Speaking of Sol Trujillo, as many of you know, NAHREP has spawned a new event in partnership with Sol called L’ATTITUDE and is deemed the ultimate celebration of the New Mainstream Economy. Next week L’ATTITUDE will be introduced to the world and rather than try to describe what L’ATTITUDE is all about, I thought I would just list the headliners and let you make a determination for yourself:
Entertainers, Athletes, and Celebrities
Zoe Saldana, Actor/Entrepreneur (Avatar, Star Trek, The Avengers)
Robert Rodriguez, Filmmaker/Entrepreneur (Machete, Spy Kids, Sin City)
Luis Fonsi, Singer/Songwriter, Despacito
Nicky Jam, Singer/Songwriter, X
Alex Rodriguez, MLB All-Star/Entrepreneur
Tito Nieves, Multi-Hit Musical Artist
José Andrés, Chef/Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Earl Watson, Former NBA Head Coach, Phoenix Suns
Lonzo Ball, Los Angeles Lakers Player
Tyson Chandler, Phoenix Suns Players
Gary Payton, NBA Hall of Fame Player
CEOs and C-Suite Execs
Tim Sloan, CEO and President, Wells Fargo Bank
Oscar Munoz, CEO, United
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, Uber
Dennis Muilenburg, Chairman, President and CEO, The Boeing Company
Thaddeus Arroyo, CEO, AT&T Business Services
Dr. Paul Jacobs, Chairman and CEO, XCOM-Tech
Guillermo Diaz, Jr., Chief Information Officer, Cisco
Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
Adela de la Torre, President, San Diego State University
Eduardo Padrón, President, Miami Dade College
Cindy Robbins, Chief People Officer, Salesforce
John Peyton, President & CEO, Realogy Franchise Group
Nick Bailey, CEO, Century 21 Real Estate
Ted Acosta, Americas Vice Chairman of Risk Management, EY
Tom Chavez, CEO & Founder, Krux
Don Baer, Chairman, BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe)
Cesar Conde, Chairman, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
Authors and Journalists
Geoff Colvin, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune Magazine
John Harwood, Chief Washington Correspondent, CNBC
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Chief International Correspondent, CNBC
Almar Latour, Publisher and EVP, Dow Jones Media Group
Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist & Author
John C. Maxwell, Author, Speaker, and Leadership Expert
Ron Brownstein, Senior Editor, The Atlantic; Senior Political Analyst, CNN
Ruth Marcus, Editor & Columnist, Washington Post; Contributor, MSNBC
Maria Hinojosa, Journalist, NPR
Politics
Catherine Cortez Masto, United States Senator from Nevada
Henry Cisneros, Former HUD Secretary
Federico Peña, Former Transportation Secretary
Ken Salazar, Former U.S. Senator and Interior Secretary
Carlos Gutierrez, Former Secretary of Commerce; Co-Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group
Aida Álvarez, Former SBA Administrator
Michael Murphy, GOP Strategist
And many more…. Hope to see you in San Diego
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