Michael Volpe

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Mauricio Gutierrez, Enrique Lores and Ramon Laguarte are just three of the 16 Hispanic CEOs of S&P 500 companies. Photos (left to right): NRG, Chief Executive, Fortune.

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Hispanics on the S&P 500

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In December 2020, the NASDAQ announced a proposed rule change that would require at least one female and one person of color on most NASDA listed corporate boards within five years. Photo: Depositphotos

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NASDAQ Backs Diversity

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Monica Lozano is the newest member of Apple's board. Photo: Getty Images.

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A Latina at Apple

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There are still two days left of Rise-up Philly's Entrepreneurship Hackathon. Photo: eventbrite.com

Entrepreneurs

Rise-up Philly Entrepreneurs

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Roel Campos, former Commissioner on the  Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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Roel Campos Speaks Up

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Esther Aguilera is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at LCDA. She recently appeared on Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein, a podcast targeting corporate board members, to talk about how her Association helped to pass AB 979.

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LCDA's Push for Legislation

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Cesar Conde, the new chairman of NBCUniversal News Group. media.bizj.us

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Pays His Success Forward

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Susan Keating, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Women Corporate Directors Foundation, Janet Wong is the Lead Executive Advisor for Ascend Pinnacle and the Director of the boards of Allegiance Bancshares, Enviva, and Lumentum, Amanda Gerut is the Associate Editor of Agenda, and Esther Aguilera is the President and CEO of the Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA).

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Crisis an Opportunity

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Screenshot of Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden at the virtual L’Attitude conference in San Diego. He was interviewed by Stephanie Ruhle, a senior business reporter at MSNBC. (Screenshot from L’Attitude website)

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Biden's Message To Latinos

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Panelists in the digital edition of L'Attitude 2020, including Diana Olick, Ryan Marshall, Ryan Schneider and Gary Acosta. Courtesy of L'Attitude 2020.

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Latino Future Builders

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Panel L'Attitude 2020 "Making Capitalism Work in the 21st Century", with Larry Fink, CEO of Black Rock, Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, and Jose Minaya, CEO of Nuveen. Courtesy of L'Attitude 2020. 

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A Capitalism That Works

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Noerena Limón (Left) is the Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Industry Relations and the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). Gary Acosta (Right) is a co-founder of L’Attitude. He has also founded or co-founded several mortgage, real estate and technology companies.

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Powerful Findings

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Sol Trujillo (right) is the Chair and Co-founder of the Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC), and co-founder of L’ATTITUDE. José E. Cil (left) is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI).

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Latino Millionaires?

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Laurence D. Fink of Blackrock, Jose Minaya of Nuveen and Brian Moynihan of Bank of America took part in L'Attitude's panel: Making Capitalism Work in the 21st Century Photos: Blackrock (right), Nuveen (center), chiefexecutive.net (right) 

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Backing ESG Investment

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Arne Sorenson of Marriott, Michael Corbat of Citigroup and Oscar Munoz of United Airlines talked about the pressing issues of 2020 at L'Attitude. Photos: Marriott (left), Citigroup (center), Wayne Slezak (right) 

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It is no about diversity

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Hans Vestberg is the CEO of Verizon. Photo: Vox

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The Hispanic Key to Growth

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José E. Feliciano (left) and Kwanza Jones (right) have made the biggest gift in history from Black and Latino donors to Princeton University. Photo: princeton.edu

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Making Princeton History

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Former SEC Commissioner Roel Campos announced "Latino Voices for Boardroom Equity" an initiative to spur Latino C-suite representation alongside a number of national Latino organizations. Photo: Hispanic Executive

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Latinos for Boardroom Equity

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Matthew Albence testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Homeland Security Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill July 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. Albence testified that the increase in the number of people illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has stretched his agency's budget to the breaking point. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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ICE Director on Hot Seat

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Young people walk the grounds of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children as congress members visit the facility during an oversight tour on July 15, 2019 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Homestead's Scrutiny

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 18: Congressman Jimmy Gomez attends the Smithsonian's celebration of Asian Pacific Americans at City Market Social House on May 18, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

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Census Concerns Live On

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EL PASO, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 01: Central American immigrants walk along the border fence after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico on February 01, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The migrants later turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, seeking political asylum in the United States. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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Unparalleled systemic strai

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JANUARY 29: Immigrants wait for their citizenship interviews at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), district office on January 29, 2013 in New York City. Some 118,000 immigrants applied for U.S. citizenship in the New York City dictrict in 2012. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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USCIS Chaos

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Congresswoman Victoria Escobar 

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Crowded CBP facilities

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Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority Omar J. Marrero speaks onstage during the Pathway To The Future: Opportunities Of An Economic Transformation Forum at PlayStation Theater on February 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images of Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development & Commerce)

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Puerto Rico still recovering

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John Suarez speaking at the Geneva Summit in 2013. He helps run a pro-democracy nonprofit in Miami that researches human rights violations in Cuba. Photo Credit: John Suarez

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Cuba's repressive nature

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Yazmin Juarez is sworn in before testifying in front of the House Oversight Committee. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

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Mom testifies infant's loss

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Blue digital computer brain on circuit board with glows and flares - stock photo.

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AI Lending Discrimination

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Juan Martinez

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Lack of diversity in wealth

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U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Photo Courtesy of her office. 

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More Board Diversity

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Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks at the National Forum on Wages and Working People on April 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images).

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Castro's Town Hall