2016 Convention National Honorary Co-Chairs

National Honorary Co-Chairs

Arturo S. Rodríguez
UFW President

Helen F. Chavez
Widow of Cesar Chavez

Ed Begley Jr.
Actor, Director, Activist

Henry Cisneros
Founder & Chairman, CityView

Maria Elena Durazo
General VP for Imm., Civil Rights, and Diversity, Unite Here

Kevin de Leon
President Pro Tem, California

Honorable Dianne Feinstein
US Senator

Caroline Farrell
Executive Director, CRPE

Honorable Bishop Richard Garcia
Diocese of Monterey

Luz Gonzalez
Dean of Social Science, CSUF

Mary Kay Henry
SEIU President

Joe Hernandez (Little Joe)
Little Joe and La Familia

Steven Jacobs
Rabbi

Bobby Kennedy Jr.
President, Waterkeeper Alliance

Kerry Kennedy
Human Rights Activist and writer

Kris Kristofferson
Actor, Musician, Activist

Benito Martinez
Actor

Lupe Martinez
President and CEO, UMOS

Ken McNeeley
President, AT&T California

Janet Murguia
President, NCLR

Terry O’Sullivan
President, LiUANA

Jose Padilla
Executive Director, CRLA

Honorable Nancy Pelosi
House Democratic Minority Leader

Dr. Robert Ross
President, The California Endowment

Thomas A. Saenz
President & General Counsel, MALDEF

Beto Sala
Attorney, H.A. Sala Law Firm

Angelica Salas
Executive Director, CHIRLA

Ignacio Salazar
President and CEO, SER National

Julie Taylor
Executive Director, National Farm Worker Ministry

David Torres
Attorney, Law Offices of David A. Torres