About Us

Roger Rivera, Chair

Roger Rivera is the President and Founder of the National Hispanic Environmental Council, a national, non-profit, membership-based organization established in 1996 and based in Alexandria, VA, near Washington, D.C. With over 5,000 members, NHEC is the only national Latino environmental and natural resource organization in the country. More »

Gabriela D. Lemus, Ph.D., Vice-Chair

Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus is the first woman to hold the position of Executive Director at the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA). More »

Manuel Mirabal, Vice-Chair

Manuel Mirabal is the President of the National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc. (NPRC). NPRC is the leading national advocacy and public policy organization representing the Puerto Rican community in Washington, DC. More »

Mark D. Magana, Executive Director

MARK D. MAGAÑA is the founder and principal of Hispanic Strategy Group, a one stop government relations, public affairs and communications consulting firm focused on serving and building strategic relationships with Congress, the Administration, and national Hispanic leaders. Mr. Magaña has amassed well over fifteen years of high-level governmental, legislative and policy experience in the nation's capital. He currently represents, and has represented, some of the most prominent companies and Hispanic organizations in the country through the Hispanic Strategy Group and through the parent consulting firm, Magaña Associates. More »

Carolina Espinal, Project Associate

Carolina Espinal is an Associate with Hispanic Strategy Group (HSG), a Washington, DC based government relations firm focused on building strategic partnerships that advance national issues of importance to the Latino community. More »