Latino Economists

Jerry Plush
Jerry Plush and Amerant Bank Expand Commitment to Latino Community

Jerry Plush, chairman and CEO of Amerant Bank, shares his company’s vision and rationale for recent partnership with LiS: Latinos in Sports

Andy Unanue. AUA Private Equity Partners
From Goya Heir to Investor: Andy Unanue Empowers Families and Hispanic Leaders

Andy Unanue is using his expertise in the Hispanic market to invest in family businesses and build legacy as managing partner of AUA Private Equity Partners

Orlando Camargo
Orlando Camargo Embraces Differences and Promotes Latino Economic Empowerment

Founding Partner Orlando Camargo of Ithaca Street Partners believes in leveraging his client’s differences, especially Latinos, to help them reach their goals

Pamela Davis US International Trade Commission
International Economist Pamela Davis on Being the First

In the field of economics, she is often the first person of color, the first woman, and the first bilingual economist. But she’s going to make sure she’s not the last.

Ignacio Martinez Google
Ignacio Martinez Speaks on Data’s Behalf

As a staff economist at Google, he uses his soft skills to communicate his findings clearly and pulls from his lived experiences to work collaboratively with several teams.

Vicki Mak-Romo General Motors
Vicki Mak-Romo Has an Electric Future at General Motors

Energy economics expert Vicki Mak-Romo encourages more Latinas to pursue a career in economics as she elevates the future of electric vehicles at General Motors

Alejandra Y. Castillo Bridges Markets and Communities

How an adolescence split between two countries prepared Alejandra Y. Castillo to serve as assistant secretary of commerce for economic development

Norma Padrón EmpiricaLabs
Community Is the Variable in Norma Padrón’s Equation

Early mentorship helped Norma Padrón bridge work and learning to transform healthcare as the CEO of EmpiricaLab

We Need Hispanic Economists

Raquel Tamez explains why young Hispanic leaders should be looking to the field of economics if they want to effect truly powerful change