Mission Statement
The Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino strives to create a museum in our nation’s capital to educate, inspire and encourage respect and understanding of the richness and diversity of the American Latino experience within the U.S. and its territories by highlighting the contributions made by Latino leaders, pioneers and communities to the American way of life.
Current Board Members
Jonathan Yorba - Chair
CEO, The Mexican Museum
Naomi Rodriguez - Vice Chair
Senior Marketing Manager, DirecTV, Inc.
Delia de la Vara - Secretary
Vice President, Special Events, NCLR
Maria Cardona - Treasurer
Principal, Dewey Square
Fernando Laguarda - Nominations Chair
Vice President, Time Warner Cable
Peter Villegas - Development Chair
Vice President and Senior Manager, Office of Corporate Responsibility, J.P. Morgan Chase
Rick Ramirez - Marketing and Communications Chair
Senior Vice President, Targeted Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures
Lorraine Cortés-Vásquez
Executive Vice President for Multicultural Markets and Engagement
AARP
Ivelisse Estrada
Senior Vice President, Corporate and Community Relations
Univision Communications, Inc.
Ivette Fernandez
Director of Community Affairs, Office of Corporate Diversity
News Corporation
Mónica Gil
Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Government Relations
Nielsen
Susan Gonzales
External Affairs
Facebook
Dr. Aida Levitan
President
The Levitan Group, Inc.
Lillian Rodriguez-Lopez
President, Hispanic Federation
Chair, National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA)
Raul “Danny” Vargas
Founder and President
VARCom Solutions
Cid Wilson
Senior Equity Research Analyst
Cabrera Capital Markets
Staff
The Raben Group
Estuardo Rodriguez, Principal (DC)
Laura Rodriguez, Principal (LA)
Jonathan Kent, Associate (DC)
Derrick Alan Everett, Associate (LA)
Francella Chinchilla, Associate (LA)

