April 17, 2018
NHLA ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of 46 of the nation’s preeminent Latino advocacy organizations, announced the results of its 2018 election of officers. The new NHLA leadership includes:
Chair: Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Vice Chair: Jessica González-Rojas, Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH)
Treasurer: Amy L. Hinojosa, President and CEO, MANA, A National Latina Organization
Member At-Large: Juan Andrade, Jr., President, United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI)
Member At-Large: Al Zapanta, President, United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Member At-Large: Mark Magaña, Founding President and CEO, GreenLatinos
NHLA’s Executive Committee released the following joint statement:
“We thank outgoing NHLA Chair Hector Sanchez Barba, Treasurer Brent Wilkes, and At-Large Executive Committee Member Yanira Cruz for their years of service in leading NHLA. Under their leadership, our coalition has grown from 30 member organizations in 2012 to 46 today, and NHLA worked in unity to lift up the Latino perspective on a broad range of policy issues facing the nation.
“We are eager to work together on behalf of the coalition to continue advancing our public policy agenda and speaking out and advocating for the interests of the Latino community. NHLA is here to be a voice for over 57 million Latinos in our nation’s federal policy debates, and we will make ourselves heard as we work together to build a more inclusive, equitable, and just America for all.”
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ABOUT THE NATIONAL HISPANIC LEADERSHIP AGENDA:
The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda is composed of 46 of the leading national and regional Latino civil rights and public policy organizations and other elected officials, and prominent Latinos Americans. NHLA coalition members represent the diversity of the Latino community – Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and other Latino Americans. NHLA’s mission calls for unity among Latinos around the country to provide the Latino community with greater visibility and a clearer, stronger influence in our country’s affairs. NHLA brings together Latino leaders to establish policy priorities that address, and raise public awareness of, the major issues affecting the Latino community and the nation as a whole. For more information, please visit: www.nationalhispanicleadership.org.
NHLA MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS:
Alianza Americas | American G.I. Forum | ASPIRA Association | Avance Inc. | Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network | Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute | Farmworker Justice | GreenLatinos | Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities | Hispanic Federation | Hispanics in Philanthropy | Hispanic National Bar Association | Inter-University Program for Latino Research | Labor Council for Latin American Advancement | Latino Justice PRLDEF | League of United Latin American Citizens | MANA, A National Latina Organization | Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund | Mi Familia Vota | National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures | National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives | National Association of Hispanic Publications | National Day Laborer Organizing Network | NALEO Educational Fund | National Association of Latino Independent Producers | National Conference of Puerto Rican Women, Inc. | National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators | National Hispanic Council on Aging | National Hispanic Environmental Council | National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts | National Hispanic Media Coalition | National Hispanic Medical Association | National Institute for Latino Policy | National Latina/o Psychological Association | National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health | Presente.org | SER Jobs for Progress National | Southwest Voter Registration Education Project | UnidosUS | United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | United States Hispanic Leadership Institute | United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce | U.S.- Mexico Foundation | Voto Latino
