Hispanic Professional Action Committee, Celebrating 30 years!
HPAC is a non-profit, non-partisan, Tucson-based organization whose purpose is to effect change by monitoring and studying issues that impact Hispanics at local, regional, national and international levels. On February 18th, 2010 at 5:30 pm, Stillwell House, HPAC will be honoring outstanding individuals from our community. The event is open to the public with the cost of admission of $30 which includes refreshments. Participants are encouraged to RSVP at hpactucson.org. We are proud to announce the 2010 HPAC honorees.
Man of the Year, Dr. Roy Flores, Pima Community College Chancellor since 2003. Before coming to PCC, Dr. Flores was president of Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburg. He also served as president of Elgin Community College in Illinois, executive vice chancellor of the Virginia Community College system, and as faculty member and senior administrator at Pan American University.
Dr. Flores earned a Ph.D., in economics from Iowa State University. He also has a master’s degree in economics and bachelor’s in social science from Indiana State University. He has served as an economic advisor to the U.S. Department of State and has conducted research on monetary theory and human-capital theory.
He is a member of the boards of directors of several national organizations, including the American Association for Community Colleges. Dr. Flores is also on the Board of Directors for the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, serves on the Advisory Board for the Educational Testing Service, and is a member of the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Equity for the American Council on Education. Dr. Flores is a board member at Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc., and serves on the Southern Arizona Leadership Council. Dr. Flores also has been appointed to the governor’s statewide P-20 Council on Education
Woman of the Year, Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP., is an associate professor of clinical medicine and pathology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She serves as medical director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program and of the Women’s Health Initiative. While Dr. Lopez has received numerous awards for her academic and research pursuits, she is best known for her “heart of gold”. A strong intelligent woman, Dr. Lopez has an exemplary bedside manner and ability to treat patients’ state of the art medicine and information doused with warmth and genuine care. As the associate dean for outreach and multi-cultural affairs, College of Medicine, Dr Lopez advocates for continued attention to the recruitment and retention of minority students.
Dr. López received her medical education from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowships in general internal medicine and hematologic oncology at the University of Arizona. She also holds a master’s degree in public health from the University of Arizona College of Public Health. n experience researcher and contributor to medical journals and author of many book chapters on Diverse topics ranging from the health of Native Americans to the clinical practice of telemedicine, Lopez was named one of the Best Doctors of Tucson in 2004, following her selection to the “Best Doctors in America” list in 2002, 2003 and 2008 and most recently for 2009-2010.
She was nominated by Representative Raul Grijalva as a local Legend of Medicine in 2005 and selected by the American Medical Women’s Association for her commitment, originality, innovation and creativity in the field of medicine. Local legends recognition is part of the exhibition project titled "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians," presented by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Dr Lopez received the U.S. Distance Learning Association's Gold award in Videoconferencing — Telehealth for the Arizona Telemedicine Program.
Community Service Organization Award, Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Advancement (HOLA), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) is a support and advisory organization dedicated to enhancing awareness and professionalism of its membership, increasing appreciation of cultural diversity within Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) by promoting a greater understanding of the Hispanic culture; and assisting in building a better community. “For Latinos, it is not the color of one’s skin that determines a person’s worth: it is the quality of his or her values, cultures, ethics, and manners.
For ours is a welcoming and inclusive culture that is ever open to enrichment. ” Taken from The Values We Live By”, by Raul Yzaguirre, HOLA hopes this quote is true not only for Latinos but for all. While it would be impossible to include all interpretations of the Latino skin color that represent people around the world, the colors chosen for the HOLA insignia are a representation and a celebration of all the shades found in the human race. John Martinez, 2007-2009 HOLA president, Diversity Council ERG representative and is a member of the Operations Excellence Team supporting all aspects of Lean/Raytheon Six Sigma improvement, Benchmarking and Total Employee Engagement initiatives for Operations at Raytheon Missile Systems.
