Hispanic Movers and Shakers

Eddie Gonzalez
Eddie Gonzalez was named chairman and CEO of Hispanic marketing firm The Bravo Group. He succeeds Gary Bassell.
Gonzalez was formerly Bravo Group’s Young & Rubicam (Y&R) Latin America head. Gonzalez began his career in 1982 at Y&R Puerto Rico, where after a year he was named managing director.
Gonzalez went on to steer Y&R Latin America into becoming the second-largest network in the region and making it one of the top creative agencies there. He has worked for Y&R across four continents, having also served as chairman and CEO of Y&R Madrid and having held senior management roles in Asia.

David Lizárraga
David C. Lizárraga, president and CEO of The East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU), received an honorary doctoral degree in Humane Letters from California State University.
Under Lizárraga’s leadership TELACU grew from a small community development corporation to one of the largest such firms in the nation. The company, now with $400 million in assets, has spearheaded job development throughout Southern California
Over the decades Lizárraga, who also serves on California’s Motor Vehicle Boar and on the USHCC Board of Directors, has proved himself a sought after resource in wide-ranging matters including business and civic affairs, inner-city lending and real estate development.

Jorge Lopez
Jorge J. Lopez was named president and chief executive officer of ConEdison Solutions, a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (CEI), and one of the nation’s leading energy services companies.
Lopez will succeed JoAnn F. Ryan who will assume another senior executive position. Lopez joined ConEdison Solutions in 2002 and most recently served as senior vice president of retail commodity and energy services. He also served as vice president of sales.
With over two decades in the industry, Lopez previously served as director of sales, power quality/reliability and distributed generation for Chevron Energy Solutions, the San Francisco-based energy company.

Rosa Rosales
Rosa Rosales was named president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LUCLAC), the largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization in the U.S., following a vote by the organization’s delegates held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rosales
Born April 7, 1944, in San Antonio, Texas, Rosales was among the first Mexican-American women to become a labor organizer in recent times. She was the first woman, for example, to hold the position of LULAC state director. Rosales received a BA in liberal arts from the University of Michigan. Most recently she was the national vice president of the Southwest on the LULAC board of directors.

Yvette Ostolaza
Yvette Ostolaza, a litigation partner in the Dallas office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP—one of the world’s leading international law firms—has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the Baylor Health Care System Foundation.
This select group of business professionals actively participates through a wide range of fund development, special events and solicitation of corporate support for the essential needs of Baylor Health Care System.
Ostolaza concentrates in the trial and supervision of complex civil litigation and arbitration in state and federal courts throughout the United States and arbitrations.

Aileen Ugalde
Aileen M. Ugalde, was named University of Miami (UM) vice president, general counsel, and secretary to the Board of Trustees. Ugalde was vice president for government affairs for the university and served as president Donna Shalala’s chief of staff.
While directing the Office of the President’s activities, she also led the University’s efforts in hosting the 2004 Presidential Debate on campus. She first joined the university in 1994 as an assistant general counsel, and in 1998 was promoted to associate general counsel.
A UM alumna, Ugalde graduated with honors from the UM School of Law, where she was a Harvey T. Reid Scholar and member of the University of Miami Law Review.


USHCC
USHCC President and CEO Michael L. Barrera, USHCC Foundation President Frank Lopez and distinguished members of the USHCC Board of Directors, Paul Rodriguez (Region 3) and Alex Garcia (Region 5) were selected to participate in the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility’s (HACR) Executive Education Program for existing and prospective corporate board members.
Scheduled for August 13 – 16, 2006, at the Harvard Business School (HBS) in Boston Massachusetts, the Executive Education Program is the result of a collaborative effort between HACR and HBS to increase the effectiveness and presence of Hispanics in the corporate boardrooms of America's largest companies.


Leticia Van de Putte
Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte became the first Hispanic president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan, nonprofit organization that works on behalf of the nation's state legislatures.
As president, she will be a voice in the federal system for the nation's 7,382 state legislators - who collectively represent all Americans.
A Democrat, she succeeds Republican Illinois Senator Steve Rauschenberger to the post of NCSL president. The position alternates each year between the two major parties.
Senator Van de Putte represents a large portion of San Antonio, and is a veteran in her legislature. This is her fourth term in the Texas Senate, following five terms in the House.