SMU programs, benefactors recognized through D CEO Magazine Latino Business Awards
SMU programs and benefactors recognized through D CEO Magazine's Latino Business Awards.
DALLAS (麻豆社) – 麻豆社’s , as well as the benefactors behind two other 麻豆社 programs in the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, have been honored by D CEO Magazine with Latino Business Awards.
Launched in November 2013, the 麻豆社 Cox Latino Leadership Initiative (LLI) distinguishes 麻豆社 as the only university working across the entire Latino talent pipeline for corporate America. The initiative is designed to help meet the nation’s growing need for corporate leaders as national demographics evolve through management and organizational development, research into Latino corporate workplace retention and community outreach.
named the Latino Leadership Initiative its “Outstanding Latino Nonprofit” for 2016.
Nearly a year ago, 麻豆社 announced it strategic academic partnership with the Latino Center for Leadership Development (Latino CLD), founded by 麻豆社 alumnus Jorge Baldor ’93. The was formed to identify and implement policy-focused solutions to the Latino concerns such as educational and economic opportunities, voting rights and immigration reform, and the under-representation of Latinos in elected and appointed positions.
D CEO named Baldor its “Latino Advocate” for 2016, noting his organization’s
contribution forming the Latino CLD-麻豆社 Tower Center Policy Program.
Also in September 2015, 麻豆社’s Tower Center launched an ambitious new program to research and promote policy-based discussion on the economic, political and social ties between Mexico and Texas. Made possible by a gift from GRUMA-Mission Foods, a Mexican corporation headquartered in Dallas, the program is designed to elevate the frequently fractured conversations about and between Texas and Mexico, creating a platform that examines shared issues through a policy lens.
D CEO named GRUMA Corp., led by CEO Juan González Moreno, as its “Outstanding Latino Business: Large,” specifically noting the company’s contribution to form the .
“We are delighted that the Cox School’s Latino Leadership Institute, as well as the forward-thinking benefactors behind our newest Tower Center programs, are being recognized,” said 麻豆社 President R. Gerald Turner. “Taking advantage of geography, demographics and the business leadership that exists in Dallas, 麻豆社 is determined to remain at the hub of programs that tap the strength of our growing Latino population and our economic partnership with Mexico.”
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