Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, the representative of California’s 34th Congressional District, is a political pioneer. After serving three terms in the California State Assembly, she became the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress in 1992. Making history again in 1999, the congresswoman became the first Latina appointed to the House Appropriations Committee, one of the most powerful committees in Congress. That year she also became the first female chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
The congresswoman serves on two Appropriations subcommittees. The Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee oversees federal funding for public schools, workforce training programs, health research and preventative health programs. The Homeland Security Subcommittee oversees federal funding for immigration processing, border and port security, as well as a wide variety of area emergency preparedness efforts, including providing police and firefighters with the training and equipment they need to respond quickly and effectively to emergencies.
A national leader in public health and prevention efforts, the congresswoman co-founded the bipartisan Congressional Study Group on Public Health to educate members and staff about public health issues. She is also the chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Health Care Task Force. In this role, Congresswoman Roybal-Allard championed efforts to pass health care reform to ensure that the sweeping initiative would improve the quality and affordability of health services, prioritize prevention and reduction of health disparities, and take necessary steps to begin to rein in the escalating costs of health care in our country.
The congresswoman is the sponsor of several measures to improve the health and wellbeing of women and children. They include: the Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services for the 21st Century Act which would create a national focus on maternity care by establishing an Interagency Coordinating Committee charged with promoting medical practices proven to provide the healthiest results for mothers and babies; “The STOP (Sober Truth on Preventing) Underage Drinking Act” – signed into law in 2006 – that coordinates all federal programs and research initiatives on underage drinking and funds a national media campaign to educate parents about its dangers; the “SAFE Act” to help victims of domestic violence retain their employment and financial independence; the “Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act” – signed into law in 2008 – trains doctors and nurses in newborn screening and educates parents about appropriate follow-up care; the “Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE)” to address abusive and exploitive child labor practices in agriculture in the United States; and “The American Dream Act” to help immigrant students attend college in the United States and qualify for in-state tuition.
In recognition of her ongoing work to help families and communities, the congresswoman has been honored by: the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, the March of Dimes, the National Association of Community Health Centers, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, MADD, the Los Angeles Commission for Women, the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
Born and raised in Boyle Heights, the congresswoman is the eldest daughter of Lucille Beserra Roybal and the late Honorable Edward R. Roybal, who served as a Member of Congress for 30 years. The 1965 graduate of the California State University at Los Angeles is married to Edward T. Allard, III. Together, they have four children and seven grandchildren.
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, the representative of California’s 34th Congressional District, is a political pioneer. After serving three terms in the California State Assembly, she became the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress in 1992. Making history again in 1999, the congresswoman became the first Latina appointed to the House Appropriations Committee, one of the most powerful committees in Congress. That year she also became the first female chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
The congresswoman serves on two Appropriations subcommittees. The Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee oversees federal funding for public schools, workforce training programs, health research and preventative health programs. The Homeland Security Subcommittee oversees federal funding for immigration processing, border and port security, as well as a wide variety of area emergency preparedness efforts, including providing police and firefighters with the training and equipment they need to respond quickly and effectively to emergencies.
A national leader in public health and prevention efforts, the congresswoman co-founded the bipartisan Congressional Study Group on Public Health to educate members and staff about public health issues. She is also the chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Health Care Task Force. In this role, Congresswoman Roybal-Allard championed efforts to pass health care reform to ensure that the sweeping initiative would improve the quality and affordability of health services, prioritize prevention and reduction of health disparities, and take necessary steps to begin to rein in the escalating costs of health care in our country.
The congresswoman is the sponsor of several measures to improve the health and wellbeing of women and children. They include: the Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services for the 21st Century Act which would create a national focus on maternity care by establishing an Interagency Coordinating Committee charged with promoting medical practices proven to provide the healthiest results for mothers and babies; “The STOP (Sober Truth on Preventing) Underage Drinking Act” – signed into law in 2006 – that coordinates all federal programs and research initiatives on underage drinking and funds a national media campaign to educate parents about its dangers; the “SAFE Act” to help victims of domestic violence retain their employment and financial independence; the “Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act” – signed into law in 2008 – trains doctors and nurses in newborn screening and educates parents about appropriate follow-up care; the “Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE)” to address abusive and exploitive child labor practices in agriculture in the United States; and “The American Dream Act” to help immigrant students attend college in the United States and qualify for in-state tuition.
