The Latino C-Suite
Belinda Guadarrama Builds Success by Word of Mouth
How Belinda Guadarrama turned an unexpected layoff into GC Micro Corporation, a leading IT integration organization and one of the nation’s biggest Hispanic-owned companies
Peter Gamez Is Putting Oakland on the Map
Peter Gamez has always loved Oakland. As CEO of its destination marketing organization, he’s helping a new generation discover all the city has to offer.
Shiseido Chief Legal Officer Maria Chiclana Is a Legal and Business Partnerr
Maria Chiclana builds on her global, legal, business, and beauty experience to transform the traditional role of legal operator into a world-class strategic business partner
“As a Hispanic leader and first-generation American, I want to help other underrepresented small business owners get a chance to be seen.”
Peter Gamez
CEO
Visit Oakland
Bill Viqueira Embraces a Proud Call to Public Service
Bill Viqueira details his transition to the public sector as SVP, CFO, and treasurer at NJ TRANSIT, helping weather the pandemic-induced challenges and leading public-private partnerships that will leave a lasting legacy
Jesus Zamarripa Is Humana’s Triple Threat CIO
As a CIO at Humana, Jesus “JZ” Zamarripa unites his passions for economics and tech with his family’s tradition of practicing medicine to change the face of healthcare delivery
Argelia Medina Builds People Up at Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment
CHRO Argelia Medina shares lessons learned in an over twenty-year career at Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment
“Economics fascinated me. It’s about human behavior. And it provides a problem-solving structure.”
Jesus “JZ” Zamarripa
CIO of Corporate Technology
Humana
Credits
Editor
Michele Cantos
Design + Digital Illustrations
Arturo Magallanes
Web development
Jose Reinaldo Montoya
Photo
Portraits: Winni Wintermeyer (Guadarrama), Courtesy of Visit Oakland(Gamez), Thomas Dubanowich (Loredo), Gevon Servo (Viqueira), Jane Shauck (Zamarripa), Courtesy of Argelia Medina (Medina)
Paintings: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Gift of Christen Sveaas, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2020 (C-Suite Banner), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Friends of European Paintings, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Gifts, Gift of Humanities Fund Inc., by exchange, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Inc. Gift, and funds from various donors, 2020 (Second Banner), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Rogers Fund, 1953 (Third Banner), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Purchase, Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, by exchange, Fosburgh Fund Inc. and Mr. and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II Gifts, and Henry G. Keasbey Bequest, 1967 (Footer)
