Past Young Leaders

2025 PARTICIPANTS

  • Kimberlee Córdova | Freelance Journalist
  • Juan Espinoza | Virginia Tech
  • Matthew Hoyt  | Edwards Aquifer Authority
  • Derek Kitchen | Expert-Import Bank of the United States
  • Noah Metheny | Center for Disease Control Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis
  • Alexis Meruelo | Meruelo Group
  • Valeria Ojada-Avitia | Office of Congressman Gabe Vazquez (NM-02)
  • Thomas Quirk | Sandia National Laboratories University of New Mexico
  • Blanchi Roblero| United States Department of Education
  • Carissa Smith| FOX Corporation

2024 PARTICIPANTS

  • Sara Aviel | Inter-American Foundation
  • Kurt Davis | Alvarez & Marsal
  • Jason El Kobe | Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP)
  • Jason Hoskins | Michigan House of Representatives
  • Mandar Jadhav | Health Policy Professional 
  • Shelley Marc | Meta
  • Moises Mendoza | US Department of State
  • Alexis Mena | Natural Resources Defense Council 
  • Christian Osmeña | Arizona State University
  • Enrique Soto | Digital Fisher Labs
  • Milka Rodriguez | NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice

2023 PARTICIPANTS

  • Addie Cooke | Google Cloud 
  • Brianna Dimas | American Immigration Council
  • Yousra Fazili | US Department of Defense
  • Jamaal Glenn | JG Holdings 
  • Mandar Jadhav | Health Policy Professional 
  • Eric Lopez | Comcast Corporation
  • Elizabeth Lopez-Sandoval | US Agency for International Development
  • Yaneris Rosa | World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. 
  • Jeremy Schwarz | City of Miami
  • Joaquin Tamayo | US Department of Education

2020-22 PARTICIPANTS

  • Jadira Gurule | National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum 
  • Oliver Kim | Cambia Health Solutions 
  • Willie Lyles, III | United States House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn 
  • Scott McCullers | Microsoft Corp. 
  • Jeanette Quick | Gusto 
  • Teresa Ramirez | American Physiological Society 
  • Brandon Smith | Office of the Tennessee Attorney General 
  • Dana Wagner | Twilio 
  • Rachael Watson | Every Child Fed 

2019 PARTICIPANTS

  • Stephen Cobb |  Counsel, Troutman Sanders LLP
  • Gabrielle Corica | Assistant City Attorney, Denver City Attorney’s Office
  • Natasha Everheart | Director of Strategy, Pacific Council on International Policy
  • Marvin Figueroa |  Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources,Office of Governor Ralph S. Northam
  • Mary Gonzalez |  State Representative, Texas House of Representatives
  • Denisse Hudock |  Senior Project Architect, PSW Real Estate
  • Eric Jacobstein | Senior Policy Advisor, House Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Natalia Martinez-Kalinina |  General Manager, CIC Miami
  • Rebecca Pollock | Senior Director International Programs,The University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Jeremy Young |  Senior Investigative Producer, Al Jazeera Media Network

2018 PARTICIPANTS

  • Natalie Armijo | United States House of Representatives 
  • Jonathan Beutler | Pacific Rim Global Advisory 
  • Karla Duran | Northside ISD -John Jay High School 
  • Roberto Fierro | D&P Creative Strategies, LLC 
  • Douglas Garcia | Educational Testing Service 
  • Amilcar Guzman | CASA de Maryland 
  • Nathan Robinson | The University of Texas at El Paso 
  • Adam Sotomayor | United States Department of State 
  • Simon Tafoya | Office of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper 
  • Emerita Torres | United States Mission to the United Nations/United States Department of State 
  • Victoria Weatherford | San Francisco City Attorney’s Office

2017 PARTICIPANTS

  • Ryan James Evans | DSPolitical
  • Ruben Gonzales | Victory Institute
  • Kemp Gouldin | Sakhr Software USA
  • Christina Grant | The School District of Philadelphia
  • Marisol León | California Department of Justice
  • Jasmine Mora Garcia | Airbnb
  • Roberto Martinez | Braven Agency
  • Jackie Puente | Comcast NBCUniversal Telemundo
  • Lisa Reijula | Metro Chicago Exports
  • Andrés Torres | Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