In recognition of her ongoing work to help families and communities, the congresswoman has been honored by: the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, the March of Dimes, the National Association of Community Health Centers, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, MADD, the Los Angeles Commission for Women, the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
Born and raised in Boyle Heights, the congresswoman is the eldest daughter of Lucille Beserra Roybal and the late Honorable Edward R. Roybal, who served as a Member of Congress for 30 years. The 1965 graduate of the California State University at Los Angeles is married to Edward T. Allard, III. Together, they have four children and seven grandchildren.
Henry M. Romero
Henry Romero is a 28-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. In 2008, Sheriff Lee Baca promoted him to the rank of Captain giving him command of East Los Angeles Station.
Captain Romero’s career with the Sheriff’s Department began in February 1983 as an off-the-streeter working at Biscailuz Detention Center. In March 1983, he entered the Sheriff’s Training Academy where he said his fondest Academy memories are of running the streets of East Los Angeles, specifically through the hilly City Terrace community streets. Upon graduation as a Deputy Sheriff, he worked assignments at Wayside Max, Firestone Station, where he achieved one of his goals of becoming a field training officer and the Advanced Training Bureau. He said he always wanted to go back to the Academy as an instructor and his promotion to the Training Bureau completed another one of his career goals.
In 1993, Captain Romero was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. His assignments included North County Correctional Facility, Century Station, and Internal Affairs Bureau where he used his training expertise and specialized in investigating police shootings and force cases. Upon his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant in 2000, Captain Romero was assigned to East Los Angeles Station. At East Los Angeles Station, Captain Romero started off as a watch commander but quickly moved to the ELA COPS Team. At the time, it was the largest Department COPS Team
comprising of forty-one deputies and five sergeants. When the COPS Team was disbanded, Captain Romero was given command of the Detective Bureau. A year later, he became the Operations Lieutenant acting as the right hand person for Captains Tony Argott, Tom Laing and Marylin Baker.
Captain Romero has also worked as a hostage negotiator and commands an Incident Management Team during critical incidents throughout Los Angeles County. His team handled the law enforcement branch during the 2009 Station Fires. Besides commanding East Los Angeles Station, Captain Romero continues to pursue one of his other passions, teaching. He said he picked up that passion early in his life while training in the martial arts. Within a few years of his training, he was invited to assist his instructor in teaching and the bug has stayed with him since.
The Captain grew up in San Fernando and has been married to his wife RoseMary for the past 28 years. He is the proud father of Nicholas, 20; Alexa, 19 and Daniel, 16; and. In his spare time, Captain Romero enjoys reading and working out.
Henry M. Romero
Henry Romero is a 28-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. In 2008, Sheriff Lee Baca promoted him to the rank of Captain giving him command of East Los Angeles Station.
Captain Romero’s career with the Sheriff’s Department began in February 1983 as an off-the-streeter working at Biscailuz Detention Center. In March 1983, he entered the Sheriff’s Training Academy where he said his fondest Academy memories are of running the streets of East Los Angeles, specifically through the hilly City Terrace community streets. Upon graduation as a Deputy Sheriff, he worked assignments at Wayside Max, Firestone Station, where he achieved one of his goals of becoming a field training officer and the Advanced Training Bureau. He said he always wanted to go back to the Academy as an instructor and his promotion to the Training Bureau completed another one of his career goals.
In 1993, Captain Romero was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. His assignments included North County Correctional Facility, Century Station, and Internal Affairs Bureau where he used his training expertise and specialized in investigating police shootings and force cases. Upon his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant in 2000, Captain Romero was assigned to East Los Angeles Station. At East Los Angeles Station, Captain Romero started off as a watch commander but quickly moved to the ELA COPS Team. At the time, it was the largest Department COPS Team
comprising of forty-one deputies and five sergeants. When the COPS Team was disbanded, Captain Romero was given command of the Detective Bureau. A year later, he became the Operations Lieutenant acting as the right hand person for Captains Tony Argott, Tom Laing and Marylin Baker.
Captain Romero has also worked as a hostage negotiator and commands an Incident Management Team during critical incidents throughout Los Angeles County. His team handled the law enforcement branch during the 2009 Station Fires. Besides commanding East Los Angeles Station, Captain Romero continues to pursue one of his other passions, teaching. He said he picked up that passion early in his life while training in the martial arts. Within a few years of his training, he was invited to assist his instructor in teaching and the bug has stayed with him since.
The Captain grew up in San Fernando and has been married to his wife RoseMary for the past 28 years. He is the proud father of Nicholas, 20; Alexa, 19 and Daniel, 16; and. In his spare time, Captain Romero enjoys reading and working out.
Speaker John A. Pérez
John A. Pérez was elected in 2008 to represent the 46th Assembly District, comprising the cities of Maywood, Vernon, Huntington Park as well as the community of Boyle Heights, Downtown Los Angeles, unincorporated East Los Angeles and parts of South Los Angeles. In January 2010, he was elected Speaker of the California Assembly and was sworn in as the 68th Speaker on March 1, 2010.