Community Service Individual Award recipient, Lupita Murillo is an award winning journalist. She has been at KVOA T-V 4 for 31 years. She was born and raised in South Texas. She was among the first Hispanics to work in television. Her Alma Matter is University of Texas at Pan American, where she majored in Mass communications. She has her own franchise, “Crime Trackers”. Lupita covers border issues as a reporter for KVOA. She traveled to Mexico to cover the history making inauguration event of Mexican President Vicente Fox. She has been invited to the White House by President George W. Bush to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
She is the recipient of several awards: the Edward R. Murrow Award, named by Tucson Lifestyle Magazine as one of Tucson’s most admired women, two Associated Press Awards for news reporting and serious features, also awarded by the Associated Press for her continuing coverage of the inauguration of Mexican President Vicente Fox, American Women and Radio Television Award for her community involvement., 2006 recipient of “Reville Reaches Out Award”, UA Women’s Studies Award, “Women Who Leads”, 2008 YMCA Women on the Move, Tucson Life Style Magazine’s Tucson’s Nifty Thrifty reader’s choice and staff picks award for three years in a row. She volunteers her time to the community and is involved in numerous organizations, raising millions of dollars to build two new boys and girls clubs to help fund programs for aids. She serves on the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Board. She is involved as a mentor for the Boys and Girls Club, as well as the Cat Shadow Program at the U of A. She also co-emcees the half time festivities at the annual UA Hispanic Heritage week. She is married to Don Gutzler, former educator and co-owner of Gymnastics World.
Lucero “Rising Star” Award, Lea Marquez-Peterson, is the President/CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She was hired for this position after serving on the board for many years. The chamber’s mission is to advocate for and help grow members’ businesses. Lea also served as the Executive Director for Greater Tucson Leadership (GTL) from 2005 to 2009. Lea has been an entrepreneur in our community for many years and continues to own TucsonBizForSale.com, a business brokerage firm which assists buyers and sellers of businesses in the Tucson area.
Lea Marquez Peterson is very active in the community and sits on many boards and committees including the Governor’s Small Business Council. She is the Founder and Past Chair of the Pima County Small Business Commission, the Vice Chairman of the University of Arizona Hispanic Advisory Council and is a Past President of the Tucson chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Lea was recently recognized as the 2008 Business Advocate of the Year by MED Week, a 2007 Woman of Influence by Inside Tucson Business, was recognized as a 40 under 40 recipients and honored with a University of Arizona Entrepreneurial Fellow award.She received her undergraduate degrees in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the University of Arizona, and her Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University. Lea resides in Tucson with her husband, Dan and their children, Emma and Luke.
Lifelong Service Medallion Award recipient, Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith, a UA Mexican American and Raza Studies adjunct lecturer, specializes in research and teaching on Mexican-American women's history, human rights, and immigration issues. A native of Douglas, Arizona, Rubio-Goldsmith completed undergraduate and graduate degrees in Law and Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She has taught at Pima Community College since 1969 and, since 1983, at the University of Arizona, where her primary focus has been the history of Mexicanas and Chicanas. She has taught courses on Mexican and Latin American history as well as developed curricula on Afro-American, Yaqui and Tohono O'odham histories. Rubio-Goldsmith has won numerous awards for teaching excellence. She has presented papers on Mexican women on the U.S.-Mexico border, a subject she has studied for many years, before national and international conferences, and published the results of her research in several scholarly articles. Rubio-Goldsmith is currently researching for a book on women who fled the Mexican Revolution to take refuge in Southeastern Arizona. Students and colleagues know her as a community activist devoted to immigration rights, women's rights, and civil rights in general. As a member of several community boards and as a public speaker she constantly presents a Chicana perspective. Since 1994 she has been active in providing information on the Zapatista Revolution in Mexico through Pueblo Por La Paz in Tucson, and the National Commission for Democracy in Mexico.
For more information contact Sandra Otero, HPAC Immediate Past President @ 520- 444-8596 or Raul Ramirez, HPAC President @ 520-904-0135
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Automatic Slide Show
L-R Ms. Nancee Sorenson and Dr. Sofía Ramos
L-R Dr. Hank Oyama and Dr. Roy Flores
Dr. Sylvia Lee
Ms. Alma Yubeta
Dr. Raúl Ramirez, HPAC President
L-R Mr. Gene Benton and Ernesto Portillo, Jr.
Ernesto Portillo, Jr. shaking hands with Lupita Murillo's mother.
