PRESENTED by LatinTRENDS and LABORATORIO BUENA SALUD
CO-SPONSORS: CUNY, INCA KOLA & US ARMY ROTC
ASSOCIATE SPONSORS: POPULAR COMMUNITY BANK, ABSOLUT VODKA, TIME WARNER CABLE & HEINEKEN USA
The Eleventh Annual Latino Trendsetter Awards, a benchmark celebration, will be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 6:00pm at The Metropolitan Pavilion, located at 125 West 18th Street in New York City’s trendy Chelsea district. Co-Hosted by: María Santana, New York correspondent for CNN en Español and award-winning journalist Tom Llamas, co-anchor of NBC News and correspondent for the Today Show and MSNBC.
Juan Guillen, LatinTRENDS founder & CEO states “The Latino Trendsetter Award recipients proudly represent 51 million US Hispanics. They have each developed the mindset and characteristics of a leader. They are influential heads of households and play a major role influencing what their children and parents purchase. They maintain high standards in actions and deeds. They are accomplished people on the move. They are Trendsetters who never stop! As acculturated Latinos, they are influencing three generations; themselves, their children and their parents. They are influencing mainstream society while inspiring our youth, who will become tomorrow’s trendsetters.”
Among some of this year’s Trendsetters are Dr. Felix Matos Rodriguez, President of Hostos Community College; Eder Holguin, Tech Entrepreneur & Chief Revenue Officer at Virtual Fan Networks. The Hon. Nelson Diaz, a partner at Dilworth Paxon LLP., first Hispanic Judge in the State of Pennsylvania; Alan Wernick, Professor at Baruch College is receiving a special award given to a person of non-Hispanic descent that has positively impacted the community. Additional Trendsetters are Dr. Rosa M. Gil, President/CEO of Comunilife; Antonio Ruiz-Gimenez, President of Innovators Fund; Ernesto Quiñonez, Novelist, Best Selling Author & Associate Professor of Cornell University; JW Cortes, Actor, Filmmaker, NY Police Officer and Star NBC’s Reality Show, Stars Earn Stripes; Frederick Martínez, ¨El Pachá¨, Radio & TV Personality Univison; Dr. Amarilis Lugo, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital; Jacqueline L. Rosa, Executive Director of Corporate Supplier Diversity for JPMorgan Chase; Alex Guzman, Board Member of NSA and partner at Compare Foods; David Zayas, Former NYC Police Officer, Actor & Co-star of Showtime’s Hit Series Dexter; Dr. Myrka Gonzalez, Esq. Trustee, Dowling College and David Ochoa, Development Initiative Managing Director, Vaughn College will receive a special award as a couple for philanthropy in education. Dr. Sixto R. Caro, MD, Attending Physician, department of medicine, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center.
Telemundo 47 NY will receive the Media Company of the Year Award for being the first Spanish language TV station in the tri-state and second largest in the nation. They are celebrating their 47th anniversary. For more information, please visit www.latinotrendsetter.com. Continuing the tradition of awarding Scholarships to deserving students, this year’s Scholarship receipts are, John Moreno-Escobar, Baruch College, Michael A. Cruz; City College and Krystal Joy Perez & Imani DuBois from Lehman College and part of 100 Hispanic Women. The Latino Trendsetter Awards event is one of various event marketing opportunities presented by LatinTRENDS, a multimedia company, whose mission is to entertain, inform and inspire forward-thinking men and women.
