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Liliana Gil Valletta, guest editor, Leading Latinas 2019
Liliana Gil Valletta to Leading Latinas: “We must push and pull each other up.”

To the powerful Latinas featured in this issue: getting recognized puts you in a position…

Nelson Díaz autobiography
“If you don’t write it, you don’t tell it, and no one’s ever going to know.”

In today’s political climate, Nelson A. Díaz understands the need for diverse stories of adversity and…

NextGen Collective Event in Chicago
NextGen Collective: Chicago Recap

On April 23 at the bright, dazzling Cruz Blanca Brewery in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood, the NextGen…

Mariana Fagnilli: From International Human Rights Law to Global D&I Leader

Mariana Fagnilli has always been a spokesperson for humanity. She was born, raised, and educated…

How Susan Baida is impacting the largest employer with the longest reach

With 87,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 700 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, 4,900 physicians, and a…

Mark Ortiz
Situational Leadership from A Worldly CFO: Mark Ortiz

Mark Ortiz—who was born in France to a Bolivian father and Polish mother, and who…

Miguel Myhrer
Miguel Myhrer: “A hallmark of any successful person is a commitment to continuous learning.”

Before cellular phones and international calling plans, Miguel Myhrer remembers his father using a ham…

Nestor Martinez-Segura
Nestor Martinez-Segura: “Leadership is about ‘we’, not ‘I’.”

Over the past eleven years, Nestor Martinez-Segura has risen steadily from a financial services agent…

Chris Luna
Chris Luna’s Approach to Rapid Growth

The ubiquity of cellular phones speaks to their near-total popularity: data from the Pew Research…

Maria Garton’s Quest to Reach New Heights

“It started when I was in kindergarten,” says Maria Garton of the work ethic instilled…

Edwin Suarez Explains Marathon Oil’s Inclusive Innovation

An evolving business strategy and an intense focus on innovation have kept Marathon Oil, a…

Primed for the Boardroom

There is a significant distinction between the work of an executive and the work of…

2019 Best of the Boardroom

Despite growing awareness of the importance of diversity and of the influential Hispanic market, a…

Antonio Garza White & Case
Antonio Garza: Best of the Boardroom

Antonio Garza has held some of the highest positions available in both the public and…

Francisco Sánchez: Best of the Boardroom

At the age of twenty-two, Francisco Sánchez had saved up the princely sum of $8,000.…

Debra Sandler Mavis Foods
Debra Sandler: Best of the Boardroom

From growing up in Trinidad amongst a large extended family, to helping launch Splenda, to…

Cesar Alvarez Greenberg Traurig
Cesar Alvarez: Best of the Boardroom

At a recent dinner hosted by Don Francisco, Cesar Alvarez and the dozen-or-so other guests…

Patricia Salas Pineda
Hispanic Executives, Pay Attention: Opportunities are Broadening

We are seeing encouraging trends in the boardroom for Hispanic executives. First, in 2016 and…

Raquel Tamez, SHPE
Raquel Tamez, the ‘Feisty Latina’ at the Helm of the SHPE

Whenever Raquel Tamez is mentoring a Latina or speaking publicly to Latinas, she always tells…

Marjorie De La Cruz, PepsiCo
Marjorie De La Cruz is PepsiCo’s Legal Beacon of Light

Fighting against the prejudices and disadvantages that come from being a Latina can prove to…