Dr. Brenda Even, Pima Community College Board of Governors member
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Benton
L-R Dr. Christal Albrecht, Desert Vista Campus President; Dr. Louis Albert, West Campus President and Ms. Cheryl House PCC Foundation Director
L-R Dr. Christal Albrecht, Desert Vista Campus President; Ms. Jana Kooi, Northwest Campus President; and Dr. Louis Albert, West Campus President
Dr. Sylvia Lee, Community Campus President chatting with ?
Claudia Jasso-Stevens and Humberto Stevens
Dr. & Mrs. Celestino Fernández
Ms. Gloria Alvillar
Dr. Raúl Ramírez, HPAC President addressing the audience
HPAC Past President Dr. Sandra Otero
L-R Dr. Christal Albrecht, Desert Vista Campus President and Ms. Charlotte Fugett, East Campus President
Dr. Roy Flores, Pima Community College Chancellor
Man of the Year, Dr. Roy Flores, Pima Community College Chancellor since 2003. Before coming to PCC, Dr. Flores was president of Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburg. He also served as president of Elgin Community College in Illinois, executive vice chancellor of the Virginia Community College system, and as faculty member and senior administrator at Pan American University.
Dr. Flores earned a Ph.D., in economics from Iowa State University. He also has a master’s degree in economics and bachelor’s in social science from Indiana State University. He has served as an economic advisor to the U.S. Department of State and has conducted research on monetary theory and human-capital theory.
He is a member of the boards of directors of several national organizations, including the American Association for Community Colleges. Dr. Flores is also on the Board of Directors for the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, serves on the Advisory Board for the Educational Testing Service, and is a member of the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Equity for the American Council on Education. Dr. Flores is a board member at Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc., and serves on the Southern Arizona Leadership Council. Dr. Flores also has been appointed to the governor’s statewide P-20 Council on Education
L-R Dr. Raúl Ramirez and Dr. Roy Flores
Mr. Gene Benton
Mr. Bobby Benton
Community Service Organization Award, Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Advancement (HOLA), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) is a support and advisory organization dedicated to enhancing awareness and professionalism of its membership, increasing appreciation of cultural diversity within Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) by promoting a greater understanding of the Hispanic culture; and assisting in building a better community. “For Latinos, it is not the color of one’s skin that determines a person’s worth: it is the quality of his or her values, cultures, ethics, and manners.
For ours is a welcoming and inclusive culture that is ever open to enrichment. ” Taken from The Values We Live By”, by Raul Yzaguirre, HOLA hopes this quote is true not only for Latinos but for all. While it would be impossible to include all interpretations of the Latino skin color that represent people around the world, the colors chosen for the HOLA insignia are a representation and a celebration of all the shades found in the human race. John Martinez, 2007-2009 HOLA president, Diversity Council ERG representative and is a member of the Operations Excellence Team supporting all aspects of Lean/Raytheon Six Sigma improvement, Benchmarking and Total Employee Engagement initiatives for Operations at Raytheon Missile Systems.
Ms. Sofia Ramos introducing the Woman of the Year
Ms. Sofia Ramos introducing the Woman of the Year
Woman of the Year, Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP., is an associate professor of clinical medicine and pathology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She serves as medical director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program and of the Women’s Health Initiative. While Dr. Lopez has received numerous awards for her academic and research pursuits, she is best known for her “heart of gold”. A strong intelligent woman, Dr. Lopez has an exemplary bedside manner and ability to treat patients’ state of the art medicine and information doused with warmth and genuine care. As the associate dean for outreach and multi-cultural affairs, College of Medicine, Dr Lopez advocates for continued attention to the recruitment and retention of minority students.
Dr. López received her medical education from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowships in general internal medicine and hematologic oncology at the University of Arizona. She also holds a master’s degree in public health from the University of Arizona College of Public Health. n experience researcher and contributor to medical journals and author of many book chapters on Diverse topics ranging from the health of Native Americans to the clinical practice of telemedicine, Lopez was named one of the Best Doctors of Tucson in 2004, following her selection to the “Best Doctors in America” list in 2002, 2003 and 2008 and most recently for 2009-2010.
She was nominated by Representative Raul Grijalva as a local Legend of Medicine in 2005 and selected by the American Medical Women’s Association for her commitment, originality, innovation and creativity in the field of medicine. Local legends recognition is part of the exhibition project titled "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians," presented by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Dr Lopez received the U.S. Distance Learning Association's Gold award in Videoconferencing — Telehealth for the Arizona Telemedicine Program.
