Governor's Advisory Council on Latino Empowerment Members

On April 5, 2023, Governor Healey signed an Executive Order establishing the Governor’s Council on Latino Empowerment and appointed more than 40 Latino leaders from across the state.

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Chair: Josiane Martinez, Former Executive Director, Office for Refugees and Immigrants; Founder and CEO, Archipelago Strategies Group

Vice Chair: Gladys Vega, Executive Director, La Colaborativa

Liliana Patino, Director of Community Engagement, Eliot Family Resources Center

Grace Moreno, Owner of Grace Moreno Consulting

Eneida Román, President and CEO, Amplify Latinx

Margareth Shepard, Community Leader and Former Framingham City Councilor

Heloisa Galvão, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Brazilian Women’s Group

Lenita Reason, Executive Director, Brazilian Worker Center

Adrian Velazquez, Chief Advocacy Officer, Cooperative Credit Union Association, Inc.

Carmen Arce, COO, The Partnership, Inc

Oscar Escobar, CEO, Blue Nest Real Estate

Amanda Fernandez, CEO and Co-Founder, Latinos for Education

Brandon Cardet-Hernandez, Chief Strategy Advisor, Mrs. Wordsmith /Boston School Committee Member

Marty Martinez, CEO, Reach Out and Read National; Former Chief of Health and Human Services for the City of Boston

Carolina Trujillo, Community Advocate

Luisa Peña Lyons, Founder and CEO, Bridge Forward Fund

Roxana Rivera, Vice President, 32BJ SEIU

Zamawa Arenas, Founder & CEO, Flowetik

Celina Barrios-Millner, Co-Vice President, Office of Race and Equity Research at the Urban Institute

Betty Francisco, CEO, Boston Impact Initiative

Representative Andy Vargas, Vice Chair, Black & Latino Legislative Caucus

Carlos Aramayo, President, UNITE HERE Local 26

Patricia Sobalvarro Executive Director, Agencia ALPHA

Damaris Frias-Batista, Chief of Operations & Co-Founder, Center for Assistance to Families/ Centro de Apoyo Familiar

Gladys Ortiz, State Program Manager, Office for Refugees and Immigrants

Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, CEO, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA)

Grace Corporan, Site Director, Families & Youth Initiative/PATCH Lawrence

Nahir Torres, Senior Director of Leadership Programs at Justice Funders

Samalid M. Hogan, CEO and Principal Consultant, Greylock Management Consulting

Juan Fernando Lopera, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Juan Carlos Morales, Founder and Managing Partner, Surfside Capital Advisors LLC

Carolina Avellaneda, Vice President and General Counsel at Emerson College

Yvonne Garcia, Chief of Staff to CEO, State Street

Rosalin Acosta, Managing Director, Government & Public Sector at Ernst and Young; Former Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development

Dan Rivera, Executive Director at Coalition for a Better Acre

Dr. Joseph R. Betancourt, President, The Commonwealth Fund

Mary Skelton Roberts, Climate & Philanthropy Strategist

Elizabeth Cardona, Community Engagement Manager, Mass Department of Environmental Protection

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