Alex Nogales, Justina Machado, Thomas A. Saenz, Richard Alatorre, and Raul Lomeli-Azoubel
Bill Lann Lee, Irma Rodriguez Moisa, Anna Maria Chavez, Loretta P. Martinez, Regina Montoya, Jorge A. Herrera, Cynthia Telles, Thomas A. Saenz, Aracely Muñoz, Raul Lomeli-Azoubel, Jose Sanchez, Phil Fuentes, Jeffrey Garcia, Carlos R. Soltero
Angie Alatorre, Richard Alatorre, Thomas A. Saenz, Raul Lomeli-Azoubel, Alex Nogales, Brenda Victoria Castillo
Left to right: MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, Griselda Vega Samuel Regional Counsel, Midwest, and MALDEF Board Chairman, Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel at the InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile Hotel.
Left to right: Marty Castro,President and CEO of Casa Central; Griselda Vega Samuel, Regional Counsel, Midwest, and Alberto Ortega.
Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza and MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz .
Left to right: Donald Irvin with the award given to his late wife, Dr. Patricia Telles-Irvin, Northwestern University Vice President for Student Affair; MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz; Maria Saldaña – with her husband (left) – general counsel for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza with husband David M Szostak, and MALDEF Board Chairman, Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel
Left to right: MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, honoree Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza and husband, David M Szostak, and MALDEF Board Chairman, Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel.
Left to right: MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz; honoree Maria Saldaña, general counsel for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; MALDEF Griselda Vega Samuel Regional Counsel, Midwest; honoree Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza and husband David M Szostak, and MALDEF Board Chairman, Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel.
Left to right: MALDEF Board Chairman, Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of SABEResPODER; MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, and Juan Cartagna, Latino Justice PRLDEF President and General Counsel, at MALDEF’s 50th Anniversary Chicago Awards Gala.
MALDEF bestowed its Excellence in Community Service Award on Maria Saldaña, general counsel for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority.
Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza thanks MALDEF for the Excellence in Government Service Aw ard at the organization’s 50th Anniversary Awards Gala in Chicago
MALDEF 50th Anniversary Chicago Awards Gala. Left to right: MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz,; Griselda Vega Samuel Regional Counsel, Midwest; and former MALDEF Regional Counsel, the Honorable Patricia Mendoza; attorney Virginia Martinez , formerly of MALDEF, and former MALDEF Regional Counsel, Arturo Jauregui of Jauregui & Associates.
Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel and guest at the organization’s 50th Anniversary Chicago Awards Gala.
Dr. Patricia Telles-Irvin, Northwestern University Vice President for Student Affairs, was honored posthumously with the Excellence in Community Service Award for her long career working for students, especially low-income and marginalized students, in higher education. Pictured left to right: Donald Irvin; Dr. Lesley-Ann Brown-Henderson, who accepted the award, and Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel.
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.
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.
Janet Murguía, President and CEO UnidosUS and recipient of the 2008 Community Service Award (Left) and Maria Gabriela “Gaby” Pacheco, Program Director TheDream.US .
José Antonio Tijerino, President and CEO Hispanic Heritage Foundation, (Left) and Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel.
Andrea Senteno, MALDEF Washington, D.C. Regional Counsel speaking at MALDEF’s 2019 D.C. Gala.
Ambassador Vilma S. Martinez, Former MALDEF President and General Counsel was the 2019 Special Guest Speaker at the Washington, D.C. Awards Gala.
Abelardo I. Perez, Attorney and Diplomat,(left) and Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel.
Maria Gabriela “Gaby” Pacheco, Program Director TheDream.US and Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel.