President.- Christina M. Guillén-Cook, MBA, RN is a Marketing, Communication, and Business Consultant. She is a native Californian who relocated to the South Puget Sound area in August, 2000. Before acquiring her Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, she worked as a registered nurse for 18 years. Since her move to the area, she has been active in a number of community organizations. Currently, Ms. Guillén-Cook is a board member of Community Health Care and the Puget Sound Educational Service District and R. Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship Foundation. She is also a member of Latino Educational Alliance (LEA), and a member of the American Leadership Forum Class XI.

President Elect .- Melody Rodriguez is the Director of Youth and Family Programs at Centro Latino, a non profit social services agency providing Latinos in Pierce County with opportunities to improve their lives through education and family services.  Ms. Rodriguez is a native of Tacoma and has worked with the Latino community since 1993.  She has a B.A. in Sociology from Central Washington University.  Ms. Rodriguez is a member of the Latino Education Alliance (LEA), Conexion Latina, and a member of the distribution committee of The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation.

Treasurer.- Roberto Lopez is a 1998 graduate of the University of Oregon and a Desert Storm veteran. He currently works as the Youth Education Coordinator at Centro Latino. In addition to Conexion Latina, he is involved with the Latino Education Alliance and the Latino Vote Project.

 

Secretary.- Cenobio Macías, Currently co-chair of the Latino Education Alliance (LEA); serves on the state Bias & Fairness committee that reviews the items for WASL; Washington Education Association (WEA) clock hour committee; auditor for the Washington School Improvement Program; exhibit chair for the Washington State Association for Multicultural Education (WSAME); assessor for Early Childhood Education (ECAP) and Head Start in the Tacoma School District.

Parliamentarian.- David Artis a member of Conexion Latina and board member of Centro Latino. He has lived in Pierce County for 40 years. Graduate of Pacific Lutheran University. Founding member of his community organization (Midland Residents Association). His focus is the advancement of Latinos within the greater community in education and political arena.  

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