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Janie Barrera (2023)
Janie Barrera is the founding president and former CEO of LiftFund, formerly known as Accion Texas. Barrera was responsible for the organization’s financial management, oversight of its annual budget, and the development of methodology and loan delivery procedures. She received several accolades for her accomplishments, which include the Small Business Administration Financial Services Advocate of…
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Guacolda Reyes (2022)
Ashton Jeffers
Guacolda Reyes is the Chief Real Estate Development Officer at The Resurrection Project (TPR) in Chicago, IL. Growing up in Santiago, Chile, Guacolda studied social work at university before continuing to do community work and advocacy in Chile. She moved to the Pilsen area in Chicago for school, which later introduced her to a developing…
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Noel Poyo (2023)
Ashton Jeffers
Noel Poyo served as the Executive Director of NALCAB from 2006 to 2021, helping lead the national organization of Latino-led nonprofits that serve communities around the United States. He advocated nationally on behalf of the NALCAB membership as well as for low-income Latino and immigrant communities. Over 12 years, he led the development of NALCAB’s…
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Dr. Charles Cotrell (2020)
Victoria Villaseñor
Dr. Charles Cotrell is a former political science professor and President of St. Mary’s University (1999-2012). Dr. Cotrell began his career with St. Mary’s as a student in the 1960s and witnessed the social and political transformation of San Antonio’s Westside during the Chicano Movement. Dr. Cotrell was no bystander, however. Cotrell played a significant…
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Nelson Merced (2020)
Victoria Villaseñor
Nelson Merced is the former Executive Director of the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) in Boston Massachusetts. Nelson Merced came to the IBA in 1994 and served until 1996. Throughout his time, Merced focused on housing and social service initiatives in the Villa Victoria neighborhood of Boston. In addition to IBA, Merced was involved in…
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