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Featured Speakers & Special Guests
Domingo Garcia
National President, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Dr. Elba Garcia
First Lady of LULAC and Dallas County Commissioner
Honorable Catherine Cortez Masto
U.S. Senator for Nevada
Honorable Isabel Casillas Guzman
27th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Governor of the State of New Mexico
George Lopez
American stand-up comedian and actor
Gina Brillon
Actress, comedian, writer
Aaron D. Ford
Attorney General, State of Nevada
Robert L. Santos
Director of the U.S. Census Bureau
Alejandra Y. Castillo
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development
Ron Pierce
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at the U.S. Department of Energy
Carlos Eduardo Espina
Nonprofit Director, Activist, and Lawyer
Roberto J. Rodríguez
Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, U.S. Department of Education
Alphonso David
President & CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum
Amb. Esteban Moctezuma Barragán
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States of America
Melanie Fontes Rainer
Director, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sister Norma Pimentel
Executive Director, Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley
Roman Palomares
LULAC Chief of Staff & Chairman Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
Leonard Gonzales
Military & Veterans Committee Vice Chair
Xochitl Torres Small
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture
Thomas A. Saenz
President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Gaby Pacheco
President and CEO, TheDream.US
Carolyn G. Goodman
Mayor, City of Las Vegas
Juan Proaño
Chief Executive Officer, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Dr. Arati Prabhakar
Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Willmary Escoto
U.S. Policy Counsel, Access Now
Andrea Delgado
Chief of Staff, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture
James Albino
Director, Center for Minority Veterans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Francisco Sánchez Jr.
Associate Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Jeffrey Prieto
General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lisette Perez
Member of EPA's National Environmental Youth Advisory Council
Laura I. Gomez
Cepanoa Health, CEO and Founder
Dr. Helen Arteaga Landaverde
Chief Executive Officer, NYC Health + Hospital/Elmhurst
Dr. Ray Serrano
Director of Research and Policy, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Tran Dang
Founder and Executive Director, The Rhizome Center for Migrants
Greg Shinbur
Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Caesars Entertainment
Dr. Brett Matulis
Communities Program Director, ecoAmerica
Dr. DeRionne Pollard
President of Nevada State University
Livier Lazaro
Veteran and VFW Commander Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 7420
Danitza James
Subcommittee member, LULAC National Military & Veterans Legislative Affairs Subcommittee
Paola Garcia Abbo
Vice President and Head of Impact, OneMain Financial
Natasha Dale
Vice President of Corporate Philanthropy and Community Relations, OneMain Financial
Max Sevillia
Senior Vice President of National Affairs, Anti-Defamation League
Dr. David Hayes-Bautista
Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the School of Medicine, UCLA
Alejandra Castro
Consultant, Bain & Company
Ed Foster-Simeon
President & CEO, U.S. Soccer Foundation
Alexandra Reeve Givens
CEO, Center for Democracy & Technology
Dr. Yudi Vargas Lewis
Executive Director of Hispanic-Serving Initiatives at Weber State University
Dr. Steven Frese
Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
Maribel Hernández Rivera
Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Border and Immigration, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Mikael Rojas
Senior Counsel to Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice
James L. Smith II
Cofounder and Director of Black Deported Veterans of America (BDVA)
Karen Ventura
Soccer Market Representative, Musco Lighting
Amir Lowery
Executive Director, Open Goal Project
Chris Quaresma
Recreation Supervisor, City of North Las Vegas
Faith Rynda
Associate Director for Candidate Recruitment Office of Presidential Personnel, The White House
Dr. Amber Lasater-Lopez
Chief of Staff and Strategy Office of the President, Nevada State University
Mariana Adame
Special Assistant to the President for Candidate Recruitment and Congressional Outreach, Office of Presidential Personnel, The White House
Isaac Calderon
Professional Soccer Player and Youth Mentor
Emilio X. Gonzalez
Executive Director for Public Policy & Strategic Initiatives, Verizon
Rosie Torres
Co-Founder of Burn Pits 360 Group
Edwin Canizalez
Program Manager- Policy and Legislation, LULAC
Women's Conference Speakers
Jessica G. Cavazos
Principal, Cavazos & Associates
Sen. Luz Escamilla
Utah State Senate
Ana Marfil
Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, Tyson Foods
Monica E. Salazar, Esq
Executive Director, Salazar Law
Lydia Guzman
Director of Advocacy and Civic Engagement, Chicanos Por La Causa
Desiree H. Serna Martinez
Director, Philanthropic & Public Relations LLC
Lourdes Galvan
Past National Vice President for Women for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Janie Gonzalez
Webhead CEO and CPS Energy Chair
Laura I. Gomez
Cepanoa Health, CEO and Founder
Dr. Helen Arteaga Landaverde
Chief Executive Officer, NYC Health + Hospital/Elmhurst
Belia Paz
General Manager, Aerostar Media
Claudia Arevalo, J.D.
Immigration Attorney / Abogada de Inmigración
Dr. Federico Zaragoza
President, The College of Southern Nevada
Lupe Torres
National Vice President for Women
Federal Training Institute Speakers
Al Gallegos
President, National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives
Dr. Javier E. Inclán
Assistant Inspector General for Management and Chief Information Officer, National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General
Dr. Victoria Dixon
Director of, Equity and Inclusion EEO/EO Programs at Army Futures Command, U.S. Army, Department of Defense
Dr. Corinna Balderramos Robinson
National Leadership Development Director, National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives
Marguerite Garrison
Deputy Inspector General for Administrative Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense
Blanca Sanchez
Director, Civilian Human Resources, Diversity & Leadership Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard
Dr. Lisa R. Ramirez
Director, Office of the Secretary, Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Dr. James McDonald
Senior Executive Senior Advisor for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Carmen Garcia
Deputy HR Director & Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Hong V. Miller
Army Futures Command, Chief Human Capital Officer, U.S. Department of Defense
Alejandra Hernandez
Senior Federal Investigator, U.S. Department of Defense
Kimberly L. Newton
Army Futures Command (AFC), Deputy Director of Integratiion
Dr. Lyle J. Hogue
Director, Army Strategic Outreach and Partnerships, U.S. Army
Dr. Beatriz Cuartas
Senior Advisor for Workforce Engagement at the Office of Energy Justice & Equity, U.S. Department of Energy
Cynthia Dunn
Director, Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Internal Revenue Service
Camille Weber
Recruitment & Outreach Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lilian Sotolongo Dorka
Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sandra Rivera
Communications Branch Manager and Hispanic Employment Program Council Chair, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Suzanne R. Torres
Chief, Programs and Management Division, Human Capital, U.S. Army Futures Command, U.S. Department of Defense
Marianne Malizia
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Force Resilience, and the Chief Diversity Officer for the Department of the Air Force
Dr. Marirosa Molina
Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Olga Cano
Architect and Environmental Engineer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Melissa Lasanta-Edwards
Community Involvement Coordinator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Pamela I. Blechinger
Director, The Research and Analysis Center Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Army Futures Command (AFC)
Melody Gonzales
Executive Director of the White House Hispanic Initiative, Department of Education
Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales
Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Entertainment
Lupita Infante
Singer, Songwriter