Over the previous six seasons, The Latino Majority has welcomed many highly effective, inspiring, and sensible Latinas into the recording studio. Twenty-seven of them, in reality.
We’re poised to convey extra Latinas to your listening ears in season seven. This Ladies’s Historical past Month, collect your small business technique, business insights, and cultural data from the Latinas of The Latino Majority.
Queue up any (or all!) of the episodes beneath to fill your commute to the workplace or accompany you in your well-deserved spring break trip.
The seventh season of The Latino Majority launches on March 5, 2025, with Carla Vernón, CEO of the Honest Company.
María Teresa Kumar is the founding CEO of Voto Latino and Voto Latino Basis, the nation’s largest Latinx voter registration and mobilization group, and an Emmy-nominated MSNBC analyst. Below her management, Voto Latino has performed a decisive function in American elections and combating disinformation within the Latino neighborhood, incomes quite a few accolades.
Aidymar Bigio is the vp of engineering for digital actuality at Meta, the place she has been for fourteen years, working throughout infrastructure, messaging, and promoting. Earlier than Meta, she spent seven years at Google, contributing to the Google Search Equipment, the first-generation Android OS, and provide chain logistics, with deep experience in product improvement and operations.
You can even take heed to her bonus episode here.
Samara Mejia is the founding companion of Chingona Ventures, an institutionally backed pre-seed stage fund investing in expertise and technology-enabled corporations throughout the US. With over fifteen years of expertise in private and non-private markets, she serves on a number of advisory and company boards, cofounded the Latinx Founders Collective, and is devoted to fostering range in enterprise capital, STEM schooling, and entrepreneurship.
Dr. G. Cristina Mora is an affiliate professor of sociology and codirector of the Institute of Governmental Research at UC Berkeley, specializing in census racial classification, Latino immigration, and racial politics. She is the writer of Making Hispanics, has led groundbreaking analysis on COVID-19’s affect on Latino households, and is at present engaged on California Shade Strains, exploring racial attitudes in a various California.
Isabel Lara is NPR’s chief communications officer, overseeing press outreach, disaster communications, company messaging, and stakeholder relations to make sure a unified NPR model presence. A veteran communications skilled with over twenty years of expertise, she has led NPR’s media relations since 2014 and beforehand held roles on the Nationwide Schooling Affiliation, the Smithsonian, and Hispanic Broadcasting Company.
Carolina Ceballos is the deputy chief compliance officer for Fb Funds at Meta, main compliance efforts for its worldwide funds ecosystem since 2019. With prior management roles at Western Union and the French Supervisory Authority, she makes a speciality of anti-money laundering, monetary regulation, and neighborhood empowerment, whereas additionally advocating for Latino illustration within the authorized and Web3 areas.
Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri is a companion and CHRO at TPG, serving on its board of administrators, govt committee, and as cochair of the TPG Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion Council. Beforehand, she was Goldman Sachs’ world head of expertise and chief range officer, and he or she at present sits on the boards of Upwork, Greenhouse Software program, and a number of nonprofit organizations.
Alicia Menendez is the anchor of MSNBC’s American Voices with Alicia Menendez, writer of The Likeability Entice, and host of the Latina to Latina podcast. A former correspondent for PBS’ Amanpour & Firm, her work has appeared on ABC Information, Fusion, ViceNews, and Bustle, incomes her recognition as a number one voice in journalism.
Sylvia Acevedo is a trailblazing rocket scientist, tech govt, and former CEO of Lady Scouts of the USA, the place she led the biggest program growth within the group’s historical past, introducing over 146 new STEM, entrepreneurship, and management badges. A former NASA engineer and govt at Apple, Dell, Autodesk, and IBM, she additionally served as a White Home Schooling Commissioner, championing early childhood dual-language schooling, and authored Path to the Stars: My Journey from Lady Scout to Rocket Scientist to encourage the following technology.
Charo Henríquez is a digital journalist and newsroom chief on the New York Occasions, the place she heads Newsroom Improvement and Assist, driving innovation, coaching, and operational technique. A champion for range in media management, she beforehand led digital efforts at Folks en Español and GFR Media and serves as vp of the net information affiliation’s govt board.
Tanya Reu-Narvaez is the chief individuals officer at Anyplace, overseeing enterprise expertise technique, worker expertise, and variety, fairness, and inclusion initiatives. With eighteen years on the firm, she has led strategic HR efforts throughout main actual property manufacturers and serves on business boards, incomes recognition for her contributions to range and Hispanic homeownership development.
Lili Gil Valleta is a former company govt turned entrepreneur, Cultural Intelligence skilled, and tv enterprise commentator, recognized for leveraging information and cultural traits to drive enterprise affect. As cofounder of CIEN+ and CulturIntel, she advises Fortune 500 corporations, serves on company and nonprofit boards, and is a sought-after speaker featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, and Fortune for her management in AI-driven market insights and diversity-focused enterprise technique.
