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* 2024 LULAC National Convention & Exposition.

Speakers and Panelists

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

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