the team
the team
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Rosario Dawson (Co-Founder/Actor) is the internationally renowned actress who has actively helped recruit other celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Alba to the Voto Latino cause. Ms. Dawson received the Newsweek ‘Women In Leadership’ Award as well as the Hispanic Heritage Foundation ‘Leadership Vision’ award in recognition of her civic engagement work with Voto Latino since 2004. She has also played an active role with on-the-ground voter registration and will make herself available to support Voto Latino’s upcoming initiatives around the 2010 Census. |
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Maria Teresa Kumar (Executive Director/Co-Founder) – named by Hispanic Magazine as among the top Latinas in Government and Politics, Ms. Petersen launched the first ever national mobile texting campaign to register voters in 2006, has produced award winning PSA’s, created the Artist Coalition of over 35 active celebrity voices, and built a media coalition that includes MySpace, YouTube, iTunes Latino, SiTV, LATV and MTV. In addition to serving as a frequent guest on Chris Matthew’s Hardball, Petersen appears on CNBC, NPR, CNN Español, and Fox News as a political analyst. She serves as a frequent guest speaker at national conferences focusing on social entrepreneurship and Latino issues. She holds a Masters from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelors from University California, Davis in international economics. |
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Josh Norek (Deputy Director) has more than 13 years of experience in bilingual youth marketing and media. During the 2008 election season he oversaw Voto Latino’s national media and PSA campaigns, and managed the organization’s “Latin Swing State” strategy. Prior to joining Voto Latino he was VP of Nacional Records where he oversaw all media, marketing and licensing for multiple Grammy-winning Latin recording artists. He is a graduate of Cornell University and Southwestern Law School and a frequent commentator on NPR, NY Times and BBC regarding Latino youth marketing matters. |
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Steve Alfaro (Online/Digital Director) recently oversaw the award-winning “Crash the Parties” site as part of Voto Latino’s election season partnership with SíTV. He has overseen the design of our civic engagement initiatives for the past 1 ½ years, and recently received a Myspace Impact Award for community organizing in recognition of Voto Latino’s online outreach. Prior to joining Voto Latino he oversaw digital/online design for national television network SíTV. Steve Alfaro is a graduate of the Art Institute of California. |
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Jimmy Hernández (Fall Fellow) attends Howard University in Washington, D.C. where he’s in his final year to earn a master’s degree in mass communications and media studies with a focus in political communication. Prior to starting his graduate career at Howard, he lived in his native Miami where he was a public relations officer for several clients at Wragg & Casas Public Relations. As the managing account executive for Commerce Bank, Jimmy coordinated all media initiatives for the company’s Florida market. His efforts produced high profile television news reports, newspaper articles and reports in business publications for the bank’s services and community outreach. He graduated from Bethune-Cookman University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications.
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