See the list of profiles in Negocios Now’s Who’s Who Special Edition

Chicago – Over 200 Hispanic leaders have appeared in the annual edition of Who’s Who in Hispanic Business, produced by Negocios Now to recognize Latino leaders.

Below is the list that will be released during the Negocios Now annual Gala on July 19 at the Fairmont Chicago.

LATINOS IN BUSINESS

Ruben Abarca 

Head of Partnerships

Discovery Partners Institute

Marisa Alcantar

SBA Navigator Program Director

IHCC

Michael Cabrera

President & CEO 

MJC Strategic Consulting LLC 

Juan F Calahorrano

Founder

JLC & Associates 

Angela Caulfield

Founder

Chicago Enclosures L.L.C.

Jose Chaparro

President

La Criolla Inc.

Guillermo Chavez Angeles

CEO

Chavez Ins & Fin Svcs Inc

Marie Deleanos

Founder & President

DeLeanos Financial

Adrian DeLeon

Founder and CEO

Innovare

Luisa Fuentes

Founder & CEO 

Rayito de Sol.

David Gomez      

President & CEO

David Gomez Partners Inc.

Beatriz Gonzalez Rajal 

Project Manager

STL

Daniel Jovan Pulido

President

Merced United

Henry Lopez

Founder and President

Accel Construction Services Group, LLC

Richie Marrero

Partner

360 Benefits LLC

Olga Mendez

Owner

Olga A. Mendez DDS & Associates

Hector Perez

Owner

Rocket Productions

Guillermo Rivera

Owner and President

Dynamic Heating and Piping

Rey Rivera, Jr.

President

CSI 3000

Estefanía Roa

Founder and CEO 

LB Hall

Lupita Romero

Chef

Casa Huitzil Kitchen

Jacqueline. Ruiz

Founder and CEO

JJR Marketing

Arturo Saenz

President/Chief Executive Officer

Specialty Consulting, Inc.

Eduardo Salgado 

Owner and CEO

CS Architectural Woodworking

Claudette Soto

President and CEO

Baso Ltd. 

Blanca Sepulveda

Financial Coach

Transformation Financial LLC

Blanca Soto

COO
Little Village – 26th Street Area
Chamber of Commerce

Kaitlin Soto

Owner

Flourish Juice Co.

Angel Vazquez 

Owner

La Villa Vasquez

Jose Gutierrez

Owner

La Orquidea

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GOVERNMENT

Diana Alfaro 

Title: Latinx Business Development Manager

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Nancy Andrade

Title: Chair and Commissioner

Chicago Commission on Human Relations

Kevin Barszcz

Title: Director Mayor’s Office of Veteran Affairs

Chicago of Chicago 

Lissette Castañeda

Title: Commissioner

Department of Housing City of Chicago

Rosa Escareño

Title: General Superintendent and CEO

Chicago Park District

City of Chicago

Julie Hernandez-Tomlin

First Deputy Commissioner for the Chicago Department of Water Management.

City of Chicago

Ernesto Martinez

Deputy Director of Constituent Affairs

Illinois State Comptroller

Jesse Martinez

Administrator of Diversity

Illinois Capital Development Board 

Pedro Martinez, 

CEO

Chicago Public Schools

Francisco Menchaca 

Director, Division of Financial Institutions

State of Illinois

Susana Mendoza

Title: Illinois State Comptroller

The State of Illinoi

Juan Pablo Prieto

Director of Diversity Programs and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Liaison Officer

Chicago Transit Authority

Cristina Pacione-Zayas

 Chief of Staff for Mayor Brandon Johnson

Chicago Mayor’s Office

Beatriz Ponce de León

Chicago’s Deputy Mayor of Immigrant, Migrant

City of Chicago

Teresa Ramos

First Assistant Deputy Governor for Education 

Illinois Governor’s Office 

Juan Salgado

Chancellor

City Colleges of Chicago

Castalia Serna  

Deputy Commissioner/Safety & Security

Chicago Department of Aviation

Angela Tovar

Chief Sustainability Officer 

City of Chicago 

Mario Treto Jr.

Secretary

Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Anna Valencia

City Clerk of Chicago

City Of Chicago

Marlene Vick

Deputy Chief of Diversity & Strategic Development

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

Gilbert Villegas

Ward Alderman

Chicago City Council

MEDIA

Hugo Balta

Publisher

Illinois Latino News (ILNN)