2016 PARTICIPANTS

  • Sandra Alcala | Congressmen Joaquin Castro
  • Emily Calderon Galdeano | Elevate Consulting
  • Huey-Min Chuang | Empire State Development
  • Raul de Vidal y Sepulveda | Omnia Economic Solutions
  • Aaron Ford | Nevada Senate
  • Steven Glickman | Economic Innovation Group
  • Jeffrey Le | Governor Jerry Brown
  • Geenae Roxanne Rivera Soto | Federal Housing Finance Agency
  • Monica Sanz | Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • Heather Wild | US Department of State

2014-15 PARTICIPANTS

  • Tico Almeida | Freedom to Work 
  • Carlos Anton | Sears Holdings 
  • Brad Cole | Illinois Municipal League 
  • Roberto Adrian Fierro | D&P Creative Strategies 
  • Jana Nelson | U.S. Department of State
  • Marisa Paul | Raytheon Corporation 
  • Jose R. Perez-Riera | Puerto Rico Economic Development 
  • Soledad Roybal | U.S. Department of State
  • Daniel Sullivan | Shafik Gabr Foundation 
  • Celina Vasquez | Dallas County Community College 

2013 PARTICIPANTS

  • Octavio Espinal | NCLR 
  • Erica Jacquez | US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development 
  • Jason Llorenz, Esq. | Rutgers University 
  • Fatima Perez | Akerman Senterfitt 
  • Marisa Moret | City and County of San Francisco, Office of City Attorney 
  • Derrick Olsen | Greater Portland Inc. 
  • Ryan Rhodes | US Dep. of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Import Administration 
  • Lisa Pino | US Dept. of Agriculture 
  • Damon Porter | MoBroadbandNow 
  • Michael Sellman | McCalla, LLC

2012 PARTICIPANTS

  • Ana Cubas |  Los Angeles City Council member Jose Huizar 
  • Alejandra Ceja | U.S. Department of Education
  • Dean Fealk | DLA Piper, LLP 
  • Jonathan Hutchison | National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
  • Marcelo Llorente | Llorente & Heckler, P.A. 
  • Michael Masserman | Office of Advisory Committees and International Trade Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 
  • Patricia Tamez | Congressional Hispanic Caucus 
  • Jason Tepperman | U.S. Department of the Treasury 
  • Victoria Woodbury | Office of Senator Robert Menendez 
  • Cid Wilson |  Cabrera Capital Markets

2011 PARTICIPANTS

  • David C. Vasquez |  G&A Partners 
  • Monica Portes Reed | Medco Pharmacy 
  • Alan Neely |  The Coca Cola Company 
  • Jeanne S. Rangel | U.S. Department of State 
  • Adam Luna | America’s Voice 
  • Kenia Seoane Lopez | District of Columbia Superior Court Domestic Violence Unit 
  • Guillermo A. Meneses | ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA 
  • Levana Layendecker | Democracy for America 
  • Gabriela Ferrari | Nike Global Center of Excellence 
  • Robert Aguilar | Cabrera Capital Markets 
  • Paul Fleming | Seattle Public Utilities

2010 PARTICIPANTS

  • Brian Castro | Financial Industry Regulatory Authority 
  • Wesley Eberle | O’Neill & Associates 
  • Elizabeth Hearn | Department of Treasury 
  • Erik Leklem | Department of State 
  • Damian Merlo | International Oil Trading Company (IOTC) 
  • Steve Mirmina |  NASA 
  • Daniel Pedrotty | AFL-CIO 
  • Jacki Schechner | Healthcare for America Now 
  • J.V. Schwan | Baxter International 
  • Mark Vlasic | Ward & Ward LLC

2009 PARTICIPANTS

  • Jarrett T. Barrios |  Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts 
  • Toby Chaudhuri | Campaign for America’s Future 
  • Christopher Howard | Sydney College 
  • Wake Margo |  Raytheon 
  • Tom Matzzie | Gladius Strategy LLC 
  • Tracy McKibben | CitiGroup 
  • Jose Ochoa | Princeton University 
  • Bennett Ruiz |  AT&T 
  • Melissa Shuffield | John McCain for President 
  • Nicole Spencer | Council of the Americas

