Corporate Alliance
The LULAC Corporate Alliance is an advisory board composed of more than thirty of the nation's leading companies who seek to foster stronger partnerships between corporations and the Hispanic community and to provide advice and assistance to the LULAC organization. Corporations participating in the Alliance work with LULAC in developing national and community-based programs to address the needs of the Hispanic community and to ensure that the nation's future workforce obtains the necessary education and skills to keep America productive.
LULAC Corporate Alliance projects have included the establishment of a permanent national headquarters for LULAC in Washington, DC; the establishment of the LULAC Legislative Conference and Awards Gala; and the LULAC Media Project.
LULAC salutes the members of the Corporate Alliance whose strong support has helped the organization carry out its vital mission.
Member List
Altria Group, Inc.
American Airlines
Amgen
Anheuser-Busch Inc.
AT&T
Bank of America
BlueCross BlueShield Association
Burger King Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
Comcast Corporation
Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Denny's, Inc
Diageo
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Company
The Home Depot
JPMorgan Chase & Co
McDonald's Corporation
Mead Johnson Nutrition
MillerCoors LLC
National Cable & Telecommunications Association
The Procter & Gamble Company
Pfizer Inc.
Shell Oil Company
Southwest Airlines Co.
Sprint Nextel Corporation
Time Warner Cable
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Univision Communications, Inc.
Verizon Communications Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
The Walt Disney Company
Western Union
Yum! Brands Inc.
Member Profiles
Altria Group, Inc.
Altria directly or indirectly owns 100% of each of PM USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC (USSTC), John Middleton Co. (Middleton), Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Ltd. (Ste. Michelle), and PMCC. Altria holds a continuing economic and voting interest in SABMiller plc. More information about Altria is available at www.altria.com
American Airlines
American Airlines, American Eagle and AmericanConnection® serve 250 cities in 40 countries with, on average, more than 3,400 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 900 aircraft. American's award-winning AA.com® website provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld® Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve approximately 750 destinations in nearly 150 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com and AAdvantage are trademarks of American Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: AMR). The address is http://www.aa.com
Amgen
Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers innovative human therapeutics. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen was one of the first companies to realize the new science's promise by bringing safe and effective medicines from lab, to manufacturing plant, to patient. Amgen therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, bone disease, and other serious illnesses. With a deep and broad pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives. To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visitwww.amgen.com.
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Anheuser-Busch Companies, one of the world's largest brewers, is the largest beer maker in the US, with 45% of the market. The company makes leading brands Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob, and Busch, as well as specialty beers including ZiegenBock Amber, Red Wolf Lager, and O'Doul's (nonalcoholic). The company has joint ventures in Japan, Mexico, China, several South American countries, and throughout Europe. It also operates theme parks (Busch Gardens, Sea World) and water parks (Water Country, U.S.A., Adventure Island).
AT&T Inc.
AT&T is the largest telecommunications company in the United States and one of the largest in the world. It is the global company that will set the standard for a new era of integrated communications and entertainment services.
Today, AT&T has Internet Protocol-based (IP) network capabilities, assets and resources that are widely regarded as unsurpassed in the marketplace, enabling the company to lead the industry in using the language of the Internet to deliver innovative services that integrate voice, data and video. The combined IP assets of AT&T will enable innovations that neither the pre-merger SBC nor pre-merger AT&T could have accomplished on its own.
AT&T serves millions of customers around the globe, including global, national, midsize, regional and government customers. It delivers an unsurpassed portfolio of traditional and IP-based voice, broadband Internet, data transport, wireless and video services. It also offers online and print directory publishing and advertising.
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 57 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 5,800 retail banking offices and approximately 18,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with 29 million active users. Bank of America is among the world's leading wealth management companies and is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 4 million small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations in more than 40 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
www.bankofamerica.com
BlueCross BlueShield Association
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a national federation of 39 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies that collectively provide healthcare coverage for nearly 98 million members - one-in-three Americans. For more information on the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and its member companies, please visitwww.BCBS.com.