Growing up in the working class communities of El Sereno and Highland Park, John’s parents taught him the value of hard work and community service. After attending the University of California at Berkeley, he became active in the Labor Movement, where he spent over 15 years working to create jobs, expand healthcare and protect workers’ rights. Prior to his election to the State Assembly, John served as Political Director for the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 324, and previously served in a similar position for the California Labor Federation.
John’s commitment to the Labor Movement was matched by an equal commitment to civic involvement. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, where he led the effort to mandate a local hire agreement requiring 30% of all major construction jobs to be dedicated to local residents and those in need, providing those individuals with valuable experience and training in skilled professions.
John serves as an elected member of the Democratic National Committee. He has previously served as a board member for the California League of Conservation Voters and the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation. He was appointed by former Speaker Bob Hertzberg to serve on a Blue Ribbon Panel on Initiative Reform as well as the Voting Modernization Board.
As the first openly gay person of color to be elected to state office in California, John has been a longtime advocate on behalf of the LGBT Community. He has been especially active in the fight against HIV/AIDS. He has been a leader with AIDS Project Los Angeles, the Latino Coalition against AIDS, and the California Center for Regional Leadership. In recognition of his work, he was appointed by both President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush to serve on the Presidents Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.
John’s lifetime of fighting for better wages, healthcare and benefits for working families reflects the values with which he was raised, giving him a deep understanding of the daily struggles that so many working families endure just to survive. As Speaker, he is using that experience to focus on solving California’s budget crisis, promote policies that create high-paying, quality jobs in California and implementing real reforms to state government.
Speaker John A. Pérez
John A. Pérez was elected in 2008 to represent the 46th Assembly District, comprising the cities of Maywood, Vernon, Huntington Park as well as the community of Boyle Heights, Downtown Los Angeles, unincorporated East Los Angeles and parts of South Los Angeles. In January 2010, he was elected Speaker of the California Assembly and was sworn in as the 68th Speaker on March 1, 2010.
Growing up in the working class communities of El Sereno and Highland Park, John’s parents taught him the value of hard work and community service. After attending the University of California at Berkeley, he became active in the Labor Movement, where he spent over 15 years working to create jobs, expand healthcare and protect workers’ rights. Prior to his election to the State Assembly, John served as Political Director for the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 324, and previously served in a similar position for the California Labor Federation.
John’s commitment to the Labor Movement was matched by an equal commitment to civic involvement. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, where he led the effort to mandate a local hire agreement requiring 30% of all major construction jobs to be dedicated to local residents and those in need, providing those individuals with valuable experience and training in skilled professions.
John serves as an elected member of the Democratic National Committee. He has previously served as a board member for the California League of Conservation Voters and the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation. He was appointed by former Speaker Bob Hertzberg to serve on a Blue Ribbon Panel on Initiative Reform as well as the Voting Modernization Board.
As the first openly gay person of color to be elected to state office in California, John has been a longtime advocate on behalf of the LGBT Community. He has been especially active in the fight against HIV/AIDS. He has been a leader with AIDS Project Los Angeles, the Latino Coalition against AIDS, and the California Center for Regional Leadership. In recognition of his work, he was appointed by both President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush to serve on the Presidents Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.
John’s lifetime of fighting for better wages, healthcare and benefits for working families reflects the values with which he was raised, giving him a deep understanding of the daily struggles that so many working families endure just to survive. As Speaker, he is using that experience to focus on solving California’s budget crisis, promote policies that create high-paying, quality jobs in California and implementing real reforms to state government.
Josefina Lopez
Josefina López is best known for authoring the play and coauthoring the film Real Women Have Curves, a coming-of-age story about Ana, a first-generation Chicana torn between pursuing her college ambitions, a personal goal, and securing employment, which is a family expectation. Along the way, Ana confronts a host of cultural assumptions about beauty, marriage, and a woman’s role in society. Although Real Women Have Curves is López’s most recognized work, it is only one of many literary works she has created since she began her writing career, at seventeen. Born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, in 1969, Josefina López was five years old when she and her family immigrated to the United States and settled in the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights.
