The rules are simple.
We are seeking the community's Best, Brightest, Accomplished, Influential and Successful. Unsung Heroes, visionaries, selfless contributors to the fabric of our beloved Orange County are encouraged to apply!
50 Men and 50 Women will be selected.
Nominee Does NOT have to be LATINO, but has made significant impact to the success of the Hispanic community in OC.
No one who was selected in the past years is eligible.
Must be over 18 years of age.
Must be a resident or do significant work in Orange County .
Self nominations are encouraged.
2008 LATINO OC 100
Ruben Aceves
Javier Aguirre
Terry Aguis
Lonnie Alcarez
Tina Aldatz
Eric Alderete
Coach Steve Armijo
Mario Arreano
ElizabethArtuaga
Joel Ayala
Juan Barba
Sandra Bolton
Maria Carrillo
Mary Castillo
Richard Castro
Margarita Chavez
Mark Chavez
Ofelia Corona Hanson
Victor Cota
"Regina ""Gina"" Maria" Davidson
Rosalina Davis
Gloria DeLaTorre-Wycoff
Benny Diaz
David Dobos
Jorge Doffo
Jill Dominguez
Mary Jean Duran
Pete Escovedo
Beatirz Fernandez
Lupe Fisher
Jesus Flores
Alina Forster
Gus Frias
Juan Garcia
Gonzalo Gonzalez
Araceli Gonzalez
Jose E. Grijalva
John Gutierrez
Sandra Guzman
Maria Halverson
Janette Hyder
Maricela Juaregui
Mary Lara
Sarah Linquist
Robert Lopez
Lizbeth Lopez
Alex Lopez
Marcos Loya
Helen Lu
Juan Maldonado
Don Martinez
Ana Martinez
Juanita Martinez
Leticia Mata
Benjamin Mendoza
Dr. Al Mijares
Dr. Jose Moreno
Viola Myre
Janet Nguyen
Dr. Ana Nogales
Cecilia Novella
Diana Ornalez
Brenda Quintana
Sharon Quirk
Marcos Ramirez
Marcelo Reyes
Gloria Reyes
Roman Reyna
Angel Rivas
Tino Rivera
Maggie Rodriguez
Rigoberto Rodriguez
Christine G. Rodriguez
Ross Romero
Mark Romero
Cesar Rosas
Joni Ruelas
Rene Ruiz
Gabriel San Ramon
Maria Elena Sanfeliu de Gomez
Vince Sarmiento
David Scharbourgh
Tom Serafin
Pepe Serna
Seth Sherwood
Herman Sillas
Dr. Sergio Sotelo
Gabriel Soto
Ava Steaffens
Lilia Tanakeyowma
George Tejadilla
Elizabeth Trujillo Szekeresh
Miguel Valencia
Leticia Vargas
Cesar Vargas
Christina Villasenor
Robert Villegas
Maria Weise
Ruby Woo
Audrey Yamagata-Nogi
2007 LATINO OC 100
Claudia Alvarez, Mayor-Pro Tem Santa Ana
Joe Ames, The OC Register, LEA OCBC
Angie Aragon, Real Estate Professional
Jess Araujo, Attorney, Community Leader
Rosa Arredando, La Colonia Activist
Virginia Avila, Santa Ana Community Leader
Lupe Barrera, Orangewood Foundation NLPOA
Francis Bertrand, Para Todos Magazine
Eva Blue, Business Leader
Mario Borroto, Ticor Title
Dave Bridgewater, Community Leader
Mary Bridgewater, Community Leader
Dinorah Carmenate, Real Estate Professional
Ruth Cossio-Muniz, Orange County SBDC
Sergio Contreras, School Board Westminster
Rudy Cordova, Calacas
Alex Cortez, Producer Artist
Claudia De la Cruz, Flamenco Artist
Erica De la Teja, Business Leader
Lee De Leon, Templo Calvario
Vince De Vargas, Businessman
Alex Diaz, US Navy now serving in IRAQ
Emma Elizalde, SJC Community Activist
Dr Robert Espinoza, UCI
Lupe Fisher, Community Leader
Ron Garcia, Councilman Brea
Iola Gallardo, Anaheim LULAC
Steve Gomez, Business Leader
Brenda Gonzalez, Wells Fargo
JP Gonzalez, Walking Shield - Advance!
