The 3rd Annual Latino Leadership Awards
PDJ Salutes our Third Class of Latino Leadership
Award Winners
For 25 years 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 third Latino Leadership Awards.
The 40 profiles that appear in this issue recognize and celebrate the hard work and impressive achievements of these Latino 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 third annual Latino Leadership Awards.
2023 Latino Leadership Award Winners
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld – Alan Yanovich – Partner, International Trade
- Advanced Micro Devices – Tony Fernandez-Stoll – Sr. Director, AMD Latin America
- America Baez – America Baez – Talent Acquisition and DEI Leader
- AT&T – Michele Lee Rudolph – Director of Solutions Architecture
- BDO USA, LLP – Ana del Cerro-Fals – Tax Office Co-Managing Partner
- Clarify Health Solutions – Betty Rodriguez – Senior People Business Partner
- Comcast Cable – Kerin Handal – Senior Director, Multicultural Content Partnerships
- Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP – Camilo Echavarria – Partner-In-Charge, Los Angeles Office
- DiCello Levitt – Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann – Managing Partner, Birmingham and Co-Chair, Mass Torts – DiCello Levitt
- ECODiversity Strategies – Noemi Lujan Perez – President & CEO
- Eli Lilly & Company – Cecile González-Cerimele – Sr. Director, Diversity & Inclusion in Clinical Trials
- EPIQ – Carlos E. Gonzalez – Chief Information Officer
- FordHarrison LLP – Luis A. Santos – Deputy Diversity Equity & Inclusion Partner
- Freddie Mac – Julissa Pinto De Gracia – Director of Program Management for the Enterprise Operations and Technology Division
- Freddie Mac – Nora Guerra – Affordable Lending Manager
- HARMAN – Miguel Hernandez – Vice President & General Manager, Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean
- Heartbeat – Ana Capellan – Executive VP of Productions and Operations
- Marta Ronquillo Newhart – CCO & Brand Officer, Entrepreneur, Board Member
- Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP – Cindy Caranella Kelly – Partner
- Knobbe Martens – Maria Victoria Stout – Partner, Intellectual Property Attorney
- Lathan & Watkins – Marcela Ruenes – Counsel
- Moss Adams, LLP – Pamela Esparza – Senior Manager, Risk and Advisory Compliance
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP – Melissa Gomberg – Partner
- New American Funding – Patty Arvielo – Co-Founder & Co-CEO
- New York Life – Jose N. Barros – Managing Director, New York Life Investments; COO U.S. Distribution
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP – Daniel Alejandro Prati – Partner
- Robins Kaplan LLP – David Martinez – Partner; elected member of the firm’s Executive Board; member of the firm’s Diversity Committee; Firm Pro Bono Chair, California offices
- Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP – Christine Dunn – Partner and Co-Chair of Criminal/Sexual Violence Practice Group
- Saxena White – Lester R. Hooker – Director
- Travelers – Rita Ortiz – Senior Director, Community Relations at Travelers and Assistant Vice President, Travelers Foundation
- Ulmer & Berne LLP – Shana Ortiz See – Partner
- Union Pacific Railroad – Carl Garrison – AVP Transportation South
- Union Pacific Railroad – Wes Lujan – Assistant Vice President, External Affairs
- Union Pacific Railroad – Daniela Zarza – Director Mexico
- Washington Capital Partners – Giselle Bonzi – President
- Webster Bank – Jason A. Soto – Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
- West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. – Annette Favorite – Chief Human Resources Officer
- Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP – Elvira Cortez – Senior associate
- Withum – Moises Gutierrez – Audit supervisor
- World Electric – Gabino Martinez – Regional Operations Manager
