Florida Hispanic Leaders

• 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