Juan Gonzalez, County of Orange
Aida Gurrola, SJC Community Activist
Pablo Guzman, Business Leader NLPOA
Carlos Hernandez, Q-Vo Magazine
Dick Hernandez, Orange Coast College
Zeke Hernandez, Santa Ana LULAC
Diana Hernandez-Guerrero, Business Owner
Granville Hough, Historian
Humberto Huerta, Community Leader
Sylvia Ichar, Para Todos
Johnny Imperial Jr., Business Owner
Cora Jackson, Learning for Life
Eva Juarez, Santiago Canyon College - Advance!
Adriana Leon, Business Leader
Art Lomeli, Business Leader Dentist
Bertha Lopez, NLBW-OC
Linda Lopez, CASA -County of Orange
Aidee Lopez, Business Leader
John Macias, Ticor NAHREP
Alex Maldonado, LULAC Legend
Stella Matadama, Neighborhood Housing Services
Sister Eileen McNerney, Taller San Jose
Bernadette Medrano, Santa Ana Education Foundation
Raul Medrano, SA Empowerment Zone Business Leader
Alina Melendez, Business Leader
Josue Meneses, Graphic Artist
Ronnie Moreno, SAPD "Officer Reggie"
Laura Morfin, Community Leader
Sofia Negron, NHBW-OC
Olga Niebla, Philanthropist
Oscar Novelo, Santa Ana Business Bank
Joe Ocampo, Community Leader
Louie Olivos, Jr. Actor Director Producer
Rick Ortiz, Entertainment Producer
Hilda Pacheco-Taylor, Community Leader
Rosie Penn, Real Estate Professional
Pam Pimentel, MOMS
Maira Pineda, Business Leader
Father Ed Poettgen, Community Leader
Valentina Purtell, Educator
Adaberto Quijada, Director SBA
Rafael Ramirez Solorzano, Community Leader
Roman Reyna, Community Leader
Bill Rivera, Mini Mailers, Business Leader
Patrick Rivera, Media Leader
David Robertson, Robertson Marketing
Emily Robinson, Business Leader
Viola Rodriguez-Saddler, SHHAR
Michaell Rose, Hoag Hospital
Andrew Saavedra, Community Leader
Margie Salcedo, Principal Century High School
Teresa Saldivar, Businesswoman
Sallie Salinas, Institute for Women Entrepreneurs
Stacy Sanchez, Business Leader
Socorro Sarmiento, Mexican Consul Office SA
Alejandra Schulte, Community Leader
Marta Segura, Delhi Community Center
Bob Silva, Educator, Delhi Board of Directors
Jose Solorio, Assemblyman 69th Dist.Bishop
Jaime Soto, Archdiocese of Orange
Edward Tello, Artist
Sal Tinajero, Councilman Santa Ana
Gloria Torrez, Hola America
Larry Trujillo, Businessman
Rocio Valencia, Hoag Hospital
Johnny Vallejo, Business Leader
Vikky Vargas, KNBC TV
Socorro Vasquez, Philanthropist
Luis Velazco, NASA- JPL
Sergio Velazquez, Miniondas
Christina Villasenor, Community Leader
2006 LATINO OC 100
Sy Abrego, Administrator Educator CSU Fullerton
John Acosta, Businessman, Former Mayor Pro Tem Santa Ana
Fredrick Aguirre, Judge, Historian
Francisco Avalos, Businessman, National Hispanic Society of MBA’s
Omar Avalos, Musician, Instructor Santa Ana College
Steve Ambriz, City Councilman Orange
Mark Allenbaugh, Businessman, Community Contributor
Dr. Alejandro Alva, Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Gustavo Alva, Doctor Medicine
Santiago Avila, Outstanding Student, E-Business Academy
Alfredo Amezcua, Attorney, Community Activist
Gustavo Arellano, Writer and Author
Alan Baldwin, President of OCCHC
Louis Barajas, Businessman and Author
Dr. Ruben Barron, Administrator Educaton
Elizbeth Bowlin, Banker Community Leader
America Bracho, President of Latino Health Access
Carlos Bustamante, City Councilman Santa Ana
Luis Cachua, Banker, Community Leader
