2019 Latino Leaders Awards Ceremony

October 23, 2019

Silicon Valley Latino is proud to partner with Santa Clara University and several sponsors in producing the 2019 Latino Leaders Awards Ceremony at Santa Clara University - Locatelli Center in Santa Clara, California the evening of November 9th!

In alignment with our mission, this awards ceremony is designed to pay tribute to the work of numerous exceptional Latinos. Through this special event, we will pay tribute to the following:

Trailblazers

Pilar Manchon - Senior Director of Research @ Google AI
Dr. Efren Rosas - Physician in Chief @Kaiser Permanente
Diana Albarran Chicas - Technical Advisor to Vice President, Systems Engineering @ Maxar Technologies
Adrian Ridner - Founder and CEO @Study.com
Eva Blanco Masias - Dean of Undergraduate Admission @ Santa Clara University

Creo En Ti Champions

Ileana Rivera - Senior IT Director @ Cisco
Servando Sandoval - Partner at Law @ Pahl & McCay
Michelle Linares - Senior Manager, National Equity, Inclusion & Diversity at Kaiser Permanente
Angel Chavez -Vice President, Corporate Client & Family Wealth Director @Morgan Stanley
Hilda Ramirez - CEO @ Keller Williams Silicon City
Carlos Quezada - Head of Customer Success @ Aruba Networks/HPE
Adriana Flores- Ragade - Social Entrepreneur & Founder/Host @ Latinx America
Jeffrey Camarillo - Founding Principal @ Lighthouse Community Public Schools

Latinos of Influence

Sylvia Flores - CEO & Co-founder @ Manos Accelerator

Javier Gonzalez - Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager @ Google
Luz Urrutia - CEO @ Opportunity Fund
Jorge Escobar - Interim Vice Chancellor @ San Jose/Evergreen Community College District
Lili Gangas - Chief Technology Community Officer @ Kapor Center

Rising Stars

Edith Gonzalez - Co-Director @ Latinx Student Union - Santa Clara University
Javier Ortega Co-Director @ Latinx Student Union - Santa Clara University

We invite you to join us for this special recognition event and hope to see you on November 9th!

We would like to give a special thanks to our sponsors:

Event Sponsors

Santa Clara University & SCU Latinx Student Union

Gold Sponsor

Palo Alto Networks

Silver Sponsors

Delta Airlines & Kaiser Permanente

Community Sponsors

El Camino Group, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Omniscient Holdings, Inc. Pahl & McCay, Study.Com, The Foundation for Hispanic Education, Aruba Networks & San José Evergreen Community College District.

Get your tickets here SVL Latino Leaders Award Ceremony

We invite you to join us for this special recognition event and hope to see you on November 9th!

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