Our Mission
HOPE® is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has focused on empowering our communities through advocacy, Latina leadership training, and increasing knowledge on the contributions Latinas have made to advance the status of women for the past 30 years. To date, HOPE’s innovative programming has served 56,000 Latinas statewide and touched the lives of several thousand more.
Chair of the Board
Rosie Arroyo
California Community Foundation
Rosie Arroyo manages programs, initiatives and outreach for the Education & Immigration department of the California Community Foundation.
Arroyo took on the office of HOPE Board Chair in January 2019, where she leads strategies to advance HOPE's mission of ensuring economic and political parity for Latinas.
Board Officers
Helen Iris Torres
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO
(Non-Voting Member)
Vanessa Cajina
SECRETARY
KP Public Affairs
Lupita Sanchez Cornejo
1ST VICE CHAIR
AT&T
Elizabeth Atlee
TREASURER
CBRE | Legal
Laura Arciniega
2ND VICE CHAIR
The Raben Group
Board of Directors
Erica Cabrera
PG&E
Nicolina Hernandez
Sempra Energy
Nora Dominguez, Ed.D.
University of La Verne
Lennies Gutierrez
Comcast
Evelin Martinez
Bank of America
FOUNDING MEMBERS
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Founding HOPE President
Former Administrator for the U.S. Small
Business Administration
Gilda Bojorquez-Gjurich
Critical Connections
Carmela Locayo
National Association for the Hispanic Elderly
Minnie Lopez-Baffo
SoCalGas (Retired)
Olga E. Moreno
Former Deputy Secretary
Health & Welfare Agency, State of CA
Maria Salinas
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
CHAMPIONS OF HOPE (advisory board)
Luisa Acosta
360 Agency
Dolores L. Arredondo
City National Bank
Elmy Bermejo
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
Karime Sanchez Bradvica
Karime Bradvica Consulting
Olivia Campos-Bergeron
Anita Gabrielian
CG Benefits
Rossina Gallegos
Union Bank
Maria Gallo
Union Bank (Retired)
Lupita C. Garza
White Memorial Medical Center
Mónica Gil
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
Lorena Hernandez
Comcast
David Lizarraga
TELACU
Carrie Lopez
Consultant
Lidia S. Martinez
Southwest Airlines
Diane Medina
KABC –TV (Retired)
John Mendez
Mendez Strategy Group
Clara Potes-Fellow
Nonprofit Consultant
Michael Rubio
Chevron
Brissa Sotelo-Vargas
Valero
Cecilia Soto-Loftus, MPH
Elaine Treviño
Almond Alliance of California
Susan Sifuentes Trigueros
SoCalGas
Arturo Vargas
NALEO
Nora E. Vargas
Southwestern Community College District
CalSTRS
Peter R. Villegas
Coca-Cola North America