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The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) honored 28 young professional executives at its inaugural Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers™ (YHCA) program this week. 

The honorees all are Latinos between 25 and 40 years old, employed by a Fortune 500 company or a HACR corporate member. The candidates were nominated by their companies. They were evaluated based on their demonstrated leadership qualities, commitment to their community, education and employment experiences and industry expertise.

"We have found that a company's success is being increasingly influenced by their inclusion of professionals from the growing Hispanic population," said HACR President and CEO Carlos Orta in a statement.  "It is important for us to recognize these young professionals who are helping to fuel the engines that drive our country's economy."

The awardees took part in a one-day leadership development and networking program. The competition was sponsored by the Ford Motor Co., Comcast and Philip Morris USA. Ford and Comcast are Nos. 5 and 48, respectively, on The 2007 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list.

The 2007 YHCA honorees are:

East:

            David Ciccone, AT&T, Parsippany, N.J. AT&T is No. 3 on the Top 50

            Cesar Conde, Univision Communications, New York, N.Y.

            Pedro Cuellar, Merck & Co. Inc, North Wales, Pa. Merck is No. 8 on the Top 50

            Ivan Gutierrez, Sodexho, Gaithersburg, Md., Sodexho is No. 13 on the Top 50

            Erica Pagano, Lehman Brothers, New York, N.Y.

            Maria Tapia, IBM, Armonk, N.Y

            BenN.Y. Omar Torres Sanchez, Lehman Brothers, New York, N.Y.

            Jasmine Vallejo, Lehman Brothers, New York, N.Y.

Midwest:

            Irma Bantista, State Farm Insurance Co., Bloomington, Ill.

            Alejandro Castro, ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb.

            Enrique Delannoy, Ford Motor Co.., Dearborn, Mich, Ford is No. 5 on the Top 50

            David Olivencia, Oracle, Madison Heights, Mich.

            Stacie Papp, National City Bank, Cleveland, Ohio

            Peter Sanchez, Sallie Mae, Fishers, Ind.

Southeast:

            Raquel Egusquiza, Ford Motor Co.

            Diana Orrego-Moore, The Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga,

            Fatima Perez, AT&T, Miami, Fla

            Adrian Quintanilla, AT&T, Little Rock, Ark.

            Susan Santana, AT&T, Washington, D.C.

            Omar Vargas, PepsiCo Inc., Washington, D.C., Pepsico is No. 10 on the Top 50

West:

            Irene Bustamante, MGM MIRAGE, Las Vegas, Nev., MGM MIRAGE is No. 39 on the Top 50

            Daniel Cartagena, Intel Corporation, Chandler, Ariz.

            Laura Hernandez, AT&T, San Antonio, Texas

            Ruben Lopez, Union Pacific Railroad Co., Gillette, Wy.

            Carolina Martin, Sallie Mae, San Francisco, Calif.

            Tim Rios, Wells Fargo Bank, Fresno, Calif., Wells Fargo is No. 20 on the Top 50

            Peter Villegas, Washington Mutual, Los Angeles, Calif.

            Claudia Vazquez, Unum, Glendale, Calif.

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