Carlos Eire
National Book Award winning author, Riggs Professor of History and Religion – Yale University
Dr. Eduardo J. Padron
President, Miami Dade College, American Council on Education – Innovator of the Year, Children’s Hero Award, Hispanic Achievement Award in Education, Centennial Academic Leadership Award
Dr. Pedro Jose “Joe” Greer
MacArthur “genius” fellow, Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree, Hispanic Heritage Awards Leadership Honoree, Founder, Camillus Health Concern
Jorge Pardo
MacArthur “genius” fellow, World-‐renowned sculptor, Lucelia Artist award winner
Lorna Feijoo and Lorena Feijoo
Prima Ballerinas of the Boston Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet respectively
Dr. Pedro A. Sanchez
MacArthur “genius” Fellow, Co-Chair, United Nations Millenium Project Hunger Task Force, Director, Millenium Villages Project, Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Andy Garcia
Academy Award Nominee, Imagen Foundation Creative Achievement Award, ALMA Award Winner
Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
National Arts and Humanities Medal Honoree, Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, Yale University, Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, MLA Katherine Singer Kovacks Prize
Orlando Diaz Azcuy
Interior Design hall of fame, Robb Report, Top Ten Designer, Interiors Magazine Designer of the Year
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Grammy-award winning producer and musician, Fifteen-time Grammy Award Nominee, ASCAP Vanguard Award
Gustavo Perez Firmat
Feinson Professor of Humanities, Columbia University, Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Award winning author and poet
Mirta Ojito
Pulitzer Prize Winner, Professor, Columbia University School of Journalism, Author, “Finding Mañana”, American Society of Newspaper Editors Award winning journalist
Alvaro de Molina
Former CEO, GMAC Financial Services and CFO, Bank of America
Hon. Raoul G. Cantero III
Justice, Supreme Court of Florida, 2002-‐2008
Felix S. Sabates, Jr.
CEO, Top Sales Company, 1969-2001, Chairman, Trinity Yachts, NASCAR Team Owner
Don Jose Orlando Padron
Chairman, Padron Cigars
Francisco “Pipin” Ferreras
World Champion Freediver
Tony Perez
MLB Hall of Fame, Hispanic Heritage Award Recipient, Honoree, Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, World Series Champion – 1975,1976,1990, Seven-time MLB All-‐Star
Achy Obejas
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, LAMBDA award winning novelist, Studs Terkel Journalism Prize
Steven Bauer
Two-time Golden Globe nominee