Just a short note this week to remind everyone that the L’ATTITUDE 2019 and the NAHREP at L’ATTITUDE conventions take place this week in San Diego. L’ATTITUDE is redefining the narrative for the U.S. Latino cohort. The Dow Jones Company, the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, MSNBC and Telemundo are covering the event as media partners. #LattitudeIsEverything
Below is a list of some of the speakers, contributors and performers
Entertainment and Sports
Juanes, Musician/Songwriter
Luis Fonsi, Singer/Songwriter
Emilio Estefan, Musician/ Entrepreneur
Gloria Estefan, Musician/Entrepreneur
Emily Estefan, Musician
Robert Rodriguez, Filmmaker
Zoe Saldana, Actor/Producer
Lin Manuel Miranda Actor/Composer (Contributor)
Jaime Camil, Actor, Jane the Virgin
Camila Mendez, Actor, Riverdale
Jay Hernandez, Actor, Magnum PI
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor/Politician (Contributor)
Gabriel Luna, Actor, Terminator
Natalia Reyes, Actor, Terminator
Lalo Alcaraz, Writer/Producer
Earl Watson, NBA Player and Coach
Terrell Owens, NFL Hall of Fame Athlete
Matt Barnes, Retired NBA Veteran
Michael Buffer, Boxing Announcer
Business
Sol Trujillo, International Business Executive
Mark Benioff, Co-CEO, Salesforce.com
Oscar Munoz, CEO, United Airlines
Mary Dillon, CEO, Ulta Beauty
Will Lewis, CEO, Dow Jones
Thaddeus Arroyo, CEO AT&T Consumer
Cesar Conde, Chairman NBC/Universal Telemundo
Tony Vinciquerra, CEO Sony Pictures
Kevin Reilly, Chief Content Officer, Warner Media
Mike Miedler, CEO Century 21 Real Estate
Gerard Baker, Editor at Large, Wall Street Journal
Ali Velshi, Journalist, MSNBC
Pat Grady, Partner, Sequoia Capital
Tom Nides, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley
Guillermo Diaz, SVP, Cisco
Mary Mack, EVP, Wells Fargo
Lili Gil Valletta, Entrepreneur
David Stockman, Economist
Clayton Rubensaal, EVP, American Express
Vince Torres, SVP, AT&T
Patricia Arvielo, Entrepreneur
Karla Gallardo, Entrepreneur
Beatriz Acevedo, Entrepreneur
Monica Narvaez, SVP, Nielsen
David Acosta, 2019 President, NAHREP
Politics and Leadership
Sec. Carlos Gutierrez, Former Commerce Secretary
Sec. Ken Salazar, Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Interior
Rep. Will Hurd, U.S. Congressman
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Former U.S. Senator
Ana Navarro, CNN Commentator
Al Cardenas, Former GOP Strategist
Maria Teresa Kumar, CEO, Voto Latino
Fidel Vargas, CEO, Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Dr. Ed Padron, President, Miami Dade College
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