Josefina attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, graduating in 1987. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in film and screenwriting from Columbia College, in Chicago, in 1993, graduating with a 4.0 G.P.A. She then obtained her MFA in screenwriting from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. Josefina is currently pursuing her Masters in Spiritual Psychology. Josefina is the recipient of a number of other awards and accolades, including a formal recognition from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer’s seventh Annual Women Making History banquet in 1998 and a screenwriting fellowship from the California Arts Council in 2001. She and Real Women Have Curves coauthor George LaVoo won the Humanitas Prize for Screenwriting in 2002, the Gabriel García Márquez Award from Los Angeles. Mayor in 2003, and an artist-in-residency grant from the NEA/TCG for 2007. She will be receiving the MUJERES DESTACADAS Award from LA Opinion this coming March. Even though she is best known for the success of Real Women Have Curves, Josefina has had more than eighty productions of her plays throughout the United States. In addition, Josefina is also a poet, performer, designer, lecturer of Women’s Studies, and Chicano theater and film. She is the founder of “Casa 0101 Theater Art Space” in Boyle Heights, where she teaches screenwriting and playwriting and nurtures a new generation of Latino artists.
Josefina is presently working on the musical version of Real Women Have Curves, and writing her second novel Summer of San Miguel. She just finished her latest work Trio Los Machos, a play about three bachelor men in their seventies who play in a guitar trio who met while participating in the Bracero Program. Her first novel Hungry Woman in Paris came out March 9, 2009.
Josefina Lopez
Josefina López is best known for authoring the play and coauthoring the film Real Women Have Curves, a coming-of-age story about Ana, a first-generation Chicana torn between pursuing her college ambitions, a personal goal, and securing employment, which is a family expectation. Along the way, Ana confronts a host of cultural assumptions about beauty, marriage, and a woman’s role in society. Although Real Women Have Curves is López’s most recognized work, it is only one of many literary works she has created since she began her writing career, at seventeen. Born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, in 1969, Josefina López was five years old when she and her family immigrated to the United States and settled in the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights.
Josefina attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, graduating in 1987. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in film and screenwriting from Columbia College, in Chicago, in 1993, graduating with a 4.0 G.P.A. She then obtained her MFA in screenwriting from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. Josefina is currently pursuing her Masters in Spiritual Psychology. Josefina is the recipient of a number of other awards and accolades, including a formal recognition from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer’s seventh Annual Women Making History banquet in 1998 and a screenwriting fellowship from the California Arts Council in 2001. She and Real Women Have Curves coauthor George LaVoo won the Humanitas Prize for Screenwriting in 2002, the Gabriel García Márquez Award from Los Angeles. Mayor in 2003, and an artist-in-residency grant from the NEA/TCG for 2007. She will be receiving the MUJERES DESTACADAS Award from LA Opinion this coming March. Even though she is best known for the success of Real Women Have Curves, Josefina has had more than eighty productions of her plays throughout the United States. In addition, Josefina is also a poet, performer, designer, lecturer of Women’s Studies, and Chicano theater and film. She is the founder of “Casa 0101 Theater Art Space” in Boyle Heights, where she teaches screenwriting and playwriting and nurtures a new generation of Latino artists.
Josefina is presently working on the musical version of Real Women Have Curves, and writing her second novel Summer of San Miguel. She just finished her latest work Trio Los Machos, a play about three bachelor men in their seventies who play in a guitar trio who met while participating in the Bracero Program. Her first novel Hungry Woman in Paris came out March 9, 2009.
Diane Spalding
Raised in the Southeast Area, Diane Spalding is a constituent of two other honorees, John Perez and Lucille Roybal-Allard.
Diane earned her AA degree at East Los Angeles College and continued an additional year at California State University Los Angeles. She worked for Frontier Industrial Machinery Corporations for 23 years and served as Arts and Culture Commissioner for the City of Huntington Park from 2002-2010. Diane received the Women of Distinction Award from Assembly Speaker Emeritus, Fabian Nuñez in 2008. Diane is an American Cancer Society Relay for Life Volunteer for over 10 years and an American Cancer Society Legislative Ambassador for over 4 years. Diane Volunteered with the East Los Angeles Women’s Center for 3 years. She currently serves as Treasurer of the Women’s Club of Huntington Park and Vice President and Treasurer of Friends of Huntington Park Library. Diane actively volunteers at the Library Literacy Program and Tutors ESL. She also serves as a Volunteer Tax Preparer for the “Vita” program through the State Controller’s Office.
Diane Spalding
Raised in the Southeast Area, Diane Spalding is a constituent of two other honorees, John Perez and Lucille Roybal-Allard.
