HENAAC is proud to announce the 5th Annual Luminary Honorees. This years Luminaries represent top professionals in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Each honoree is recognized for his/her contributions to the Hispanic technical community as a leader and role model. This year, we are happy to present the largest Luminary class with 29 extraordinary Hispanic engineers and scientists from corporate, government, and military sectors. Luminaries will be honored at two separate events on Friday, October 10, 2008 at the HENAAC Conference which will be held at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston, TX on October 9-12, 2008.
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Glen Patrick Abousleman, Ph.D. Director, Video Compression and Exploitation Laboratory
General Dynamics C4 Systems
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Jose Amoedo, Ph.D. Development Manager, V5 Program Office & V5 Application
The Boeing Company
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Lieutenant Richard A. Angelet Budget Analysis and Developer, USCG Assistant Commandant of Operations
U.S. Coast Guard
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Oscar Arroyo Senior Engineering Director, Systems Test Directorate
Raytheon
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Lamberto (Bobby) J. Ballí, P.E. Associate VP, South Texas District
HNTB Corporation
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Manuel D. Bustillos Sr. Engineer Technician
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
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Alex Casimiro Director of Information Technology
Texas Instruments
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Captain Peter J. Clarke Director for Personnel, Policy and Training, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
U.S. Navy
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Ed Cordero Executive Director, Global Prime Brokerage Account Manager
Morgan Stanley
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Carlos N. Czirmer Exterior Lighting Lead Engineer
General Motors
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Maria E. de la Torre Lead Emergency Management Specialist, EM Branch, Baltimore District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Ronald James Garcia Chief, Air Force Scientist and Engineer Career Program, Air Force Personnel Center
U.S. Air Force
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Milagros “Millie” Gonzalez Young Q21 Manager, ARDEC Quality Engineering & System Assurance Directorate
U.S. Army RDECOM
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Sharon M. Herbst Systems Release Engineer
Lockheed Martin
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Ensign Marissa C. Hobbs Fire Control Officer
U.S. Navy
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Jesus P. Lebeña Director of Sales, Mobile Devices Central America
Motorola
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Luis Leon Associate Technical Fellow,787 Propulsion Technology Integration & BCA Product Development Materials & Process Technology
The Boeing Company
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Captain Mordechai Levin, CAP USAF Auxiliary-Civil Air Patrol
Executive Director, Masterflight Foundation
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Jaime Lopez, Ph.D. Senior Staff Engineer, Technology Marketing
Chevron
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Phil M. Luna, P.E. Associate Director, Office of the Director of Engineering
NASA Ames Research Center
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Ricardo Lung 6 Sigma Black Belt, Product Design Engineer-Powertrain Operations
Ford Motor Company
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Michelle K. Medina Enterprise Systems Sales and Business Initiative Leader
IBM
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Juan A. Mendoza Industrial and Consumer Products Applications Engineer
Freescale Semiconductor
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Otto Parets Global Improvement Leader, Solution Polyethylene & Elastomers
The Dow Chemical Company
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Amanda Elyse Peña Subsea Commissioning Engineer
Chevron
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Charles E. Quintero Senior Advisory Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman Corporation
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Ingrid Beatriz Redmon Residential Sales and Marketing, Business Excellence Leader
Shaw Industries
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Fidel J. Rodriguez, P.E. Chief, Facilities Management Division, Logistics Directorate, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Charles Velez Senior Manager, Body Shop, Toledo North Assembly Plant
Chrysler
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