alike.
Reliant Energy’s Manny Rodriguez connects with national sports teams and their fans to create sustainable solutions. “It is one venue where all is put aside and everyone comes together for a common goal, which is to root for their team,” Rodriguez says.
Close friends and powerful Latinas Monica Gil and Angela Mariana Freyre discuss with Hispanic Executive how their mentor-mentee bond helped propel them to new career heights.
As president of 42-year-old advocacy organization Chicago United, Gloria Castillo oversees groundbreaking initiatives aimed at building multicultural business leadership in the Windy City and beyond.
George Flores worked in almost every department of Crystex Composites LLC before becoming president and CEO. Little did he know, his experience would give him the ability and endurance to guide the changing company through rocky times.
Alvarado Construction, Inc. isn’t just breaking concrete—it’s crushing stereotypes. As its CEO and president, Linda Alvarado hits a home run in a male-dominated field with still enough time to co-own a Major League Baseball team.
Often hailed as the Second City, Chicago is on a league of its own when it comes to opportunities for multicultural business, particularly for the 38,000 Hispanic-owned enterprises which call the city home.
Adolfo “Al” Aguilar has always thrived on being the underdog. With the help of wife Gisela Girard, he founded Creative Civilization, a new breed of advertising agency; one that happens to be Hispanic-owned and operated, but is responsible for total marketing.
Charged with helping lead L’Oréal’s diversity marketing efforts, Daniel Villarroel has emerged as a true trailblazer, brainstorming campaigns that resonate with the Hispanic female audience.
Thirty years ago, Robert W. Garcia thought “organic” meant someone on the street selling tomatoes. Today, his $30 million all-natural tortilla chips business is at the cutting edge of the natural-food movement.
Wynndalco Enterprises’ multifaceted CEO David Andalcio plugs into sustainable initiatives to make a positive impact on the environment and empower minorities to pursue careers in renewable technology.
Being president of a multimillion-dollar operation and maintenance company wasn’t exactly what Cindy Esparza Crockett had in mind when she finished law school at Catholic University of America. But, sometimes plans take an unexpected turn for a reason.
Long before Art Hurtado founded the national-security firm Invertix Corporation, Hurtado was set on becoming a pirate. He eventually settled on navigating the choppy waters of government contracting as one of the industry’s most nimble—and fearless—visionaries.
Following a string of industry accolades, Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, founder of San Francisco-based ODA Design Associates, sits down with HE to discuss why he runs his interior-design firm like a businessman—not an artist.
It takes a pretty compelling case to lure a full-scholarship law student, with a 4.0 grade point average, out of school and into a sweaty start-up in his mother’s garage. The winning argument for Cuban-born Carlos Ramirez was fashion.
As a 34-year-old father and multidisciplinary artist, Lucas Rivera still partakes in Philly’s notorious street life. Now, however, he’s contributing to the advancement of his community and not its degradation.