9 Latino Board Directors Everyone Should Know

Creating a more diverse mix of directors on your board is paramount to both good governance and better business outcomes. While we’ve seen progress for women in the boardroom, diversity must happen across all intersections, and other minorities still have a long road ahead of them to achieve equal representation in the boardroom. Latinos make up only 3% of Fortune 1000 board seats—while comprising 18.5% of the U.S. population, according to a new report, Latino Representation on Fortune 1000 Boards, 2020 edition, sponsored by the Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA) and KPMG, LLP.

In partnership with theBoardlist, a premium talent marketplace that connects public and private companies with diverse board and executive talent, we’ve created a list of 9 exceptional Latino leaders who are actively working right now to improve company trajectories and do what they can to elevate their peers. Each individual has an established and successful track record of global business and are either experienced directors or board-ready executives, proving that our shared goal of fair, equal, and diverse representation in the board room is not a pipeline problem.

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Elena
Gomez

Chief Financial Officer
Toast

Board Director
PagerDuty and Smartsheet

Connect with Elena

Manny
Cofresi

EVP, Global Head of M&A / Corporate Development
Elavon, Inc.

Connect with Manny

Chris
Perez

Managing Director 
Goldman Sachs

Connect with Chris

Isaura
Gaeta

Vice President, Security Research, Intel Product Assurance and Security Engineering
Intel

Connect with Isaura

Jorge
Casimiro

Global Chief Public Policy & Social Impact Officer, NIKE, Inc.
President, NIKE Foundation

Connect with Jorge

Ann
Rodriguez

Chief Strategy Officer
LA 2028

Connect with Ann

Anilu
Vazquez-Ubarri

Partner, CHRO
TPG Global

Board Director
Upwork

Connect with Anilu

Gerry
Lopez

Head of the Operating Group
SoftBank Group

Board Director
Realty Income Corporation, Newell Brands and CBRE

Connect with Gerry

Bernadette
Aulestia

Cofounder
New American Table

Board Director
Nexstar Media Group, Denny’s and Brown University

Connect with Bernadette

For more information about The Alumni Society and theBoardlist partnership, or if you are an Alumni Society member interested in joining theBoardlist platform, please reach out to The Alumni Society Vice President Vianni Lubus at [email protected].