Our Speakers

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Jessica Orozco
Assistant Vice President for Policy
Hispanic Federation

JW
Jaime Williams
Assembly member
NYS Assembly

MF
Mo Farrell
Policy Strategist
Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice

CB
Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick
Former Judge
NY Court of Appeals

AI
Angelica Infante
Deputy Commissioner
NYS Education Department

JB
Jeff Behler
NYS Regional Director
US Census

AT
Al Taylor
Assembly member
New York State Assembly

BB
Barbara Bowen
President of Professional Staff Congress
CUNY

WG
Wendy Garcia
Chief Diversity Officer
NYS Comptroller's Office

AS
Anjana Samant
Assistant Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General

WB
Walter Barrientos
Lead Organizer
Make the Road NY

TH
Thomas Hillard
Senior Fellow for Economic Oppourtunity
the Center for an Urban Future

CR
Carlos R. Mercader
Executive Director
Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administraion

NI
Natasha Isma
Grievance Representative
DC 37

DC
Darcel Clark
Bronx District Attorney
Bronx District Attorney

RR
Rebecca Rodriguez
EOS Strategy
EOS Strategy

SR
Steven Romalewski
Director
Mapping Services at the Center for Urban Research

HA
Henry A. Garrido
Executive Director
DC37

MA
Murad Awawdeh
Director of Political Engagement
NY Immigration Coalition

JH
Jonathan Hernandez
Financial Advisor
Northwestern Mutual

GR
Gustavo Rivera
NYS Senator
NYS Senate

NH
Nicole Hollingsworth
Assistant Vice President
Community & Population Health, Montefiore Health System

MK
Maria Kercado
Vice President
1199

KJ
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Assembly member
NYS Assembly

RR
Raul Russi
Chief Executive Officer
ACACIA

PW
Prof.Jeff Wice
Rockefeller Institute of Government
Rockefeller Institute of Government

KV
Karol V. Mason
President
John Jay College

DR
Desiree Ramos Reiner
Chief External Affairs Officer
Red Cross of Greater NY

LM
Latrice M. Walker
Assembly member
NYS Assembly

JF
Jill Furillo
Executive Director
NYSNA

RF
Roberto Frugone
Northeast Regional Director
NALEO

NC
Natacha Carbajal
Assistant Secretary
NYS Labor & Workforce

EG
Erik Gonzalez
Brooklyn District Attorney
Brooklyn District Attorney

JR
Jaime R. Williams
Assembly member
NYS Assembly
Nancy Hernandez
Deputy Comptroller for the Division of Diversity Management
NYS Office of the State Comptroller
Angela Fernandez Esq.
Executive Director and Supervising Attorney
Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights

HT
Harya Tarekegn
Senior Counsel on Policy and Advocacy
Civilian Complaint Review Board

RR
Ricardo Rivera
Somos Community Care
Somos Community Care

ZR
Zenaida Rodriguez
Assistant Director for Diversity and Civil Rights,
MTA

WA
Wilma Alvarado-Little
Director
NYS Office of Minority Health

BP
Bianka Perez
Civil Court Judge
Civil Court Judge

AM
Angela Manso
Deputy Director Policy and Legislative Affairs
NALEO

EM
Elizabeth Misa
Deputy Director
NYS Medicaid

QA
Quenia Abreu
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Women Chamber of Commerce

RK
Ron Kim
Assembly member
NYS Assembly

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Lourdes Zapata
Chief Diversity Officer
New York State

MA
Miguel Alonzo
Chair for Department of History and Political Science
Nassau Community College

CD
Carmen Diaz-Malvido
Executive Director
ASPIRA

DI
Dan Irizarry
Chairman
Capital District Latinos

EH
Esmeralda Hoscoy
Regional Supervisor
Catholic Charities

JY
Jo-Ann Yo
Executive Director
Asian American Federation

EF
Eddie Fergus
Ph.D
Ph.D

KS
Kathryn S.Wylde
President/CEO
Partnership for New York City

RB
Rodneyse Bichotte
Assembly member
New York State Assembly

MS
Master Sgt. Bennett
NY National Guard
Department of Homeland & Emergency Services

RA
Ricardo Azziz
Chief Officer of Academic Health & Hospital Affairs
SUNY

MM
Mike McGuire
Director
Mason Tenders District Council PAC,

ML
Melanie LaValle
Benefit Kitchen
Benefit Kitchen

ML
Mark Lowery
Climate Policy Analyst
Office of Climate Change, DEC

MG
Mark Gonzalez
Executive Director
Operation of Exodus

KD
Karla Digirolamo
est
NYS Community Action Association

DN
Diana Noriega
Chief Program Officer
the Commitee for Hispanic Children for Families

CR
Charles Ruffing
Director
NYS Pollution Prevention Institute

AR
Angy Rivera
NYS Leadership Council
NYS Leadership Council

MK
Melinda Katz
NYC Charter School Center

MN
Michelle Nugabauer
Cypress Hills Local Development Corp.
Cypress Hills Local Development Corp.

FV
Fabian Vega
Dean School for Liberal Arts & Sciences
Hudson Valley Community College

CN
Caroline Nagy
Deputy Director for Policy and Research
Center for NYC Neighborhoods

DL
Donna Linderman
Dean for Student Success Initiatives
CUNY

EL
Evelyn Laporte
Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge
Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge

BF
Beth Frankel
Statewide Director
AARP

PR
Paul Reyes
Partnership Coordinator
NY Regional Office of US Census

NR
Nancy R. Hernandez
NYS Deputy Comptroller for Diversity Programs
NYS Deputy Comptroller for Diversity Programs

LA
Linda Armyn
SVP of Corporate Affairs
Bethpage Federal Credit Union

JM
Jirandy Martinez
Co Executive Director
Community Resource Center

JK
Joseph Kelleher
Divine Defender Ministries
NY Chaplain Task Force- Greater Capital Region

ED
Evelyn DeJesus
Vice President for Education
UFT

SC
Steve Cruz
Senior Program Manager
Partners in Educatin

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Judith Sheridan-Gonzalez
President
NY Nurses Association

RB
Ray Borrero
Vice President
Teamsters Local 813

JR
Julio Rodriguez
Criminal Court Judge
Criminal Court Judge

ER
Eugenio Russi
ACACIA
ACACIA

LE
Laura Esquivel
Director of National Advocacy
Hispanic Federation

GA
Guadalupe Ambrosio
NYS Youth Leadership Council
NYS Youth Leadership Council

SR
Sarah Rogerson
Associate Professor of Law
Albany Law School

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Liliana Polo
Executive Director
Opportunity for a Better Tomorrow