The 1st Annual Latino Leaders Worth Watching™ Awards
PDJ Salutes it Inaugural Class of Latino Leaders Worth Watching™ Award Winners
For more than two decades Profiles in Diversity Journal has honored outstanding individuals who have blazed new trails, welcomed challenges, mentored others, advanced diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the community, and excelled in their chosen fields. Now, PDJ is honoring Latino Leaders with our first-ever Latinos Leaders Worth Watching Awards.
The 38 profiles that appear in this issue recognize and celebrate the hard work and impressive achievements of these Latinos Leaders. Each award recipient has also provided us with the answers to some interesting questions and an essay that will give you, our readers, a chance to get to know these multitalented, multilingual, and trailblazing individuals a little better.
Welcome to PDJ’s first annual Latinos Leaders Worth Watching Awards.
2021 Latino Leaders Worth Watching™ Award Winners
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP – Estela Diaz – Partner
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP – Rubén H. Muñoz – Partner-in-Charge, Philadelphia Office
- Advanced Micro Devices – Christopher Aguilar – Corporate Vice President of Finance
- Advanced Micro Devices – Frank Azor – Chief Architect, Gaming Solutions and Marketing
- Advanced Micro Devices – Jay Carlos Nunez – Corporate Vice President, Strategic Accounts
- Advanced Micro Devices – Diane Ramos – Director HR Business Partner
- Best Best & Krieger LLP – Ruben Duran – Partner, Ontario Office Managing Partner
- Dechert LLP – Nazim (“Naz”) Zilkha – Corporate Partner
- Entergy Corp. – Eliecer Viamontes – Vice President, Utility Distribution Operations
- Fish & Richardson P.C. – Todd E. Garcia – Managing Principal–Boston, Corporate Secretary
- FordHarrison LLP – Allison Saunders – Managing Partner, Los Angeles Office
- Frantz Ward LLP – Marc A. Sanchez – Partner
- Freddie Mac – Christian Valencia – Vice President, Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer Capital Markets
- HP Inc. – Enrique Lores – President & Chief Executive Officer
- IMC Health – Carolina M. Veira – Director of Partnerships and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Jones Walker LLP – Luis Llamas – Partner
- Kelley Kronenberg – Michelle Martinez Reyes – Chief Relations Officer
- Keystone Alliance Mortgage – Andres J. Munar – Co-Founder/Owner
- Kindred Healthcare – America Jones – Chief Executive Officer, Kindred Hospital El Paso
- Latham & Watkins LLP – Antonio Del Pino – Partner & Global Chair, Latin America Practice
- Mayer Brown LLP – Matthew H. Marmolejo – Partner
- Moss Adams LLP – Yenifer Origel Hernandez – Risk Advisory & Compliance Manager
- The National Hispanic Corporate Council – Eduardo Arabu – Executive Director
- New American Funding – Patty Arvielo – Co-Founder and President
- New York Life Insurance – Jomil Guerrero – Managing Director, New York Life Investments; Head of Global Marketing Operations
- PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. – Pedro Viera, Jr. – Vice President, Business Banking
- S&P Global Inc. – Michael Bonilla – Senior Corporate Strategy Analyst
- S&P Global Inc. – Marcela Mikkola – Senior Research Associate
- S&P Global Inc. – Nicole Rodriguez – Senior Director, People Strategy Lead
- S&P Global Inc. – Paula Rojnica – Senior Director, Operations; Site Lead, Buenos Aires Office
- Therium Capital Management – A. Elizabeth Korchin – Senior Investment Officer
- UnitedHealthcare Global – Santiago Irurita – Vice President, Global Solutions Latin America
- UnitedHealthcare Global – Ximena Gloffka Wilmans – Vice President, Enterprise Business Intelligence
- Venable LLP – Nora E. Garrote – Partner; Co-Lead, Intellectual Property Transactions Practice Group; Partner in Charge, Diversity & Inclusion
- Walmart Inc. – Daniel Trujillo – Executive Vice President, Global Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
- WilmerHale – Regina “Gina” Rodriguez – Partner
- Wilson Turner Kosmo – Carolina Bravo-Karimi – Partner
