22nd Annual Awards Dinner
The Center at Cathedral Plaza
555 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA
Thursday, December 1, 2011

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Once a year HOPE Board members, corporate sponsors, volunteers, and supporters take a few hours on a special evening to celebrate our many mutual accomplishments towards the progress of Latinas in our communities, in our state, and in our nation.

Net proceeds go to support Latina leadership, advocacy, and education efforts year-round for the benefit of all communities and the status of women.

Honorees

Spirit of HOPE Award  Commissioner Catherine J.K. Sandoval California Public Utilities Commission

Catherine J.K. Sandoval, of Campbell, was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission on January 25, 2011. She has worked as an associate professor at Santa Clara University School of Law since 2004. She previously served as undersecretary and senior policy advisor for housing with the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency from 2001 to 2004. She was vice president and general counsel with Z-Spanish Media Corporation from 1999 to 2001 and was the director of the Office of Communications Business Opportunities for the Federal Communications Commission from 1994 to 1999. Commissioner Sandoval was an associate with Munger, Tolles & Olson from 1991 to 1994. She earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School, a Master of Letters in political science from Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and a B.A. from Yale.

Ray of HOPE Award  Cynthia Ruiz Executive Director of External Relations, Port of Los Angeles Former President, Los Angeles Board of Public Works

Cynthia Ruiz serves as deputy executive director of external relations for the Port of Los Angeles. In this role, she is responsible for providing strategic external relations leadership and support to Port senior management and the Harbor Commissioners regarding legislative policy, communications and regional economic opportunities that require Port and City of Los Angeles collaboration. Prior to joining the Port, Ruiz was President of the City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works, where she worked to ensure that the Public Works Department delivered projects on time and on budget. The five-member board is the City’s only full-time policymaking board, which is tasked with overseeing the activities of the City’s third-largest municipal agency and its more than 5,000 employees. Ruiz also served on the City’s Emergency Operations Board and was the lead Commissioner for the City’s Bureau of Sanitation.

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~ BENEFACTORS ~

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AECOM
AEG 
 BNSF Railway
Boeing
California Community Foundation
California Teachers Association
CH2MHILL
Del Sol Group
 Essence Marketing
Entravision
HDR
Port of Los Angeles
Primestor
St. Supery Winery
Tesoro
Vanir
Wells Fargo
LA City Councilmember Tony Cardenas