Board of Directors

2026–2027 Executive Committee

Chair
Dr. Maria Harper-Marinick
Retired Chancellor Maricopa Community Colleges
Senior Fellow, College Excellence Program, Aspen Institute
Phoenix, AZ 

Vice Chair
Rudy Espinoza
Executive Director | Inclusive Action for the City
Los Angeles, CA 

Secretary
Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos
Executive Director | The Institute for Policy Solutions, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Washington, DC 

Treasurer
John Esquivel
Retired Chief Ethic and Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel | Shell Oil Company
Houston, TX 

President and CEO
Janet Murguía
President and CEO | UnidosUS
Washington, DC 

Dr. Jay Bhatt, D.O., MPH, MPA
Managing Director | Deloitte Center for Health Solutions &
Deloitte Health Equity Institute
Chicago, IL

January Contreras 
Former Assistant Secretary | HHS Administration for Children and Families
Phoenix, AZ 

Roy C. Lopez
Partner | Government Affairs Professionals of Texas
Dallas, TX 

Irma Morin
Chief Executive Officer | Community Council of Idaho
Caldwell, ID 

General Membership

Chris Iglesias
CEO | The Unity Council
Tel: 510-599-6433 | [email protected]
Oakland, CA
Term Expires: 2028 

Paloma Izquierdo-Hernández
President and CEO | Urban Health Plan
Bronx, NY
Term Expires: 2029 

Angélica Pérez-Delgado
President and CEO | Ibero-American Action League
Rochester, NY 

Maria del Socorro Pesqueira
President | Healthy Communities Foundation
Chicago, IL 

Catherine M. Pino
Co-CEO & Founder | D&P Creative Strategies
Bethesda, MD 

Eliazar Posada-Orozco
Council Member | Town of Carrboro, NC
Carrboro, NC 

Arthur J. Ochoa, JD
Senior Vice President, Advancement | Chief Advancement Officer 
Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, CA 

Raul Raymundo
Co-founder and CEO | The Resurrection Project
Chicago, IL 

Francisco Rivera
Head of Emerging Business Latin America | Sony Pictures
Miami, FL 

Raúl F. Salinas
Partner-In-Charge, Los Angeles | FBT Gibbons
Los Angeles, CA