MALDEF Gala Photos

Los Angeles Gala – November 7, 2019

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

Alex Nogales, Justina Machado, Thomas A. Saenz, Richard Alatorre, and Raul Lomeli-Azoubel

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

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

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

Thomas A. Saenz, Mocetzuma Esparza, Alex Nogales

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

Thomas A. Saenz, Vilma Martinez, Carlos R. Soltero

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

Angie Alatorre, Richard Alatorre, Thomas A. Saenz, Raul Lomeli-Azoubel, Alex Nogales, Brenda Victoria Castillo

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

Denise Hulett, Maria Blanco

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

Alex Nogales

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

Justina Machado

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

Richard Alatorre

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

MALDEF Los Angeles Awards Gala 2019

MALDEF Los Angeles Gala 2019

Thomas A. Saenz

San Antonio Gala – September 27, 2019

San Antonio Gala 2019

Chicago Gala – June 7, 2019

MALDEF CELEBRATES IN CHICAGO

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.

MALDEF CELEBRATES 50 YEARS IN CHICAGO

Left to right: Marty Castro,President and CEO of Casa Central; Griselda Vega Samuel, Regional Counsel, Midwest, and Alberto Ortega.

MALDEF Honoree and President

Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza and MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz .

MALDEF HONORING LATINO LEADERSHIP

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

MALDEF LEADERSHIP AND HONOREE

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.

MALDEF 50th ANNIVERSARY GALA, CHICAGO

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.

MALDEF PRESIDENT AND BOARDMEMBERS

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 HONORS COMMUNITY SERVICE

MALDEF bestowed its Excellence in Community Service Award on Maria Saldaña, general counsel for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority.

MALDEF HONORS GOVERNMENT SERVICE

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

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.

MALDEF 50th Anniversary, Chicago

Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel and guest at the organization’s 50th Anniversary Chicago Awards Gala.

MALDEF HONOREES AND FAMILY

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.

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.