Adela Cepeda is a monetary skilled, entrepreneur, and company director, serving on the boards of BMO Monetary Corp., Mercer Funds, Pathway Funds, and UBS Funds. As chair of Angeles Traders, she champions Latino startups, and her management has earned her recognition amongst Bloomberg Línea’s 100 Most Influential Latinos and ALPFA’s 50 Most Highly effective Latinas.
Jen Auerbach leads consumer acquisition, retention, and strategic progress initiatives for Merrill Wealth Administration, with a concentrate on increasing engagement with historically underserved communities. A former choices dealer and affect investing specialist, she has been acknowledged by the Aspen Institute, World Financial Discussion board, and Crain’s New York Enterprise for her management in finance and variety.
*It is a two-part episode with Merrill Lynch’s Kenneth Correa.
Rosanna Durruthy is LinkedIn’s world head of range, inclusion, and belonging, main the mixing of DEI throughout the corporate’s world operations and shaping the way forward for office fairness. A acknowledged thought chief and former range govt at Cigna, Vivendi Common, and Merrill Lynch, she has been named a DEI trailblazer by Enterprise Insider, one in all ALPFA’s Most Highly effective Latinas, and a high voice in office transformation.
Camille Vasquez is a companion at Brown Rudnick, specializing in defamation, contract disputes, and status administration. She is expert in litigation technique and disaster communications for personal shoppers.
Teresa Barreira is the chief advertising and communication officer at Publicis Sapient, recognized for remodeling manufacturers and driving digital enterprise progress by way of innovation, information, and agility. A former CMO at Deloitte Consulting, she has held management roles at IBM and Accenture, incomes recognition for her fearless strategy to advertising, digital transformation, and variety in enterprise.
Raquel González is president of Financial institution of America’s Silicon Valley market, main monetary providers and neighborhood initiatives in one in all California’s most dynamic areas. She additionally serves because the Hispanic/Latino Technique Govt for Shopper and Small Enterprise, driving inclusive banking efforts whereas actively supporting native management and enterprise organizations.
Marta L. Tellado is the previous president and CEO of Shopper Stories, main the nonprofit’s efforts to advertise reality, transparency, and equity within the market by way of analysis, journalism, and advocacy. She can be the writer of Purchaser Conscious and a acknowledged skilled on shopper rights and financial equity.
Sandra Velasquez is the Chicana founding father of Nopalera, a culture-forward tub and physique model impressed by the Mexican nopal, now offered in Nordstrom, Credo, and over 4 hundred boutiques nationwide. After launching throughout the pandemic with no exterior funding, she gained recognition on Shark Tank, secured $2.7 million in seed funding, and now mentors different founders by way of The Nopalera Podcast.
Julie Chavez Rodriguez is a senior political strategist who served as assistant to the President and director of the White Home Workplace of Intergovernmental Affairs below the Biden-Harris Administration. Beforehand, she was deputy marketing campaign supervisor for Biden-Harris, nationwide political director for Kamala Harris’ presidential marketing campaign, and held key roles within the Obama-Biden Administration and the Cesar E. Chavez Basis.
Megan Hogan is the worldwide head of expertise and chief range officer at Goldman Sachs, main the agency’s methods for workforce improvement, retention, and variety. A former litigation affiliate, she has been with Goldman Sachs since 2014 and serves on a number of management committees, together with the One Million Black Ladies Steering Committee.
Stacie de Armas is SVP of various intelligence and initiatives at Nielsen, specializing in analysis on the intersection of neighborhood, advocacy, and leisure to help various suppliers, content material creators, and types. A acknowledged skilled in various audiences, she serves on the boards of the Hispanic Advertising Council and RespectAbility and has been honored for her work in Latino illustration in media.
Dolores Huerta, cofounder of the United Farm Staff, is a pioneering labor activist and civil rights chief who fought for farmworkers’ rights alongside César Chávez. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, she has championed labor, ladies’s rights, and Latino political illustration for many years by way of organizing, advocacy, and legislative efforts.
Monica Gil is the EVP and chief administrative and advertising officer at NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, overseeing operations, advertising, company affairs, and DEI efforts. A former Nielsen govt and political strategist, she has been instrumental in Telemundo’s rise as the highest Spanish-language community and has led groundbreaking advertising, CSR initiatives, and record-setting sports activities campaigns.
Michelle Lujan Grisham is the thirty-second governor of New Mexico and the primary Democratic Hispanic girl elected governor in US historical past, main transformative insurance policies in schooling, the financial system, and local weather motion. Below her management, New Mexico expanded free school tuition, enacted Common Wholesome Meals, achieved report job progress, and applied groundbreaking environmental laws whereas serving in nationwide management roles on key coverage initiatives.
Ileana Musa is the top of gross sales for Morgan Stanley Personal Financial institution, main a large-scale gross sales group and beforehand coheading the agency’s Worldwide Wealth Administration enterprise. A acknowledged chief in cross-border wealth administration, she serves on a number of advisory boards, cochairs Morgan Stanley’s Latino Worker Community, and has been named one in all ALPFA’s Most Highly effective Latinas for 4 consecutive years.
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This text was partly written with the help of AI.
