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www.negociosnow.com 24 Junio 2016 instrumental in organizing agency staff and participants on behalf of issues such as child care income eligibility, comprehensive immigration reform, and job development for youth. Mr. Ramirez was recently made a 2016 fellow in Leadership Greater Chicago. Affiliations: Chairman, Smart Communities Oversight Committee in Humboldt Park and the Early Childhood Roundtable in Pilsen. RAUL RAYMUNDO, CEO Entity: The Resurrection Project Website: www. resurrection project.org Mr. Raymundo co-founded The Resurrection Project in 1990 with $30,000 in seed capital raised by area parishes, leveraging that money into $346 million in community investments impacting 38,000 families in Pilsen and the surrounding Southwest Side. For almost 25 years, under Mr. Raymundo's leadership as CEO, TRP has seamlessly blended community development, community organizing, human service delivery, and advocacy to build healthier and engaged communities. TRP has become one of the region's most creative and effective community development organizations, working in every area of community life. TRP has supported more than 600 affordable homes, health clinics, early childhood centers, and schools. NON-PROFIT CELENA ROLDÁN, Chief Executive Officer Entity: American Red Cross Chicago & Northern Illinois Website: www. redcross.org Profile: Ms. Roldán joined the American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois as CEO in March of 2016. Prior to that, she was the executive director of Erie Neighborhood House, where she led the nonprofit's comprehensive child care, school-age, youth and adult programs, helping 5,000 participants create better lives for themselves and their families annually. Roldán has also worked to strengthen community action and civic engagement. Affiliations: Member, Economic Club; Leadership Greater Chicago and Marshall Memorial Fellow; vice board chair, Illinois Action for Children; member, Head Start Governing Board for Metropolitan Family Services; national board member, National Council of La Raza. NELI VAZQUEZ ROWLAND, Co-Founder, President Entity: A Safe Haven Foundation Website: www. ASafeHaven.com Profile: Ms. Vazquez Rowland is the president and co-founder of A Safe Haven Foundation, a vertically integrated nonprofit that works to rebuild lives from poverty and homelessness. Her goal is to inspire and influence a paradigm shift in how the nation addresses poverty, homelessness, and drug and alcohol addiction with protocols that offer an effective, efficient delivery system by connecting services and leveraging investment resources of public and private entities that have a shared responsibility and common goal of making a measurable and positive social impact to society. She has been recognized by the White House and Rotary International as a social business enterprise leader. JUAN SALGADO, President and CEO Entity: Instituto del Progreso Latino Website: www. IDPL.org Juan Salgado has been the President and CEO of Instituto del Progreso Latino since 2001. Under his leadership, Instituto has established best-practice educational and workforce models resulting in significant economic mobility and well-being for Chicago families. Mr. Salgado is a civic and economic leader in Chicago and an influential voice in local and national settings on the educational, political and economic advancement of the Latina/o community. He values bridging the private and public sectors and has partnered with the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, World Business Chicago, City Colleges of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools to expand diversity and opportunity in the healthcare and manufacturing sectors. RODRIGO A. SIERRA, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, SVP Entity: American Medical Association (AMA) Website: www. ama-assn.org Profile: Founded in 1847, the AMA is the nation's premiere association representing physicians, residents and medical students. Mr. Sierra is responsible for public and media relations, enterprise marketing and communications, market research, digital and social media, leadership positioning and brand strategy. Affiliations: CMO Club; North American advisory board of the CMO Council; Association of National Advertisers; previously served on the boards of Chicago Board of Education; Chicago Teachers Pension Fund; Commissioner and vice-chair, Chicago Housing Authority; Goodman Theater; among other affiliations. SERGIO SUAREZ, President Entity: North American Institute for Mexican Advancement Website: www. naima-nfp.org Profile: Since he began working in a factory as a 17-year-old boy, Sergio David Suárez, has been able to start 12 companies and generate thousands of jobs. Altruist and philanthropist, he presides over Necahual Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping children who find themselves in vulnerable situations. He is an active member of diverse local and national organizations with a pro-immigration and path to citizenship agenda, such as IBIC and NPNA. Affiliation: FEDEJAL, (Federation of Jalisco in the Midwest United States), CONFEDEJAL (National Council of Federations of Jalisco in the U.S.), Necahual Foundation, Necahual México AC, Juanacatlán Renace, and most recently, founded NAIMA, the North American Institute for Mexican Advancement. He serves on the board of ICIRR (Illinois Coalition of Immigrants and Refugee Rights) board, the Illinois Welcoming Center, Jaliscienses en el Exterior de la Gran Alianza, Latin Affairs Council of Melrose Park, and is an advisor of Casa Jalisco in the Midwest and Club Pro-Obras Juanacatlán.

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