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
Janice Mac Avoy
Partner, Litigation
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
(New York, NY)
3rd Vice Chair
Peter Villegas
Vice President, Senior Manager
Office of Corporate Responsibility
JPMorgan Chase
(Irvine, CA)
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
Lydia Camarillo
Vice President
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
(San Antonio, TX)
Personnel & Nominations Committee Chair
Mickey Ibarra
President
Ibarra Strategy Group
(Washington, DC)
MALDEF Property Management Corporation Chair
Hector Cuellar
President
McGladrey Capital Markets, LLC
(Costa Mesa, CA)
Audit Committee
Jesse H. Ruiz
Partner
Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP
(Chicago, IL)
President & General Counsel
Thomas A. Saenz
(Los Angeles, CA)
General Members
Charlene Aguilar
Director of College Counseling
Lakeside School
(Seattle, WA)
Morris J. Baller
Partner
Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
(Oakland, CA)
Irene A. Brown
(Houston, TX)
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
Philanthropic Consultant
Ideal Philanthropy, LLC
(San Francisco, CA)
Zac Guevara
(San Marino, CA)
Eva Longoria-Parker
Actress/Producer
(Los Angeles, CA)
Kevin R. Johnson
Dean, and Mabie-Apallas Professor of
Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies
UC Davis School of Law
(Davis, CA)
Jan Jones
Former Mayor of Las Vegas
Senior VP of Communications &
Government Relations
Harrah’s
(Las Vegas, NV)
Martin Montes
Associate General Counsel
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
International Legal Division
(Bentonville, AK)
Carlos 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 and Director
Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance
University of Houston Law Center
(Los Angeles, CA)
David Orta
Partner
Arnold & Porter LLP
(Washington, DC)
Honorio J. Padron III
Managing Director
Executive Advisory
IT Global Practice Leader
GBS Global Practice Leader
The Hackett Group Inc.
(Atlanta, GA)
José R. Rodriguez
(El Paso, TX)
Maria Saldana
Senior VP of Public Finance
Duncan-Williams, Inc.
(Chicago, IL)
Felix Sanchez
CEO & Co-Founder
Hispanic Foundation for the Arts
(Washington, DC)
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)
Henry Solano
Partner
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
(New York, NY)
Wellington Webb
President
Webb Group International, LLC
(Denver, CO)