Sandra Cervantes, Realtor, President of OC NAHREP
Lou Correa, Supervisor First District
Janet Cronick, Businesswoman, Community Leader
John Cruz, Esq Governor Schwarzenegger's Office
Amin David, Community Leader
Chris Diaz, Real Estate Pioneer
Frank Dominguez , Community Leader
Ron Esparza, Businessman Community Leader
Rose Espinoza, City Councilwoman Brea
Heather Enriquez, Playwright Producer
Eduardo Figueroa, Businessman, Motivator
Ruthie Flores, Business LeaderDon Garcia, Business Leader
John Garcia, Business Leader
Monica Garcia, CHOC Marketing, Community Leader
Paul Garza, Business and Community Leader
Minerva Gomez, Student Activist
Ron Gonzalez, Journalist
Sara Guerrero, Playwright, Producer
Frank Guzman, Business Leader
Cristina Hernandez , Business and Community Leader
Eddie Hernandez, Chancellor RSCCD
Janice Hopper, Educator, Creator of TEACH and E-Business Academy
Nelli Kaniski, Community Leader
Larry Labrado Sr. , Community Leader
Dr. Juan Lara, Educator UCI
Maribel Larios, Business Leader
Dr. Patricia Lazalde , Health Field Leader
Armando de la Libertad, Business and Community Leader
Belinda de la Libertad, Business and Community Leader
Raquel Lomeli, Business and Community Leader
Sylvia Lopez, Business and Community Leader
Mimi Lozano , Business and Community Leader
Oscar Mazariego, Business and Community Leader
Lorrena Maae, Business and Community Leader
Erlinda Martinez, President of Santa Ana College
Michele Martinez, Community Leader
Rueben Martinez, Business and Community Leader
Nancy Marmolejo, Business and Community Leader
Patricia McMaster, Educational Leader
Jill Mejia, Author and Business Leader
Henry Mendoza, President of State Hispanic Chambers
Teresa Mercado-Cota, Education and Community Leader
Manny Montanez, Business and Community Leader
Raul Moctezuma, Producer and Director
Martha Montoya, Business and Community Leader
Marie Moreno, Business and Community Leader
Frances Munoz, Judge
Sahara Navarro, Business and Community Leader
Danny Nguyen, Student Leader, UCI Latino Student Business Assoc.
Fernando Niebla, Business and Community Leader
Carlos Olamendi, International Leader
Elizabeth Orozco, Business and Community Leader
John Palacios, Community Leader
Cathy Paredes, Business and Community Leader
Lorena Penaloza, Business and Community Leader
Addy Perez Mau, Business and Community Leader
Enrique Perez , Business and Community Leader
Richard Porras, Business and Community Leader
Xylon Quelada, Student Leader
Gladys Reynolds, Community Leader
Sandra Robbie, Emmy Award Winner
Esperanza Roman, Community Leader
Manny Saldivar , Producer, Director
Patti Saldivar , Business and Community Leader
Gabriela Sanchez , Educational Leader
Lorretta Sanchez, Congresswoman
Lucy Santana, Community Leader
Salvador Sarmiento, Judge
Rosemary Serafin, Business and Community Leader
Mel Silva, Teacher and Soccer Coach Saddleback High School
Alice Solis, Business and Community Leader
Maria Solis-Martinez, Community Leader
Ruben Smith, Business and Community Leader
Deborah Vasquez, Community Leader
Pat Velasquez, Business and Community Leader
Yesenia Velez, Community Leader
Lynnette Verino, Community Leader
Isabel Villasenor, Business and Community Leader
Peter Villegas, Business and Community Leader
Iliana Soto-Welty Community Leader