Dr. Stephen Powers introducing Lupita Murillo
Community Service Individual Award recipient, Lupita Murillo is an award winning journalist. She has been at KVOA T-V 4 for 31 years. She was born and raised in South Texas. She was among the first Hispanics to work in television. Her Alma Matter is University of Texas at Pan American, where she majored in Mass communications. She has her own franchise, “Crime Trackers”. Lupita covers border issues as a reporter for KVOA. She traveled to Mexico to cover the history making inauguration event of Mexican President Vicente Fox. She has been invited to the White House by President George W. Bush to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
She is the recipient of several awards: the Edward R. Murrow Award, named by Tucson Lifestyle Magazine as one of Tucson’s most admired women, two Associated Press Awards for news reporting and serious features, also awarded by the Associated Press for her continuing coverage of the inauguration of Mexican President Vicente Fox, American Women and Radio Television Award for her community involvement., 2006 recipient of “Reville Reaches Out Award”, UA Women’s Studies Award, “Women Who Leads”, 2008 YMCA Women on the Move, Tucson Life Style Magazine’s Tucson’s Nifty Thrifty reader’s choice and staff picks award for three years in a row. She volunteers her time to the community and is involved in numerous organizations, raising millions of dollars to build two new boys and girls clubs to help fund programs for aids. She serves on the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Board. She is involved as a mentor for the Boys and Girls Club, as well as the Cat Shadow Program at the U of A. She also co-emcees the half time festivities at the annual UA Hispanic Heritage week. She is married to Don Gutzler, former educator and co-owner of Gymnastics World.
Dr. Sandra Otero introducing Ms. Lea Marquez-Petterson
Lucero “Rising Star” Award, Lea Marquez-Peterson, is the President/CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She was hired for this position after serving on the board for many years. The chamber’s mission is to advocate for and help grow members’ businesses. Lea also served as the Executive Director for Greater Tucson Leadership (GTL) from 2005 to 2009. Lea has been an entrepreneur in our community for many years and continues to own TucsonBizForSale.com, a business brokerage firm which assists buyers and sellers of businesses in the Tucson area.
Lea Marquez Peterson is very active in the community and sits on many boards and committees including the Governor’s Small Business Council. She is the Founder and Past Chair of the Pima County Small Business Commission, the Vice Chairman of the University of Arizona Hispanic Advisory Council and is a Past President of the Tucson chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Lea was recently recognized as the 2008 Business Advocate of the Year by MED Week, a 2007 Woman of Influence by Inside Tucson Business, was recognized as a 40 under 40 recipients and honored with a University of Arizona Entrepreneurial Fellow award.She received her undergraduate degrees in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the University of Arizona, and her Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University. Lea resides in Tucson with her husband, Dan and their children, Emma and Luke.
Dr. Celestino Fernández introducing Ms. Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith
Lifelong Service Medallion Award recipient, Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith, a UA Mexican American and Raza Studies adjunct lecturer, specializes in research and teaching on Mexican-American women's history, human rights, and immigration issues. A native of Douglas, Arizona, Rubio-Goldsmith completed undergraduate and graduate degrees in Law and Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She has taught at Pima Community College since 1969 and, since 1983, at the University of Arizona, where her primary focus has been the history of Mexicanas and Chicanas. She has taught courses on Mexican and Latin American history as well as developed curricula on Afro-American, Yaqui and Tohono O'odham histories.
Rubio-Goldsmith has won numerous awards for teaching excellence. She has presented papers on Mexican women on the U.S.-Mexico border, a subject she has studied for many years, before national and international conferences, and published the results of her research in several scholarly articles. Rubio-Goldsmith is currently researching for a book on women who fled the Mexican Revolution to take refuge in Southeastern Arizona. Students and colleagues know her as a community activist devoted to immigration rights, women's rights, and civil rights in general. As a member of several community boards and as a public speaker she constantly presents a Chicana perspective. Since 1994 she has been active in providing information on the Zapatista Revolution in Mexico through Pueblo Por La Paz in Tucson, and the National Commission for Democracy in Mexico.
Dr. Hank Oyama