2008 PARTICIPANTS

  • Travis Adkins | AFRICARE 
  • Amy E. Barss | World Affairs Council of Oregon 
  • Mary T.H. Brazier | Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • Eric P. Farnsworth | Council of the Americas
  • Michael D. Foulkes | Apple Inc. 
  • Christian Gomez | Inter-American Dialogue 
  • Joseph K. Hurd | VideoEgg, Inc. 
  • Leah Esther Klass | Office of Economic Development and International Trade, State of Colorado
  • Lisa Marie Lopez Tiru | U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
  • Paul Piquado | Office of Trade Policy, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

2007 PARTICIPANTS

  • Joanne Flores | Smithsonian Latino Center 
  • Hubert Riley | Capitol Advocacy 
  • Jennifer Clinger | Virginia Department of Rail & Public Transportation 
  • Cortney Dell | U.S. Department of State 
  • Alexandria Dery | Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee 
  • Cuong Huynh |  NASA 
  • Jesse Manzano-Plaza | City of Miami 
  • David Pryor | FedEx
  • Thea Richard |  International Institute U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
  • Aaron Rose | Rose Consulting

2006 PARTICIPANTS

  • Luis E. Baco, Esq. | Honorable Luis G. Fortuno Member of Congress (Puerto Rico), U.S. House of Representatives 
  • Jeffrey Boyd |  Business Development Latin America / Caribbean, TIV 
  • Cesar A. Collantes |  Federal Aviation Administration 
  • Lillian deValcourt-Ayala | Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State 
  • Laura Isabel Trejo | Office of International Law, U.S. Department of Transportation 
  • Carlos Iturregui |  U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
  • Susan J. Nathan | Cleary Gottleib Steen & Hamilton, LLP 
  • Eric Olafson, Esq. | Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs 
  • Maria Rendon, PhD |  U.S. Agency for International Development 
  • Susan M. Silverman | Center for Human Rights and Public Policy, B’nai B’rith International

2005 PARTICIPANTS

  • Michael Castellano | Castellano Law
  • Heidi Durham | Starbucks
  • Joy Olson | WOLA
  • Jonathan Pearl | Office of Senator Dodd
  • Carl Petty | Bain and Company
  • Scott Soutter | IBM
  • Marco Vicenzino | Global Strategy Project
  • Celeste Ward | Department of Defense
  • James Koontz | Commander U.S. Air Force

2004 PARTICIPANTS

  • Spencer Abott | US Navy
  • Michael Geertson | Casals & Associates
  • Steve Rahman | Monitor Group
  • Paul Barringer | Accurium
  • Marcea Barringer | McAulay Institute
  • Alex Suri | Syrorex
  • Henry Zuber | Zuber Law
  • Marnie Wells | Minnesota Council
  • Raymond Miller | State of California
  • Carrie Carpenter | Center for Families and Children

2002 PARTICIPANTS

  • Marisol Bello | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Troy A. Eid | Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration
  • Brett Franklin | City of Santa Ana
  • Erin K. Himstedt | American Online
  • Auren Hoffman | BridgePath Corporation
  • Alexander T.J. Lennon | The Washington Quarterly
  • Kim McMillian | Tennessee General Assembly
  • James C. O’Brien | Albright Group LLC
  • Richard H. Sinkfield, III | Disley, Austin Brown & Wood
  • Andrew S. Weiss | Council of Foreign Relations

2001 PARTICIPANTS

  • Joanne Vliet | U.S. Commercial Service, International Trade Administration
  • Tom Vellenga | Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
  • Gurjot Sidhu-Gandhi | i2e Strategy, Inc.
  • Mike Opat | Hennepin County
  • Amy Medearis | G7 Group
  • Bethany Knorr | California State Senate
  • Derrick Hale | State of Michigan
  • Christina Erickson | Cogent Communications
  • Jonathan Decker | Reuters
  • Jon Bruning | State of Nebraska