Past Honorees

On July 8, 2010, the HNBF recognized the achievements of the following leaders:

Cruz Reynoso

HNBF Lifetime Leadership Award

Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law; former associate justice of the California Supreme Court; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Natalie M. Gomez-Velez

HNBF Academic Leadership Award

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, CUNY Law School

Judge Vanessa Ruiz

HNBF Judicial Leadership Award

Associate Judge for the D.C. Court of Appeals

 

Keynote Address

 Juan Seplveda

 Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans