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J. Alex Valdez keeps the pulse of his New Mexico community as the leader of CHRISTUS St. Vincent hospital. “You always have to look forward to brighter and better days, and be passionate about what you do and why you’re doing it,” he says.
Judge Nelson Diaz came from humble beginnings in Harlem to become the first Latino judge in Pennsylvania.
Gracie Inacay keeps Harris Associates LP committed to its employees. “When I know who the players are throughout the organization and what needs to get done, I can be a strategic partner to management and an advocate for employees,” she says.
Carmen Heredia-Lopez, director of investments for the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund, advocates for diversity and teamwork.
DRR Advisors’ founder Robert Rodriguez is proud to “do the Latino thing.”
Almost brushed off as overqualified, Osvaldo Ramos convinced TravelStore to give him a try. Now as EVP and CFO, he’s been instrumental to the company’s 30+ acquisitions and tremendous success over the past 20 years.
Tanya Garzon has built the HR department of MacKay Shields from the ground up.
Alfonso Martinez advises others who pursue a career in HR to “pursue at least one substantive career rotation in business operations”
Belize native David Ahuja increases business intelligence for P&G Walmart.
Julio Garcia of nuvoTV shares his journey to the HR spotlight. “I don’t want anyone who is here to just collect a check,” says Garcia, of recruiting talent. “You have to have a drive to succeed and a desire to be a part of a bigger cause.”
Hilton Worldwide’s senior director of supplier diversity Fred Lona has taken an HR function and meshed it with the procurement process to expand the hotel chain’s supplier base.
Guillermo Garcia took the values of hard work his parents taught him to create GSG Consulting,Inc., a Chicago-based company that focuses on civil infrastructure design, geotechnical engineering, and environmental remediation, as well as construction management, site development, occupational safety, and industrial hygiene.
Felicia Ortiz started Cluster Construction Consulting, LLC with business partner Mark Bodner in 2011. After only a year, the company has grown from two employees to 16 and now generates more than $1 million in revenue.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ passionate president and CEO, Richard D. Cordova, advocates for increased financial support for vulnerable children’s hospitals.
Ramón Baez, Hewlett-Packard’s senior vice president and global CIO, chats with us about his professionals moves and his game plan for leading IT teams at some of the top corporations in the world.
“Growing up in the Bronx, the YMCA was one of the few places I could go to stay off the streets,” says John Quiñones, who now serves as secretary and general counsel of the YMCA Retirement fund.
New Limeco’s Eddie Caram reveals how he makes exotic fruits irresistible despite the down economy.
As a Latina and proud mother of two, Jennifer Ortega says she’s not always what clients expect. “More than once, I’ve been mistaken for the secretary or court reporter—and once I was even mistaken for the person delivering lunch!” says Ortega, Viacom’s deputy general counsel.
