MALDEF CELEBRATES IN CHICAGO
Left to right: MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, Griselda Vega Samuel
Regional Counsel, Midwest, and MALDEF Board Chairman, Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel at the InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile Hotel.
MALDEF CELEBRATES 50 YEARS IN CHICAGO
Left to right: Marty Castro,President and CEO of Casa Central; Griselda Vega Samuel, Regional Counsel, Midwest, and Alberto Ortega.
MALDEF Honoree and President
Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza and MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz .
MALDEF HONORING LATINO LEADERSHIP
Left to right: Donald Irvin with the award given to his late wife, Dr. Patricia Telles-Irvin, Northwestern University Vice President for Student Affair; MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz; Maria Saldaña – with her husband (left) – general counsel for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza with husband David M Szostak, and MALDEF Board Chairman, Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel
MALDEF LEADERSHIP AND HONOREE
Left to right: MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, honoree Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza and husband, David M Szostak, and MALDEF Board Chairman, Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel.
MALDEF 50th ANNIVERSARY GALA, CHICAGO
Left to right: MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz; honoree Maria Saldaña, general counsel for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; MALDEF Griselda Vega Samuel
Regional Counsel, Midwest; honoree Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza and husband David M Szostak, and MALDEF Board Chairman, Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel.
MALDEF PRESIDENT AND BOARDMEMBERS
Left to right: MALDEF Board Chairman, Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of SABEResPODER; MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, and Juan Cartagna, Latino Justice PRLDEF President and General Counsel, at MALDEF's 50th Anniversary Chicago Awards Gala.
MALDEF HONORS COMMUNITY SERVICE
MALDEF bestowed its Excellence in Community Service Award on Maria Saldaña, general counsel for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority.
MALDEF HONORS GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Illinois State Comptroller, Susana A. Mendoza thanks MALDEF for the Excellence in Government Service Aw
ard at the organization's 50th Anniversary Awards Gala in Chicago
MALDEF 50th ANNIVERSARY CHICAGO AWARDS GALA
MALDEF 50th Anniversary Chicago Awards Gala. Left to right: MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz,; Griselda Vega Samuel
Regional Counsel, Midwest; and former MALDEF Regional Counsel, the Honorable Patricia Mendoza; attorney Virginia Martinez , formerly of MALDEF, and former MALDEF Regional Counsel, Arturo Jauregui of Jauregui & Associates.
MALDEF 50th Anniversary, Chicago
Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel and guest at the organization's 50th Anniversary Chicago Awards Gala.
MALDEF HONOREES AND FAMILY
Dr. Patricia Telles-Irvin, Northwestern University Vice President for Student Affairs, was honored posthumously with the Excellence in Community Service Award for her long career working for students, especially low-income and marginalized students, in higher education. Pictured left to right: Donald Irvin; Dr. Lesley-Ann Brown-Henderson, who accepted the award, and Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel.