MALDEF Gala Photos
Los Angeles Gala – November 7, 2019
San Antonio Gala – September 27, 2019
Chicago Gala – June 7, 2019
Washington D.C. Gala – April 11, 2019
MALDEF Honorees Celebrating
Left to right: John Huerta Retired Former General Counsel of the Smithsonian Institution; Ambassador Vilma Martinez, Former MALDEF President and General Counsel and Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Partner at WilmerHale.
Celebrating MALDEF's Honorees
MALDEF Board Member Anna Maria Chávez, Esq., Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer at National Council on Aging and Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel.
Award Winners Past, Present
Janet Murguía, President and CEO UnidosUS and recipient of the 2008 Community Service Award (Left) and Maria Gabriela “Gaby” Pacheco, Program Director TheDream.US .
Excellence in Community Service Award
José Antonio Tijerino, President and CEO Hispanic Heritage Foundation, (Left) and Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel.
Celebrating The Past, Present, Future
Andrea Senteno, MALDEF Washington, D.C. Regional Counsel speaking at MALDEF's 2019 D.C. Gala.
Marking MALDEF's 50th
Ambassador Vilma S. Martinez, Former MALDEF President and General Counsel was the 2019 Special Guest Speaker at the Washington, D.C. Awards Gala.
Excellence in Legal Profession Award
Abelardo I. Perez, Attorney and Diplomat,(left) and Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel.
Excellence in Community Service Award
Maria Gabriela “Gaby” Pacheco, Program Director TheDream.US and Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel.
Remembering MALDEF's 50th
MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz delivering the closing speech in honor of MALDEF's 50th Anniversary.