2007 Awardees

Among these Bay Area residents are people and businesses impacting the Hispanic community on a large scale. For this reason, the SFHCC, the San Francisco Business Times, and Wells Fargo Bank presented an event to acknowledge the 32 most influential Hispanics in the Bay Area.

A 30 min recap of the event is available OnDemand with Comcast by going to On Demand > Bay On Demand > Local Events > Latino Leadership Awards.
You can also see or hear a message from each honoree below.

The 2007 awardees were:

Aida Alvarez, Small Business Administration [view video]

Angel Mendez, Cysco Systems [view video]

Armando Peraza, LP Percussion [view video]

Arturo Riera, CBS Televison Station Group in San Francisco [view video]

Beatriz Leyva Cutler, Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement [listen]

Ben Singer, Farmacia Remedios [view video]

Carmen Castellano, Castellano Family Foundation in San Jose [view video]

Eddie Garcia, Comcast Cable Communication [view video]

Eduardo Roy, DLA Piper US LLP [view video]

Elmi Vermejo, State and Comsumer Service Agancy, State of California [listen]

Ernesto Nava, Nava Glass and Stucco [view video]

Ernesto Padilla, El Mensajero [view video]

Gary Hernandez, Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal LLP [listen]

Guillermo Muniz, New Mecaa Cafe [listen]

Herman Gallegos, Hispanics in Philanthropy[listen]

Irma Herrera, Equal Rights Advocates [view video]

J Michael Fernandez, BTI Group [view video]

Jane Garcia, La Clinica de la Rasa [view video]

Joe Partida, JD Partida Associates [view video]

Lou Trujillo,Safeway [view video]

Louiz Provensano, Language Line Services [view video]

Marcela Davison Aviles, Mexicant Heritage Corp. [listen]

Maria Valentine, Firts American Title Corp. [view video]

Michael Canul, De Computis Inc [listen]

Michael Ruiz, Norther California Supplier Developer Council [view video]

Michael Torres, Adelante Capital Management LLC. [view video]

Miguel Galarza, Yerba Buena Engineering & Construction Inc. [view video]

Ophelia Basgal, PG&E [listen]

Rigo Chagon, Abrazos and books [listen]

Rosario Anaya, Mission Language and Vocational School [view video]

Sandra Murillo, Women's Initiative for Self Employment [view video]

Sylvia Samano, AT&T in the Bay Area [view video]