Diane earned her AA degree at East Los Angeles College and continued an additional year at California State University Los Angeles. She worked for Frontier Industrial Machinery Corporations for 23 years and served as Arts and Culture Commissioner for the City of Huntington Park from 2002-2010. Diane received the Women of Distinction Award from Assembly Speaker Emeritus, Fabian Nuñez in 2008. Diane is an American Cancer Society Relay for Life Volunteer for over 10 years and an American Cancer Society Legislative Ambassador for over 4 years. Diane Volunteered with the East Los Angeles Women’s Center for 3 years. She currently serves as Treasurer of the Women’s Club of Huntington Park and Vice President and Treasurer of Friends of Huntington Park Library. Diane actively volunteers at the Library Literacy Program and Tutors ESL. She also serves as a Volunteer Tax Preparer for the “Vita” program through the State Controller’s Office.
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Yolanda Gonzalez
Mujer de Inspiración Award
Yolanda Gonzalez originates from a family of artists dating back to 1877.
Creating works of Art professionally for the last 25 years.
Leading us through a world of imagination & emotion.
The Art work of Yolanda consist of strong bold brush strokes, color and texture.
Yolanda’s world is one of curiosity and love for people & realm we live in.
Yolanda’s travels in different countries and diverse cultures, the bonds that she has forged with individuals in those cities, and those life experiences are reflected in her art, and, indeed, in her life.
Visualizing and expressing the beauty & strength that has been bestowed upon us culturally and universally.
Exhibitions:
Russia, Japan, Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Africa, Alaska, though out the US.
Museum Exhibitions:
Armand Hammer Museum
Temporary Contemporary Museum
Japanese American National Museum
Chicago Museum
Santa Monica Museum
Laguna Museum
Diego Rivera Museum
Latino Museum
Yolanda Gonzalez
Mujer de Inspiración Award
Yolanda Gonzalez originates from a family of artists dating back to 1877.
Creating works of Art professionally for the last 25 years.
Leading us through a world of imagination & emotion.
The Art work of Yolanda consist of strong bold brush strokes, color and texture.
Yolanda’s world is one of curiosity and love for people & realm we live in.
Yolanda’s travels in different countries and diverse cultures, the bonds that she has forged with individuals in those cities, and those life experiences are reflected in her art, and, indeed, in her life.
Visualizing and expressing the beauty & strength that has been bestowed upon us culturally and universally.
Exhibitions:
Russia, Japan, Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Africa, Alaska, though out the US.
Museum Exhibitions:
Armand Hammer Museum
Temporary Contemporary Museum
Japanese American National Museum
Chicago Museum
Santa Monica Museum
Laguna Museum
Diego Rivera Museum
Latino Museum
Stephen David Simon
Alas de Esperanza Award
Stephen David Simon is the AIDS Coordinator for the City of Los Angeles. The City’s fifth AIDS Coordinator since 1989, he is responsible for development, implementation and oversight of City HIV/AIDS policies and programs, advising the Mayor and City Council on HIV/AIDS issues, and development of City initiatives to fund prevention activities and support services for people living with HIV.
Stephen was a founding attorney of the HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA), and served as Associate Director, Government Affairs for AIDS Project Los Angeles. Stephen is currently an advisory board member for Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, and a member of the community advisory board for the UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment. Mr. Simon received his Juris Doctorate and Bachelors degrees at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
“There may be nothing more important for our families’ future than to know our health status (Get Tested), educate ourselves and our children on how to protect themselves (Get Educated), and raise our voices to demand equal access to quality healthcare (Get Involved).”
Stephen David Simon
Alas de Esperanza Award
Stephen David Simon is the AIDS Coordinator for the City of Los Angeles. The City’s fifth AIDS Coordinator since 1989, he is responsible for development, implementation and oversight of City HIV/AIDS policies and programs, advising the Mayor and City Council on HIV/AIDS issues, and development of City initiatives to fund prevention activities and support services for people living with HIV.
Stephen was a founding attorney of the HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA), and served as Associate Director, Government Affairs for AIDS Project Los Angeles. Stephen is currently an advisory board member for Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, and a member of the community advisory board for the UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment. Mr. Simon received his Juris Doctorate and Bachelors degrees at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
“There may be nothing more important for our families’ future than to know our health status (Get Tested), educate ourselves and our children on how to protect themselves (Get Educated), and raise our voices to demand equal access to quality healthcare (Get Involved).”
Marti O’Callaghan
Volunteer of the Year Award
Marti O’Callaghan has been a committed volunteer for the East Los Angeles Women’s Center since September of 2006. She is married to Michael and a devoted mom to daughters Cara and Dana.
For the past 15 years, Marti has served as legal secretary for John Girardi, a partner in the law offices of Girardi Keese in Los Angeles. Previously, Marti worked for Burlington Northern Railroad Company. Between her tenure at Burlington Northern Railroad and her current position, Marti took a 10 year hiatus from the professional world during which time she earned a Bachelor’s Degree at Cal State, Los Angeles, and completed a two-year legal interpreter program at Cal State LA.
