Presenting Hispanic Business Magazine's 100 Influentials for 2008, including the special spotlight on the 40 influentials from Los Angeles. Click through the hyperlinks to see biographies on these men and women who are changing the nation.
The Los Angeles 40
Ana Andrade, Health Net
Celia C. Ayala, Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles Universal Preschool
Dino T. Barajas, Partner in the Corporate Practice Group, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Xavier Becerra, Representative, U.S. House of Representatives
Magdalena Beltran-del Olmo, Vice-President of Communications, The California Wellness Foundation
Enrique Cadenas , Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy
Jorge G. Castro, Chief Executive Officer, Lombardia Capital Partners LLC
Gilbert Cedillo , State Senator, California State Senate
Ramon C. Cortines , Senior Deputy Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District
Castulo de la Rocha, CEO, AltaMed Health Services Corporation
Kevin de Leon, Assemblyman, California State Assembly
Maria Elena Durazo, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Sebastian Edwards, Professor of International Business Economics,, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA
Manny Espinoza, Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting
Monica Garcia, President, Board of Education, Los Angeles Unified School District
Robert Garcia, Executive Director, Counsel, and Founder, The City Project in Los Angeles.
Carlos G. Gutierrez, University President's Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, California State University, Los Angeles
Antonia Hernandez, President and CEO, California Community Foundation
Henry A. Holguin, Partner, Kelly, Lytton & Williams, LLP
Jaime Jarrin, Radio Sports Broadcaster, Los Angeles Dodgers
Margaret Lazo, Senior Vice-President, Human Resources, NBC Universal Network and Cable Entertainment
Reynaldo Macías, Acting Dean of the Division of Social Sciences, UCLA
Al Martinez, Author, Scriptwriter, and Columnist, Los Angeles Times
J. Mario Molina, President and CEO, Molina Healthcare Inc.
Gloria Molina, Supervisor, Los Angeles County
Irma R. Munoz, Founder and President, Mujeres de la Tierra
Armando Nunez Jr., President, CBS Paramount International Television
Jenny Oropeza, State Senator, California State Senate
Alex Padilla, State Senator, California State Senate
George L. Pla, President and CEO, Cordoba Corporation
Manny Ramirez, Professional Baseball Player, Los Angeles Dodgers
Ed P. Reyes, Councilman, Los Angeles City Council
Amy Rodriguez, Soccer Player, U.S. Olympic Team
Gloria Romero, Majority Leader, California State Senate
