Board of Directors
Executive Commitee
Chairman of the Board
Thomas B. Reston
Attorney at Law
(Washington, DC)
With over 30 years of experience with MALDEF, Thomas B. Reston currently serves as the Chairman of the Board. Since 1974, when he was first introduced to and worked for MALDEF as outside counsel on the Voting Rights Act, Mr. Reston has been involved with the organization as a member of the Board of Directors, long-time chairman of the Program and Planning Committee, and the first non-Latino elected as Chairman of the Board in 1996.
Mr. Reston began his career as a newspaperman, reporting from the South and abroad. In the early 1970s, he became very involved in Virginia and national politics, working on numerous campaigns and twice getting elected as the Secretary for the State Democratic Party of Virginia. From 1974-77, he practiced law with the firm, Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C., and from 1977-1980, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Deputy Spokesman of the United State Department of State, where he held daily press conferences and spoke for the U.S. government on all foreign-policy matters. Since the early 1980s and continuing today, he has practiced international law through his private practice in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Reston is a graduate of Harvard College and University of Virginia School of Law. He is married to Victoria Kiechel and has two children, Laura and James. He recently finished writing a book about the intellectual traditions of the Democratic Party, due to be published this coming winter, after the fall 2010 elections.
1st Vice Chair
Patricia A. Madrid
Former Attorney General of New Mexico
(Albuquerque, NM)
2nd Vice Chair
Peter Villegas
Vice President, Senior Manager
Office of Corporate Responsibility
JPMorgan Chase
(Irvine, CA)
3rd Vice Chair
Lydia Camarillo
Vice President
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
(San Antonio, TX)
Secretary / Treasurer & Fiscal & Fundraising Committee Chair
Frank Herrera, Jr.
President
The Law Offices of Frank Herrera
(San Antonio, TX)
Program & Planning Committee Chair
Manuel Martinez
Partner
Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP
(Denver, CO)
Community Education & Leadership Development Committee Chair
Charlene Aguilar
Director of College Counseling
Lakeside School
(Seattle, WA)
Personnel & Nominations Committee Chair
Mickey Ibarra
President
Ibarra Strategy Group
(Washington, DC)
MALDEF Property Management Corporation Chair
Gloria Molina
Supervisor
County of Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, CA)
Audit Committee Chair
Hector J. Cuellar
President
McGladrey Capital Markets, LLC
(Costa Mesa, CA)
President & General Counsel
Thomas A. Saenz
(Los Angeles, CA)
General Members
Morris J. Baller
Partner
Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
(Oakland, CA)
William Candelaria
Partner
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
(New York, NY)
Norma Cantú
Professor of Law and Education
University of Texas at Austin School of Law
(Austin, TX)
Gilberto Cárdenas
Assistant Provost and Director
Institute of Latino Studies
University of Notre Dame
(Notre Dame, IN)
Maria Estela de Rios
Executive Vice President and Co-Owner
ORION International Technologies, Inc.
(Albuquerque, NM)
Maria Echaveste
Co-Founder
Nueva Vista Group, LLC
(Washington, DC)
Theresa Fay-Bustillos
Principal and Co-Founder
Ideal Philanthropy, LLC
(San Francisco, CA)
Zac Guevara
Retired Executive VP
Capital Group Companies
(San Marino, CA)
Eva Longoria
Actor/Producer
UnbeliEVAble Productions
(Los Angeles, CA)
Jan Jones
Former Mayor of Las Vegas
Senior VP of Communications &
Government Relations
Harrah’s
(Las Vegas, NV)
Sonya Medina
Vice President of Community & External Affairs
Silver Eagle Distributors
(San Antonio, TX)
Martin Montes
Assistant General Counsel
Manager, Client Services
Exelon Corporation
(Chicago, IL)
Carlos X. Montoya
Chairman & CEO
AztecAmerica Bank
(Chicago, IL)
Regina Montoya
Senior Vice-President & General Counsel
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
(Dallas, TX)
Michael A. Olivas
William B. Bates
Distinguished Chair in Law
Director to the Institute for Higher Education Law & Governance
University of Houston Law Center
(Houston, TX)
José R. Rodriguez
Senator
State of Texas
(Austin, TX)
Jose Sanchez
Partner
Sidley Austin, LLP
(Los Angeles, CA)
Miguel Santana
City Administrative Officer
City of Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, CA)
Roger Smith
President & CEO
American Income Life Insurance Company
(Waco, TX)
Alex Vasquez
Associate General Counsel - Class Action Division
Wal-Mart Legal Department
(Bentonville, AR)
Wellington Webb
Former Mayor of Denver
President
Webb Group International
(Denver, CO)
Mary Rose Wilcox
Supervisor
Maricopa County
(Phoenix, AZ)