Marti O’Callaghan
Volunteer of the Year Award
Marti O’Callaghan has been a committed volunteer for the East Los Angeles Women’s Center since September of 2006. She is married to Michael and a devoted mom to daughters Cara and Dana.
For the past 15 years, Marti has served as legal secretary for John Girardi, a partner in the law offices of Girardi Keese in Los Angeles. Previously, Marti worked for Burlington Northern Railroad Company. Between her tenure at Burlington Northern Railroad and her current position, Marti took a 10 year hiatus from the professional world during which time she earned a Bachelor’s Degree at Cal State, Los Angeles, and completed a two-year legal interpreter program at Cal State LA.
Hilda L. Solis
Mujer de Paz Award
Secretary Hilda L. Solis was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Labor on February 24, 2009. Prior to her confirmation, Secretary Solis represented the 32nd Congressional District in California, a position she held from 2001 – 2009.
In the Congress, Solis’ priorities included expanding access to affordable health care, protecting the environment, and improving the lives of working families. A recognized leader on clean energy jobs, she authored the Green Jobs Act which provided funding for “green” collar job training for veterans, displaced workers, at risk youth, and individuals in families under 200 percent of the federal poverty line.
In 2007, Solis was appointed to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission), as well as the Mexico — United States Interparliamentary Group. In June2007, Solis was elected Vice Chair of the Helsinki Commission’s General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions. She was the only U.S. elected official to serve on this Committee.
A nationally recognized leader on the environment, Solis became the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2000 for her pioneering work on environmental justice issues. Her California environmental justice legislation, enacted in 1999, was the first of its kind in the nation to become law.
Solis was first elected to public office in 1985 as a member of the Rio Hondo Community College Board of Trustees. She served in the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1994, and in 1994 made history by becoming the first Latina elected to the California State Senate. As the chairwoman of the California Senate Industrial Relations Committee, she led the battle to increase the state’s minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.75 an hour in 1996. She also authored a record seventeen state laws aimed at combating domestic violence.
Solis graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. A former federal employee, she worked in the Carter White House Office of Hispanic Affairs and was later appointed as a management analyst with the Office of Management and Budget in the Civil Rights Division. She was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Secretary of Labor on January 20, 2009.
Hilda L. Solis
Mujer de Paz Award
Secretary Hilda L. Solis was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Labor on February 24, 2009. Prior to her confirmation, Secretary Solis represented the 32nd Congressional District in California, a position she held from 2001 – 2009.
In the Congress, Solis’ priorities included expanding access to affordable health care, protecting the environment, and improving the lives of working families. A recognized leader on clean energy jobs, she authored the Green Jobs Act which provided funding for “green” collar job training for veterans, displaced workers, at risk youth, and individuals in families under 200 percent of the federal poverty line.
In 2007, Solis was appointed to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission), as well as the Mexico — United States Interparliamentary Group. In June2007, Solis was elected Vice Chair of the Helsinki Commission’s General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions. She was the only U.S. elected official to serve on this Committee.
A nationally recognized leader on the environment, Solis became the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2000 for her pioneering work on environmental justice issues. Her California environmental justice legislation, enacted in 1999, was the first of its kind in the nation to become law.
Solis was first elected to public office in 1985 as a member of the Rio Hondo Community College Board of Trustees. She served in the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1994, and in 1994 made history by becoming the first Latina elected to the California State Senate. As the chairwoman of the California Senate Industrial Relations Committee, she led the battle to increase the state’s minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.75 an hour in 1996. She also authored a record seventeen state laws aimed at combating domestic violence.
Solis graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. A former federal employee, she worked in the Carter White House Office of Hispanic Affairs and was later appointed as a management analyst with the Office of Management and Budget in the Civil Rights Division. She was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Secretary of Labor on January 20, 2009.
Charles L. Beck
Tony Bourbon Award
Charles L. Beck was appointed Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department in November 2009. Chief Beck oversees the third largest police department in the United States, managing 10,000 sworn officers, 3,000 civilian employees, encompassing an area of 473 square miles, a population of approximately 3.8 million people, and an annual budget that exceeds one billion dollars. Having facilitated his predecessor’s successful reengineering and reform effort, Chief Beck continues to evolve and refine those strategies to further the Department’s ascendancy to the pinnacle of 21st Century Policing. Major components of this endeavor include the mitigation of crime, the reduction of gang violence, the containment of terrorism, and the continuation of the reforms that brought the Department into compliance with the Consent Decree.