Burger King Corporation
Maker of the cultural icon the Whopper, Burger King's humble origins are in a small Miami restaurant. The company is fast-food restaurant leader and has about 9,000 locations in every US state and in more than 50 countries. In addition to its Whopper and BK Broiler sandwiches, the company offers fries, shakes, and soft drinks. More than 1.5 billion Whoppers are sold each year.
The Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola is the world's largest soft-drink company, with a 48% market share and two of the three top-selling soft drinks (#1 Coca-Cola classic and #3 diet Coke. Its more than 160 brands of beverages -- carbonated, sports, and milk-based drinks; juices; teas; and coffees -- are sold in some 200 countries. The company is also the world's largest distributor of juice drinks (including Minute Maid). In the US, where Coke has over 40% of the market, Coca-Cola classic is #1 and Sprite the fastest-growing major soft drink. Other brands include Barq's root beer, Fruitopia, and Surge. About two-thirds of the company's sales and three-fourths of its profits come from overseas.
Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services. Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. Comcast is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.
Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Cox Enterprises is a family-owned holding company with operations spanning cable TV, broadcasting, publishing, and auctions. Its flagship subsidiary, Cox Communications, is the #3 cable system operator (behind Comcast and Time Warner Cable) serving more than 6 million customers with TV, Internet, and digital phone services. Its Manheim unit is the largest wholesale vehicle auction company in the US, with about 145 locations. Cox's media operations, overseen by Cox Media Group, include Cox Newspapers (eight daily papers), Cox Television (about 15 local stations), and Cox Radio (about 80 stations). Cox also owns a majority stake in AutoTrader.com, an online used car listing service.
Denny's, Inc
Feel like getting slammed for breakfast? The home of the Grand Slam Breakfast, Denny's is one of the leading full-service, family-style restaurant chains in the US, with more than 1,650 of its signature eateries located across the country. Typically open 24 hours a day, the chain is best known for its menu of breakfast items, including eggs, pancakes, and combination plates carrying such names as All-American Slam, Lumberjack Slam, and the aforementioned Grand Slam Breakfast. Denny's also serves standard American fare (burgers, sandwiches, steak) for lunch and dinner. The company owns and operates about 230 of its restaurants, while the rest are franchised or operate under licensing agreements.
Diageo
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wines. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Guinness, Smirnoff, J&B, Baileys, Cuervo, Tanqueray and Captain Morgan.
Diageo is a global company, with its products sold in more than 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE). For more information about Diageo, its people, brands, and performance, visit us at Diageo.com. For our global resource that promotes responsible drinking through the sharing of best practice tools, information and initiatives, visit DRINKiQ.com.
Celebrating life, every day, everywhere.
Exxon Mobil Corporation
ExxonMobil, the largest publicly traded international oil and gas company, uses technology and innovation to help meet the world’s growing energy needs. ExxonMobil holds an industry-leading inventory of resources, is the largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products, and its chemical company is one of the largest in the world.
Follow ExxonMobil on Twitter at www.twitter.com/exxonmobil.
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 164,000 employees and about 70 plants worldwide, the company’s automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford and its products worldwide, please visit http://corporate.ford.com/.
General Motors Corporation
General Motors (GM) is the world's largest industrial enterprise and the #1 manufacturer of cars and trucks. In the US its Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Geo, GMC, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and Saturn brands account for about one out of three autos on the road. GM also provides financing through GMAC, makes vehicle components through Delphi Automotive Systems (the world's largest auto parts maker), and produces automobiles for foreign manufacturers Holden, Opel, Isuzu, and Saab. Subsidiary Hughes Electronics develops telecommunications networks. About one-third of GM's sales are generated outside North America.
The Home Depot
The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,247 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and China. In fiscal 2009, The Home Depot had sales of $66.2 billion and earnings from continuing operations of $2.6 billion. The Company employs more than 300,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.
http://www.homedepot.com/
JPMorgan Chase & Co
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.1 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management and private equity. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.