Ana Belaval 

Reporter

WGN-TV

Adriana Cardona-Maguigad

Reporter

WBEZ

Lisa Chavarria

Reporter

NBC 5

Julian Crews 

Reporter

WGN-TV

Jesús Del Toro

Editor in Chief

La Raza 

Lourdes Duarte

Co-anchor

WGN-TV

Christine Flores

Reporter

WGN-TV

John Garcia

Reporter

ABC 7

Marybel Gonzalez

Multimedia journalist

CBS 2 News Chicago

Alfonso Gutierrez

News Anchor

Telemundo Chicago 

Joana Hernandez

Correspondent

Chicago Tonight

Melba Lara

Host

All Things Considered

Natalie Martinez

Reporter

NBC Chicago

Anabel Monge

Host/Reporter

Telemundo Chicago Newscast

Anabel Monge

Host/Reporter

Telemundo Chicago Newscast

Juan Carlos Navarrete

Reporter/Anchor 

NBC 5 

Anthony Ponce 

Co-anchor

FOX 32

Dan Ponce

Co-anchor

WGN-TV

Albert Ramon

Chief Meteorologist

CBS 2 Chicago

Mark Rivera 

Anchor and reporter

ABC 7 

Enrique Rodriguez

Anchor

Univisión

Roseanne Tellez 

Anchor and reporter

CBS 2 Chicago

Sandra Torres

Reporter

NBC 5 and Telemundo

NONPROFITS

Jennifer Aguilar

Executive Director

Little Village Chamber of Commerce

Karina Ayala-Bermejo

President and CEO

Instituto del Progreso Latino

Ivette Cano

President

Northwest Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Rob Castaneda

Executive Director

Beyond the Ball 

Marty Castro

President and CEO

Casa Central

Martha Cerda

CEO

ASI

Elizabeth Colon

Executive Director

Humboldt Park Health Foundation

Sandra Cordova Micek

President and CEO

WTTW

Manny Favela

Board of Director

Northwestern Medicine=

Daisy Funes

Director

Centro Romero

Luis Gutierrez

CEO

Latinos Progresando

Rodolfo Medina

President

Self-Help Federal Credit Union

Jose Muñoz

CEO

La Casa Norte

Jose Ochoa

President and CEO

National Museum of Mexican Art

Jorge Perez

Executive Director

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater

Sylvia Puente

Presidente and CEO

Latino Policy Forum

Lou Sandoval

President and CEO

Illinois Chamber of Commerce.

Adrian Soto

Executive Director

Greater Southwest Development Corporation

Vicente del Real

Founder

ISKALI

Find more in our past editions ‘100 Latino Nonprofits’ at NegociosNow.com – Ediciones Digitales

LATINOS ON THE MOVE

Pablo Acosta & Ozzie Godinez

Co-Founders

PACO Collective

Guadalupe Arce

President

Tropical Optical

Refugio Atilano

Director of Cultural Competency

AbbVie

Olga Camargo|Juan Avila| Patricia Mota

Founders

SHENIX®

Eddie Garcia

CEO

Realty of Chicago

Jose Garcia

CEO

Northwest Community Credit Union

Javier Garcia

Senior Vice President

Chief Marketing Officer

Comcast’s Central Division

Iliana Levy

Market Manager

Morgan Stanley

Mark L. Madrid

Board Advisor

Trez

Juan Moreno

President & CEO

JGMA

Juan Peña

Owner 

Tequila Prolijo Mezcal & Tierra y Libertad

David Olivencia

CEO

Angeles Investors

Mayra Kahn

Founder

HireLatino.com

PHILANTHROPY

Sandra Aponte

Program Officer

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Christine Brambila  

Senior Program Officer of Mental Health 

Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation

Zaidy Cárdenas

Executive Officer

Maestro Cares Foundation

Denise Castillo Dell Isola 

Program Director for Early Childhood

Irving Harris Foundation

Sherly Chavarria 

Senior Program Officer

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Sol Flores

President & CEO

Lester Knight Family Foundation

Aurora Flores Garcia 

Senior Program Officer for Education

Circle of Service Foundation

Nora Garcia 

Director of Programs

Healthy Communities Foundation

Sylvia Garcia

COO

The Chicago Community Trust

Lizette Garza 

Program Director

Crossroads Fund

Vanessa Hall

Manager of community partnerships and engagement

Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas

Adolfo Hernandez

President

Pritzker Family Foundation

Antonio Martinez, Jr.

President and CEO

Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation

Michelle Morales 

President

Woods Fund Chicago

Samuel Muñeton Jr.

Associate Program Officer

Robert R. McCormick Foundation

Katya Nuques 

Director of the Little Village Portfolio

Robert R. McCormick Foundation

Destiny Ortega 

Education Program Officer

Crown Family Philanthropies

Lauren Pabst

Senior Program Officer

MacArthur Foundation

Amy J. Peña 

General Counsel 

The Chicago Community Trust

Marisela Rodriguez 

Manager, Community Outreach

Blackhawks

Analía Rodríguez

Leadership Investment Program Officer

Field Foundation of Illinois

Jose Rodriguez

Director, Community Capital Portfolio

Robert R. McCormick Foundation

Luis Roman 

Program Officer

JB and MK Pritzker Family Foundation

Sylvia Saldivar Sykes

Executive Director

Cook County Health Foundation

Andrea Sáenz 

President & CEO

The Chicago Community Trust

Sendy Soto 

Senior Director

The Chicago Community Trust

Jenny Valdes de Valle

Program Officer

Evanston Community Foundation

Tomas Uriostegui

Program Officer

Julian Grace Foundation

REAL ESTATE

Samuel Abundes Jr.

Co-Founder 

Property Pals USA

Rafael Alvarado

Realtor

Shield Real Estate

Joe Castillo 

Managing Broker

RE/MAX Mi Casa Real Estate

Ramón (“Ray”) Cepeda

Senior Vice President, Senior Managing Director

The Northern Trust Company

David Ferrel Jr.

Director of Business Operations

Su Familia Real Estate

Jorge Flores

Vice President of Banking

Neighborhood Loans

Gaspar Flores Jr.
Real Estate Broker

Su Familia Real Estate

Oralia Herrera

Broker/Owner

Century 21 TK Realty, Inc.

Mauricio Sanchez 

Chairman and CEO

Sanchez & Rivera Family of Companies

Erica Velasco 

Real Estate Project Manager

Keller North America

Erika Villegas

Partner, Designated Managing Broker

REMAX

Jeanette Solis

Realtor

La Quinta Group Smart Home Realty

50 POWERFUL CORPORATE HISPANICS

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