Hispanic Executive‘s third invite-only Uniting Powerful Leaders VIP dinner event was held in downtown Los Angeles at the trendy rooftop lounge Perch on Wednesday, July 23rd. The intimate dinner was part of a four-dinner series in partnership with Northwestern Mutual, which launched earlier this year in Miami and Chicago.
For this event, we had the incredible honor of having our July cover star, Regina Montoya, join us. Others at the intimate gathering included Nestor Barrero, VP of employment law, NBCUniversal; Daisy Auger-Dominguez, VP of talent acquisition and organization & workforce, ABC Disney Group; Andres Astralaga, VP of human resources, NFL Media; Art Marquez, SVP of affiliate sales and marketing, Pac-12 Enterprises; Dorene Dominguez, CEO and chairperson, Vanir Group; Alexander Arrieta, VP of global human resources, JD Power & Associates; Jessica Priego, president and CEO, JPriego Communications; Michael Estrella, producer; Rochelle Newman-Carrasco, EVP and chief Hispanic strategist, Walton Isaacson; Jose Castellon, director of aerospace systems diversity & inclusion, Northrop Grumman; Berenice Nunez, director of regulatory affairs and Latino affairs, Molina Healthcare; Simon Lopez, president and CEO, HACE; Michelle Bergman, VP of HR communications strategy, the Walt Disney Company; Christine Cadena, VP of multicultural initiatives, the Walt Disney Company; Vanessa Robledo, partner, Black Coyote Wines; Andres Rodriguez, Arenas Marketing; Areva Martin, managing partner, Martin & Martin; Jasmine Medina, financial advisor, Northwestern Mutual; Martin Terrazas, financial advisor, Northwestern Mutual; and Pedro A. Guerrero, president of Hispanic Executive.
“We were proud to toast in the successes of these distinguished leaders,” Guerrero says. “Our continued dedication to advocating for Latino leadership is precisely why we created a dinner series that unites the country’s top Hispanic business leaders in an intimate setting that helps foster longstanding relationships among like-minded executives.”