PLJ – Magazine Issue – Q1 2025 – Award Winners

2025 Latino & Hispanic Leadership Award Winners

• Akin – Sergio Urias – Partner
• allnex – Juan Garcia – Director, Regional Supply Chain Americas & Site Leader
• Arizona Virtual Academy – Pamela Anzaldua – High School Electives Teacher
• Crossroads Impact Corp – Eric Donnelly – CEO and Director
• DailyPay – Gregory (Goyo) Schipilliti – Director of International Expansion
• Dechert LLP – Bernardo L Piereck de Sá – Partner
• Florida Cyber Charter Academy – Paola Stauffer – High School Spanish Teacher
• Hughes Hubbard & Reed – Emilio Saiz – Partner
• Hughes Hubbard & Reed – Gaela Gehring Flores – Partner
• iQ Academy Los Angeles – Ana Navarro de Ruiz – Engagement Coach
• Knobbe Martens – Josue Villalta – Partner
• Knobbe Martens – Mauricio Uribe – Partner
• L’ATTITUDE Ventures – Laura Lucas – General Partner
• Latham & Watkins – Santiago Bejarno – Counsel
• Latham & Watkins – Guido Liniado – Partner
• New American Funding – Patty Arvielo – CEO & Co-Founder
• Newmark – Jimena Sayavedra – Associate Director
• New York Life – Will Colon – Head of Foundational Business Operations & Shared Services
• Norton Rose Fulbright – Jesika Silva Blanco – Partner
• Project Bread – Adriana Mendes-Sheldon – Director of Community Partnerships
• Prosperity Now – Marisa Calderon – President & CEO
• RWJBarnabas Health – Teresa DiElmo – Chief Nursing Officer
• Salazar Law – Luis Salazar – Founding Partner
• Stretto – Leticia Sanchez – Managing Director
• Stride, Inc. – Inez Ventura-Jackson – Career Learning Program Coordinator
• Transamerica – Gus Ortega – Head of Non-Financial Risk Management
• Union Pacific Railroad – Ashanti Mieres Cravioto – Director Mexico
• WilmerHale – Joshua Lerner – Partner, Co-Chair, Trade Secret Practice

2025 Emerging Leaders Award Q1 Winners

• DiCello Levitt LLP – Sara Aguiñiga – Partner
• Gibbons P.C. – Courtney Johnson – Associate, Government & Regulatory Affairs
• Lighthouse Global – Dawn Garrison – Senior Proposal Marketing Manager
• Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP – Alicia Grant – Partner
• Prosperity Now – Jason Wallace – Vice President of Community Impact
• Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight – Carolin Guntert – Co-Managing Partner, New York Office
• Tallo – Allison Danielson – CEO
• Union Pacific Railroad – Greg Thompson – Superintendent Train Operations
• WilmerHale – Tania Faransso – Partner