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National Hispanic Leadership Agenda
Congressional Scorecard
105th Congress

The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda

The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) calls for a spirit of unity among Latinos nationwide to provide the Hispanic community with greater visibility and a clearer, stronger voice in our country's affairs. The NHLA seeks a consensus among Hispanic leaders to help frame policy and promote public awareness of the major issues that affect Latinos at a national level. The NHLA was founded in 1991 as a non-partisan coalition of major Hispanic national organizations and distinguished Hispanic leaders from across the nation. It represents all major ethnic groups in the Latino community - Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and other Americans whose countries of origin are in the Caribbean or in Central or South America. Governing the NHLA is a 32-member board comprised of the chief officers of 24 national Hispanic organizations, along with elected officials, corporate executives, and other prominent professionals. The goals that guide its efforts are: (1) to identify, analyze and shape public policies on Latino issues, based upon a consensus of Latino leaders nationally; (2) to prepare and disseminate a consensus-based policy agenda that specifies the nature and scope of Latino concerns and needs throughout the country; and (3) to promote greater awareness of and attention to Latino concerns among the nation's policy-makers and civic community leaders, as well as among the general public.

NHLA Board of Directors
October 1998

Mario Acosta,Latino Civil Rights Center
Lillian Apodaca, Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)
Kofi Boating, National Puerto Rican Forum
Hon. Xavier Becerra, Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Ricardo Jose Bela, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR)
Rudy Beserra, The Coca-Cola Company
Ronald Blackburn-Moreno, ASPIRA Association, Inc.
Rafael Cuellar, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)
Rita Di Martino, AT&T
Guarione Diaz, Cuban American National Council
Rick Dovalina, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Eddie Escobedo, National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP)
Fred Fernandez, National Hispanic Corporate Council (NHCC)
Serafin Fernandez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
Juan Figueroa, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Educational Fund (PRLDEF)
Antonio R. Flores, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
Frank Gomez, Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Henry Gonzalez, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)
Antonio Gonzalez, Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project (SVREP)
Antonia Hernandez, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Francisco Ivarra, American GI Forum
Rafael Lantigua, Alianza Dominicana
Jim Lyons, National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
Manuel Mirabal, National Puerto Rican Coalition (NPRC)
Gilbert Moreno, Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA)
Elisa Sanchez, MANA, A National Latina Organization
Marta Sotomayor, National Hispanic Council on Aging
Lisa Torres, National Conference of Puerto Rican Women (NACOPRW)
Arturo Vargas, National Association of Latino Elected & Appointed Officials (NALEO)
Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
Al Zapanta, U.S. - Mexico Chamber of Commerce