Chief Beck was born in Long Beach, California in 1953. He was educated locally and attended California State University at Long Beach, where he graduated with a Baccalaureate Degree in occupational studies-vocational arts. Chief Beck was appointed to the Los Angeles Police Department in March 1977 after serving two years with the Los Angeles Police Reserve Corps. In June 1984, he was promoted to Sergeant, to Lieutenant in April 1993, to Captain in July 1999, and Commander in April 2005. In August 2006, he achieved the rank of Deputy Chief, the same rank his father, a retired Los Angeles Police Officer, had attained.
As an officer, Chief Beck’s patrol assignments have included Rampart, Southeast, Pacific and Hollywood Areas. As a sergeant, his assignments included Harbor and Southwest Patrol, South Bureau C.R.A.S.H. and Internal Affairs Division. Upon being promoted to captain, he was initially assigned to Southeast Division followed by terms as the commanding officer of Juvenile Division, Central Area and finally Rampart Area. As a Commander, he was the Assistant to the Director, Office of Operations. Upon his promotion to Deputy Chief, he assumed command of Operations –South Bureau. Chief Beck went on to become Chief of Detectives, where he implemented innovative, far ranging and visionary changes to the Detective Bureau.
Chief Beck is renowned for his ability to forge traditional policing methods, community outreach programs, tempered with the input of diverse stakeholders to form enduring crime abatement programs. During Chief Beck’s tenure as Central Area’s Commanding Officer, he formulated the original Safer Cities Initiative. This program brought together a coalition of City Departments, Council Offices, homeless advocacy groups, and service providers to provide shelter and mitigate crime perpetrated against the homeless. This phalanx of governmental and private agencies became a model of efficiency and has been replicated nationally.
Chief Beck was also charged with reforming the beleaguered Rampart Area in the aftermath of the Rafael Perez scandal. Chief Beck utilized inspirational leadership fostering change from the roots of Department and up, ensuring all changes are evolutionary and withstand the test of time. Effecting change from the bottom to the top of the chain of command ensures a long lasting institutional change. Chief Beck also built community and racial harmony through the elusive goal of transparency and effective constitutional policing. The techniques Chief Beck employed are well documented in the Blue Ribbon Rampart Review Panel’s report to the Police Commission entitled, Rampart Reconsidered: The Search for Real Reform Seven Years Later. The Panel reviewed the lessons learned and missed in the aftermath of the Rampart crisis and recommended that the Department follow the community policing leadership model used by Chief Beck and his team in his successful turnaround of Rampart Area.
While Commanding Officer of Rampart Area, Chief Beck was also able to form an alliance of community and political groups to reclaim MacArthur Park for the citizens of Los Angeles. This effort involved the support and funding from a diverse group of public and private entities. This included the City Attorney, the Mayor’s Office, the Local Council Office, the United States Forest Department, the Department of Recreation of Parks, the Central American Resource Center, multiple businesses and the general public. Stakeholders shared the goal of eliminating crime within the park boundaries and reclaiming it for recreation. Initially public safety was restored and then a “buy-in” for officers assigned to Rampart was created. Public and private funds enabled the purchase of a closed circuit television system. The park was then revitalized through tree trimming, the lawns were reseeded, lights repaired, and facilities enhanced. Soon crime was reduced to historic lows and families returned to the park in droves. The project was the essence of community policing, received national recognition, and was awarded the Webber Safety Award for Community Policing.
Another change enacted by Chief Beck was the melding of Gang Operations Support Division and Narcotics Division into Gang and Narcotics Division. This new Division facilitates the efficient targeting and dismantling of narcotics trafficking and violence by gangs and effectively undermines the gang’s ability to perpetuate as an ongoing criminal enterprise. By bringing the expertise of both gang and narcotics detectives together, their investigative efforts are expanded in a synergetic effort directed at targeting the gang’s infrastructure and ability to profit from illicit narcotics and firearms sales, resulting in reduced gang violence. Chief Beck is a Director and past president of the Los Angeles Police Relief Association. He competes regularly in local motocross events. He is also a past Police and Fire Motocross National Champion and has won numerous medals in state, national and international competitions. Chief Beck is married with three children. Two of Chief Beck’s children are also Los Angeles Police Officers.
