Instituto Laboral de la Raza A Recent History of Our Labor & Community Award Dinners
2006-2016 28 20062009 Guest of Honor and Labor Leader of the Year Terence M. O’Sullivan General President Laborers’ International Union of North America
Hon. Barbara Lee U.S. Congress (D-CA)
Michael J. McLaughlin Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 856
Larry Del Carlo President, Mission Housing Development Corporation
Marriott Hotel, San Francisco
29 2007 Guest of Honor and Labor Leader of the Year Anna Burger General Secretary- Treasurer, SEIU Chair, Change to Win Federation
Cristina R. Vazquez International Vice President, Western States UNITE HERE!, AFL- CIO
Hon. Nancy Pelosi House Speaker, U.S. Congress (D-CA)
Robert Alvarado Executive Officer, Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
Daniel Kane, Sr. Vice President, IBT Eastern Region President, Teamsters Local No. 111
Mike Borstel President, UFCW Local No. 101 Teamsters Joint Council No. 7
Marriott Hotel, San Francisco
30 2008 Guest of Honor and Labor Leader of the Year Joseph T. Hansen International President United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
Hon. Hillary Clinton U.S. Senate (D-NY)
Ronald J. Lind UFCW5 President
German Vazquez Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 901
Sal Roselli President, SEIU-UHW
John Jatoft CA State Director, American Income Life
Hilton Hotel, San Francisco
31 2009 Guest of Honor and Sister of the Year María Elena Durazo Executive Secretary-Treasurer Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Guest of Honor and Brother of the Year George L. Miranda President, Teamsters Joint Council 16 Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 210
Hon. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL), U.S. Congress
Paul A. Kenny President, Food & Drug Council, Inc. Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local No. 630
Jacques Loveall, President, UFCW 8 Golden State
John J. Gerow Principal Officer and President, Teamsters Local 97
Hilton Hotel, San Francisco
32 2010 Guest of Honor and Labor Leader of the Year Richard L. Trumka President, AFL-CIO
Bob Menendez United States Senator (NJ)
Ron Burkle Yucaipa Companies
Esther López Civil Rights & Community Action Director, UFCW International
Lucio M. Reyes Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 601
Ironworkers 377 San Francisco
United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco
33 2011 Guest of Honor and Labor Leader of the Year Edwin D. Hill International President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO
Barbara Boxer United States Senator (CA)
Alice A. Huffman President California NAACP
Earl “Marty” Averette Business Representative, Teamsters Local 856 IBT Freight Division Representative
George Landers Executive Director UFCW Western States Council
Josh Becker General Partner & Co-Founder New Cycle Capital
Major League Baseball Players Association
Marriott Hotel, San Francisco
34 2012 Guest of Honor and Labor Leader of the Year Mark Ayers President, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
James W. Kellogg International Representative, UA Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry
Hugh Dang, DDS CEO, Union Dental
Bill Lathrop President, UFCW Local 1167, AFL-CIO-CLC
Michael S. Mowrey International Vice President, IBEW District 9
Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 104
Marriott Hotel, San Francisco
35 2013 Guest of Honor & National Labor Leader of the Year James Boland President, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
Eliseo Medina International Secretary- Treasurer, SEIU
Rhonda Nelson International Chair, UFCW Women’s Network Recorder / Trustee, UFCW Local 1500
BAC Local 3 Northern California
Laborers’ Local 166 Hod Carriers
United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco
36 2014 Guest of Honor & National Labor Leader of the Year Patrick J. O’Neill Executive Vice President & Organizing Director United Food & Commercial Workers International Union
Ricardo F. Icaza President, UFCW Local 770 International Vice President, UFCW
Maria Ashley Alvarado Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 601 Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters California State Cannery Council
Sergio Rascón Business Manager, Laborers’ Union Local 300 International Vice President, Laborers’ International Union of North America
Hon. Raul Ruiz, M.D. Representative (CA-D36), United States Congress
Marriott Hotel, San Francisco
37 2015 International Labor Leader of the Year James T. Callahan General President, International Union of Operating Engineers
International Labor Leader of the Year Mary Kay Henry International President, Service Employees International Union
Carpenters Local 22 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Marriott Hotel, San Francisco
38 39 2016 International Labor Leader of the Year Newton B. Jones International President, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
National Innovation Leadership Award Joseph Sellers, Jr. General President, International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, & Transportation Workers
National Civil Rights Leadership Award Gavin Newsom Lieutenant Governor, California
Bay Area Leadership Award Olga Miranda President, SEIU Local 87
Hilton Hotel, San Francisco
40 41 Special Acknowledgements Are Gratefully Extended To The Following Friends and Supporters:
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ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OUR ADVISORY BOARD WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR GENEROSITY
42 Table of Contents of Our Advertisers
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