McDonald's Corporation
McDonald's, which boasts one of the world's most valuable brand names is the world's #1 fast-food chain. It operates more than 23,000 restaurants worldwide, and its more than 12,300 US outlets have given it a 42% share of the nation's fast-food hamburger business. Most are the familiar freestanding variety, with a heavy emphasis on playscapes to attract its core audience: kids. Children influence almost half the visits to the chain. McDonald's is also building mini-units with simplified menus at alternative locations (such as Wal-Marts). Nearly two-thirds of the restaurants are franchised. Overseas restaurants account for nearly 60% of the company's sales and profits.
Mead Johnson Nutrition
Mead Johnson, a global leader in pediatric nutrition, develops, manufactures, markets and distributes more than 70 products in 50 markets worldwide. The company's mission is to nourish the world's children for the best start in life. The Mead Johnson name has been associated with science-based pediatric nutrition products for over 100 years. The company's "Enfa" family of brands, including Enfamil(R) infant formula, is the world's leading brand franchise in pediatric nutrition. For more information, visit meadjohnson.com.
MillerCoors LLC
MillerCoors brews, markets and sells the MillerCoors portfolio of brands in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Built on a foundation of great beer brands and nearly 300 years of brewing heritage, MillerCoors continues the commitment of its founders to brew the highest quality beers. MillerCoors is the second-largest beer company in America, capturing nearly 30 percent of U.S. beer sales. Led by two of the best-selling beers in the industry, MillerCoors has a broad portfolio of highly complementary brands across every major industry segment. Miller Lite is the great-tasting beer that established the American light beer category in 1975, and Coors Light is the brand that introduced consumers to Rocky Mountain cold refreshment. MillerCoors brews premium beers Coors Banquet and Miller Genuine Draft, and economy brands Miller High Life and Keystone Light. The company also offers innovative products such as MGD 64, Miller Chill and Sparks. Through MillerCoors new craft and import company, Tenth and Blake, imports Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Pilsner Urquell, Grolsch and Molson Canadian and features craft brews from the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, Blue Moon Brewing Company and the Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Company. MillerCoors operates eight major breweries in the U.S., as well as the Leinenkugel’s craft brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and two microbreweries, the 10th Street Brewery in Milwaukee and the Blue Moon Brewing Company at Coors Field in Denver. MillerCoors vision is to create the best beer company in America by driving profitable industry growth. MillerCoors insists on building its brands the right way through brewing quality, responsible marketing and environmental and community impact. MillerCoors is a joint venture of SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company.
http://www.millercoors.com
National Cable & Telecommunications Association
NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable industry is the nation’s largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet access, serving more than 41 million customers, after investing more than $160 billion to build two-way interactive networks with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to more than 22 million American consumers.
http://www.ncta.com
Pfizer Inc.
At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacturing of medicines for people and animals. Our diversified global health care portfolio includes human and animal biologic and small molecule medicines and vaccines, as well as nutritional products and many of the world’s best-known consumer products. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as the world’s leading biopharmaceutical company, we also collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 150 years, Pfizer has worked to make a difference for all who rely on us. To learn more about our commitments, please visit us at www.pfizer.com.
The Procter & Gamble Company
Four billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®, Whisper®, Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Gain®, Pringles®, Charmin®, Downy®, Lenor®, Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head & Shoulders®, Wella®, Gillette®, Braun® and Fusion®. The P&G community includes approximately 127,000 employees working in about 80 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.
Shell Oil Company
One of the largest oil and gas companies in the US, Shell Oil produces and markets crude oil, natural gas and chemical products. Its parent company, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, is the largest petroleum company in the world. Following industry trends, Shell Oil operates a number of its refineries, exploration units, and chemical plants in association with other domestic and foreign concerns. Most of the company's US production of crude oil takes place in California, West Texas, and the Gulf of Mexico. Natural gas production is concentrated in South Texas and Michigan and along the Gulf Coast.
Southwest Airlines Co.
