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www.negociosnow.com 18 Julio 2018 RICARDO (RIC) ESTRADA President and CEO Entity: Metropolitan Family Services Website: metrofamily.org Ric Estrada is President and CEO of Metropolitan Family Services (MFS). Founded in 1857, Metropolitan is one of the oldest, largest, and most respected human services agencies in Illinois. MFS assists more than 72,000 families and individuals annually through seven community centers in Chicago, Evanston, Skokie, the southwest suburbs and DuPage County. This year, Mr. Estrada is the Negocios Now Who's Who in Hispanic Community Champion Award recipient, which he will receive at the Gala on July 13 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. MFS has empowered families to learn, to earn, to heal, and to thrive since 1857. Founded as the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, the organization has helped families get through devastating hardships, such as poverty, world wars, epidemics, and natural disasters. Estrada graduated from Loyola University in Chicago with a BS in Psychology, and minors in Theology and Philosophy. He said that Loyola's Ignatian values, combined with his time in the seminary, directed him toward a career in the social enterprise sector. As CEO of MFS, Mr. Estrada works to provide social services and programming to Chicago families and communities. The organization offers economic support, education opportunities, counseling, and legal services. Estrada has also created social impact as the First Deputy Commissioner of the City of Chicago Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) and Executive Director of Erie Neighborhood House. Estrada has said his time at MFS has taught him a lot about how to scale impact. "MFS is big enough to make a difference and test solutions at scale," Estrada said. "We've served 72,000 people and are on track to serve even more." The Community Champion Award was established by Negocios Now to recognize the service and dedication of those who work to improve the quality of life of our community. PHIL BARREDA Executive Vice President Entity: Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council Website: chicagomsdc.org Phil Barreda has not only been an inseparable friend of Negocios Now since its beginning, but he has been a friend of many small businesses in their quest to survive and grow in the face of adversity. For more than a decade, Barreda has been the Executive Vice President of the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (MSDC), an entity that helps companies complete the Minority Business Enterprise certification process, thereby opening them up to growth opportunities. He also served as interim president of the national MSDC during its search for a permanent president. Phil was named Executive VP of Chicago MSDC in 2006 and has served in all aspects of business support and development since then, including membership expansion, access to capital, and strategic business alliances. He had been with Harris Trust and Savings for thirteen years before joining MSDC. Founded in 1968, CMSDC is a premier organization for increasing business opportunities between major buying organizations and minority-owned businesses. Nicado Publishing established the "El Amigo de Negocios Now Award" as a thank-you to all those who have helped this small company make Negocios Now the most awarded Latino business publication in the country in the last decade with 15 national awards and a Peter Lisagor General Excellence Award in 2012. NO PROFITS RAUL RAYMUNDO CEO Entity: The Resurrection Project Website: resurrectionproject. org JOSE (PEPE) VARGAS Founder & Executive Director Entity: International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago Website: Latino CulturalCenter.org CELENA ROLDAN Chief Executive Officer Entity: American Red Cross Chicago & Northern Illinois Website: redcross.org NELI VAZQUEZ ROWLAND Co-Founder & President Entity: A Safe Haven Foundation Website: ASafeHaven.org ALICIA GONZALEZ Executive Director Entity: Chicago Cubs Charities Website: chicago. cubs.mlb.com/ chc/community/ charities/ Alicia Gonzalez is the former Founding Executive Director of Chicago Run, a local non-profit that provides free physical fitness programs to over 18,000 Chicago Public School students. In 2009, she was named Emerging Health Leader from the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group. She also received the 2016 Community Leadership Award from President's Council on Fitness, Sports, & Nutrition and the 2017 Crain's 40 Under 40 Award. In May 2018, she transitioned to become the Executive Director of Chicago Cubs Charities, where she will continue to promote access to sports and safe places to play for Chicago's children and youth. CESAR MALDONADO Founder and President Entity: Mariachi Heritage Foundation Website: mariachiheritagefoundation.org César Maldonado is the Founder and President of the Mariachi Heritage Foundation (MHF), a Chicago-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization that implements mariachi music programs in underserved CPS schools. In 2017, Mr. Maldonado received a Latin GRAMMY nomination for an album released by MHF's flagship student program called Mariachi Herencia de Mexico. He is also Partner and Managing Director at Valdés & Moreno Inc., a Latino- owned investment banking and full service institutional brokerage firm that underwrites and trades all types of municipal bonds, corporate debt, equities, U.S. Agency and U.S. Treasury securities, private equity, and provides financial advisory services to corporate and public entities. KATYA NUQUES Executive Director Entity: Enlace Chicago Website: enlacechicago.org Katya has been Executive Director for Enlace Chicago since 2015. Katya works in partnership with the Board of Directors to plan, organize, steward, motivate, and manage Enlace in the areas of education, health, immigration, and violence prevention. Katya is a board member of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and serves on the Advisory Council for the City of Chicago Office of New Americans. She is also a member of the Latino Policy Forum Immigration Acuerdo. A Look Back on 5 Years of Who's Who DR. JUAN ANDRADE, JR. President Entity: United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) Website: ushli.org GLORIA CASTILLO President & CEO Entity: Chicago United Website: chicago- united.org JAIME DI PAULO Executive Director Entity: Little Village Chamber of Commerce Website: littlevillage chamber.org OMAR DUQUE President & CEO Entity: Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (IHCC) Website: ihccbusiness.net SOL FLORES Executive Director Entity: La Casa Norte Website: lacasanorte.org JORGE PEREZ Executive Director Entity: Hispanic American Construction Industry Association (HACIA) Website: haciaworks.org COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARD EL AMIGO DE NEGOCIOS NOW AWARD ROBERTO RAMÍREZ Founder / CEO Entity: Spanish Public Media Foundation Website: spanish publicradio.org Currently, Roberto is the CEO of Spanish Public Radio and Spanish Public Media Foundation, which he founded to cultivate and sustain the Spanish-speaking community through a multimedia platform broadcast on the Internet. SPR broadcasts highly relevant news, music, arts, culture, financial, and educational content in Spanish. SPR creates a virtual meeting place to build meaningful and lasting relationships by connecting listeners in the USA to their local communities and native countries. SPR's vision is committed to positively impacting the Spanish-speaking community by sharing stories that will help future generations preserve their language and culture, while also reinforcing civic and leadership responsibilities in the United States of America. MARY A. SANTANA Founder & Executive Director Entity: The Miracle Center Mary A. Santana is Founder and Executive Director of The Miracle Center (TMC), a vibrant non-profit organization whose success is driven by a visionary leader and a diverse team of experienced full- and part-time staff and volunteers. Spanning over a decade, TMC has serviced over 10,000 youth and their families. The children who were first touched by TMC when it started in a basement apartment in 1995 are now successful college graduates and career-driven individuals. GRISELDA VEGA SAMUEL Midwest Regional Counsel Entity: Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) Website: maldef. org As Regional Counsel, Griselda is responsible for the daily operations and overall management of the regional office which covers the following states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. Within MALDEF's designated program areas, she works with the President and General Counsel, Director of Litigation, staff attorneys, and other Regional Counsels to determine the litigation and public policy advocacy priorities for the Midwest regional office. Most recently, she was the Senior Director of Anti- Trafficking Program at Safe Horizon in New York; and she is also an attorney with over 16 years of experience in working with low-income clients in the areas of litigation, advocacy and education. READ THE COMPLETE BIOS AT NEGOCIOSNOW.COM

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