Charles L. Beck
Tony Bourbon Award
Charles L. Beck was appointed Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department in November 2009. Chief Beck oversees the third largest police department in the United States, managing 10,000 sworn officers, 3,000 civilian employees, encompassing an area of 473 square miles, a population of approximately 3.8 million people, and an annual budget that exceeds one billion dollars. Having facilitated his predecessor’s successful reengineering and reform effort, Chief Beck continues to evolve and refine those strategies to further the Department’s ascendancy to the pinnacle of 21st Century Policing. Major components of this endeavor include the mitigation of crime, the reduction of gang violence, the containment of terrorism, and the continuation of the reforms that brought the Department into compliance with the Consent Decree.
Chief Beck was born in Long Beach, California in 1953. He was educated locally and attended California State University at Long Beach, where he graduated with a Baccalaureate Degree in occupational studies-vocational arts. Chief Beck was appointed to the Los Angeles Police Department in March 1977 after serving two years with the Los Angeles Police Reserve Corps. In June 1984, he was promoted to Sergeant, to Lieutenant in April 1993, to Captain in July 1999, and Commander in April 2005. In August 2006, he achieved the rank of Deputy Chief, the same rank his father, a retired Los Angeles Police Officer, had attained.
As an officer, Chief Beck’s patrol assignments have included Rampart, Southeast, Pacific and Hollywood Areas. As a sergeant, his assignments included Harbor and Southwest Patrol, South Bureau C.R.A.S.H. and Internal Affairs Division. Upon being promoted to captain, he was initially assigned to Southeast Division followed by terms as the commanding officer of Juvenile Division, Central Area and finally Rampart Area. As a Commander, he was the Assistant to the Director, Office of Operations. Upon his promotion to Deputy Chief, he assumed command of Operations –South Bureau. Chief Beck went on to become Chief of Detectives, where he implemented innovative, far ranging and visionary changes to the Detective Bureau.
Chief Beck is renowned for his ability to forge traditional policing methods, community outreach programs, tempered with the input of diverse stakeholders to form enduring crime abatement programs. During Chief Beck’s tenure as Central Area’s Commanding Officer, he formulated the original Safer Cities Initiative. This program brought together a coalition of City Departments, Council Offices, homeless advocacy groups, and service providers to provide shelter and mitigate crime perpetrated against the homeless. This phalanx of governmental and private agencies became a model of efficiency and has been replicated nationally.
Chief Beck was also charged with reforming the beleaguered Rampart Area in the aftermath of the Rafael Perez scandal. Chief Beck utilized inspirational leadership fostering change from the roots of Department and up, ensuring all changes are evolutionary and withstand the test of time. Effecting change from the bottom to the top of the chain of command ensures a long lasting institutional change. Chief Beck also built community and racial harmony through the elusive goal of transparency and effective constitutional policing. The techniques Chief Beck employed are well documented in the Blue Ribbon Rampart Review Panel’s report to the Police Commission entitled, Rampart Reconsidered: The Search for Real Reform Seven Years Later. The Panel reviewed the lessons learned and missed in the aftermath of the Rampart crisis and recommended that the Department follow the community policing leadership model used by Chief Beck and his team in his successful turnaround of Rampart Area.
While Commanding Officer of Rampart Area, Chief Beck was also able to form an alliance of community and political groups to reclaim MacArthur Park for the citizens of Los Angeles. This effort involved the support and funding from a diverse group of public and private entities. This included the City Attorney, the Mayor’s Office, the Local Council Office, the United States Forest Department, the Department of Recreation of Parks, the Central American Resource Center, multiple businesses and the general public. Stakeholders shared the goal of eliminating crime within the park boundaries and reclaiming it for recreation. Initially public safety was restored and then a “buy-in” for officers assigned to Rampart was created. Public and private funds enabled the purchase of a closed circuit television system. The park was then revitalized through tree trimming, the lawns were reseeded, lights repaired, and facilities enhanced. Soon crime was reduced to historic lows and families returned to the park in droves. The project was the essence of community policing, received national recognition, and was awarded the Webber Safety Award for Community Policing.
Another change enacted by Chief Beck was the melding of Gang Operations Support Division and Narcotics Division into Gang and Narcotics Division. This new Division facilitates the efficient targeting and dismantling of narcotics trafficking and violence by gangs and effectively undermines the gang’s ability to perpetuate as an ongoing criminal enterprise. By bringing the expertise of both gang and narcotics detectives together, their investigative efforts are expanded in a synergetic effort directed at targeting the gang’s infrastructure and ability to profit from illicit narcotics and firearms sales, resulting in reduced gang violence. Chief Beck is a Director and past president of the Los Angeles Police Relief Association. He competes regularly in local motocross events. He is also a past Police and Fire Motocross National Champion and has won numerous medals in state, national and international competitions. Chief Beck is married with three children. Two of Chief Beck’s children are also Los Angeles Police Officers.