In its 40th year of service, Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV)continues to differentiate itself from other low fare carriers--offering a reliable product with exemplary Customer Service. Southwest Airlines is the nation's largest carrier in terms of originating domestic passengers boarded, now serving 69 cities in 35 states. Beginning March 13, 2011, Southwest will initiate service toCharleston and Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina, and on March 27, 2011, service will begin to Newark Liberty International Airport. Southwest also is one of the most honored airlines in the world known for its commitment to the triple bottom line of Performance, People, and Planet. To read more about how Southwest is doing its part to be a good citizen, visit southwest.com/cares to read the Southwest Airlines One Report(TM). Based in Dallas, Southwest currently operates more than 3,200 flights a day and has nearly 35,000 Employees systemwide.
www.southwest.com
Sprint Nextel Corporation
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 49.9 million customers at the end of 2010 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Newsweek ranked Sprint No. 6 in its 2010 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation’s greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with well-clustered systems located mainly in five geographic areas — New York State (including New York City), the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas. Time Warner Cable serves more than 14 million customers who subscribe to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services. Time Warner Cable Business Class offers a suite of phone, Internet, Ethernet and cable television services to businesses of all sizes. Time Warner Cable Media, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions that are targeted and affordable. More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.timewarnercable.com, www.twcbc.com and www.twcmedia.com.
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN), founded in 1935 with headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas, is one of the world's largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef and pork, the second-largest food production company in the Fortune 500 and a member of the S&P 500. The company produces a wide variety of protein-based and prepared food products and is the recognized market leader in the retail and foodservice markets it serves. Tyson provides products and services to customers throughout the United States and more than 90 countries. The company has approximately 115,000 Team Members employed at more than 400 facilities and offices in the United States and around the world. Through its Core Values, Code of Conduct and Team Member Bill of Rights, Tyson strives to operate with integrity and trust and is committed to creating value for its shareholders, customers and Team Members. The company also strives to be faith-friendly, provide a safe work environment and serve as stewards of the animals, land and environment entrusted to it.
Univision Communications Inc.
Univision Communications owns the nation's largest Spanish-language television network, holding a more than 88% share of the fast-growing US Spanish-language TV audience. Its Univision network owns 21 broadcast stations and has another 27 broadcast affiliates and nearly 850 cable affiliates. Its Galavision cable network reaches more than 2.5 million households. The networks provide 24 hours daily of first-run programming -- most of which is provided by Mexico's Grupo Televisa and Venezuelan network Venevision. It also offers a TV home-shopping service in a venture with USA Networks.
Verizon Communications Inc.
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s fastest and most advanced 4G network and largest and most reliable 3G network, and serves more than 94 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 82,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), or “Walmart,” serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at more than 8,700 retail units under 59 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year 2010 sales of $405 billion, Walmart employs more than 2 million associates worldwide. A leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity, Walmart ranked first among retailers in Fortune Magazine's 2010 Most Admired Companies survey. Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting www.walmartstores.com and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/walmart. Online merchandise sales are available at www.walmart.comand www.samsclub.com.
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, the world's second-largest media conglomerate, has interests in TV and movie production (including Buena Vista Television, Miramax Film Corp., and Touchstone Pictures), theme parks (including Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Epcot Center, and North America's most-visited theme park, the Magic Kingdom), publication companies (Disney Press, Hyperion Press, and Mouse Works), and professional sports franchises (the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim hockey team). Disney's ABC Inc. division includes the ABC TV network, several dozen TV stations, and shares in five cable channels, including ESPN.
Western Union
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a leader in global payment services. Together with its Vigo, Orlandi Valuta, Pago Facil and Western Union Business Solutions branded payment services, Western Union provides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, to send payments and to purchase money orders. The Western Union, Vigo and Orlandi Valuta branded services are offered through a combined network of 445,000 agent locations in 200 countries and territories. In 2010, The Western Union Company completed 214 million consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide, moving $76 billion of principal between consumers, and 405 million business payments. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
Yum! Brands Inc.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, is the world's largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, with more than 37,000 restaurants in over 110 countries and territories. The company is ranked #216 on the Fortune 500 List, with revenues of nearly $11 billion in 2009. Four of the company's restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Long John Silver's - are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza, Mexican-style food and quick-service seafood categories, respectively. Outside the United States in 2009, the Yum! Brands system opened more than four new restaurants each day of the year, making it a leader in international retail development.
Please contact David M. Pérez, LULAC Director of Development for additional information about the LULAC Corporate Alliance at DPerez@LULAC.org