Florida Hispanic Leaders
State of Florida
- Cesar L. Alvarez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Fernando Bujones, Ballet Dancer
- Fernando Caldeiro, Astronaut
- Al Cardenas, Attorney and former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida
- Armando Codina, President of the Codina Group and first Hispanic to serve on the Board of GM Motors
- Xavier Cortada, Artist
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
- Mario Diaz-Balart, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
- Nils Diaz, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Emilio Estefan, Musician and record executive
- Gloria Estefan, Singer, performer and composer
- Andy Garcia, Actor
- Dr. Pedro José Greer, Jr., Author, physician and professor
- Alberto Ibarguen, Publisher, The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald
- Julio Iglesias, Singer
- Marcos Jiménez, United States Attorney, Southern District of Florida
- Modesto “Mitch” Maidique, President, Florida International University
- Bob Martinez, former Mayor of Tampa and Governor of Florida
- Mel Martinez, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Roberto Martinez, former U.S. Attorney Southern District of Florida
- Ambassador Otto Reich, Special Envoy to the Americas, National Security Council and former Ambassador to Venezuela
- Ambassador Peter Romero, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs/former Ambassador to Ecuador and to Colombia
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Arturo Sandoval, Trumpet Player
- Nestor Torres, Musician
Hispanic Government Officials
- Columba Bush, First Lady of the State of Florida
- Raoul Cantero, III, Justice, Florida Supreme Court
- Jose Abreu, Secretary, Florida Department of Transportation
- Rafael “Ralph” Arza, State Representative
- Gustavo Barreiro, State Representative
- Susan Bucher, State Representative
- Gaston Cantens, State Representative
- Alex Diaz de la Portilla, State Senator
- Rene Garcia, State Representative
- Rudy Garcia, State Senator
- Bob Henriquez, State Representative
- Marcelo Llorente, State Representative
- Joe Negron, State Representative
- Juan Carlos Planas, State Representative
- Manuel Prieguez, State Representative
- John Quiñones, State Representative
- David Rivera, State Representative
- Julio Robaina, State Representative
- Marco Rubio, Majority Leader/State Representative
- Alex Villalobos, State Senator
- Juan Carlos Zapata, State Representative
Florida-specific Hispanic women highlighted in the June 2003 edition of Hispanic Magazine’s 100 Top Latinas
- Josefina G. Carbonell, assistant secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Remedios Diaz-Oliver, CEO, All American Containers
- Margarita Dominguez, vice president of information technology telecommunications services, Tampa Electric Company
- Gloria Estefan, entertainer and entrepreneur
- Ana Maria Fernandez-Haar, president, IAC Group
- Lita Haeger, president, Association of Bi-National Chambers of Commerce
- Aida Levitán, CEO, Publicis Sánchez & Levitan
- Claudia Puig, senior vice-president and general manager, Hispanic Broadcasting Corp.
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, U.S. congresswoman
- Cristina Saralegui, talk show hostess and entrepreneur
- Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa, head of Citigroup Private Bank, Latin America and Europe
- Rosa Sugrañes, CEO, Iberia Tiles Corporation
- Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice-president of student affairs and human relations, and vice-provost of academic affairs, Florida International University
- Mercy Viana, White House deputy press secretary
- Antoinette Zel, president, MTV Networks Latin America
- Tere Zubizarreta, president and CEO, Zubi Advertising