Features Hispanic Legal Leaders

In second grade, Francisco Castillo stood before his class with an announcement most seven-year-olds would never dream of making. While his classmates declared ambitions to fight fires or travel to space, Castillo had a different vision: he wanted to own an airline. Not any airline—a small carrier based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, hopping between […]

Jose Antonio Rodriguez, executive vice president and chief legal officer at Acacia Network, has been a cornerstone in advancing the organization’s mission to deliver essential services and programs to thousands across New York. Acacia Network, one of the largest Hispanic-led nonprofits in the state, provides integrated, culturally competent, and trauma-informed services in health, housing, social […]

As the LATAM Regional General Counsel for AES, Arminio Borjas stands at the intersection of law, energy, and sustainability, orchestrating a complex legal landscape to ensure the company’s ambitious renewable energy goals are met. AES, a global energy leader, specializes in energy generation and distribution and strongly focuses on renewables and energy storage. For Borjas, […]

It’s a relatively new and obscure acronym, CCUS, as in carbon capture, utilization and storage, and there’s a lot of it either underway or planned in the oil-rich Canadian province of Alberta. The demand for it should only soar, which is what with carbon reuse standing to diversify the energy sector, develop clean hydrogen, and […]

For Luis Machado, safety is his number one concern. And while he isn’t wearing a hard hat or tool belt or driving a work truck, he understands that for TopBuild to continue as one of the construction industry’s leading installers and specialty distributors of insulation and related building products, a safe work environment is crucial.   […]

In the 2.5 years that Veronica Rodriguez has helped guide legal and business affairs for TelevisaUnivision, she’s made significant contributions to building the largest Spanish-language platform in the world, and as important to her, bringing the Spanish-speaking community closer together.   At TelevisaUnivision, Rodriguez has been integral to two of the most important recent deals in […]

Words can be beneficial—or, if used incorrectly, lead to catastrophic consequences. At Daikin Applied Americas, Diana Marietti ensures people understand the impact of actions and words. She has firsthand knowledge of the power of words with over 26 years of legal experience as an associate, public defender and in-house counsel for various international companies like […]

On its surface, the world of reality TV might seem like every in-house counsel’s worst nightmare. Lots of unscripted moments. Talent with little to no training or on-camera experience. Contests in which much can go awry. But when Sira Veciana-Muino got to tackle a half-dozen reality TV shows – from “Latin American Idol” to “Top […]

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, cable TV reigned supreme as a source of information and entertainment. So, when given the chance to work with new media, Mariana D’Andrea was excited. Still in law school at the time, she was one of the youngest employees at an Argentinian media conglomerate. She was also one […]

At some point, every person, everywhere needs a helping hand, but that help may be hard to get in underserved parts of the country. That’s been the experience of JoAnn Chávez, senior vice president and chief legal officer for Michigan-based Fortune 250 energy provider DTE, which is seeking to uplift young people in parts of […]