The Board

Rosario is an internationally renowned actor and activist who strongly believes in galvanizing and enfranchising American Latinos to promote a stronger America. She's been recognized in countless national publications, including Newsweek and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation for her tireless work with Voto Latino, which she co-founded in 2004. She has participated in several White House roundtable discussions on everything from Latino health andculture to civic participation. Rosario's leadership, commitment and vision has inspired other celebrities like Jessica Alba, Jennifer Lopez, Common, Wilmer Valderrama and Pitbull to get involved with the cause.

Named by PODER Magazine as one of the most notable 20 US Hispanics under 40 years old, Maria Teresa Kumar is the founding Executive Director of Voto Latino. Under her leadership, Maria Teresa grounded the organization in technology, developing the first voter registration via text message in 2006. She has grown the organization from a voter registration outlet to the leading social media, online community with over 15 media partners, 120 bloggers, 20 national partners and a field operation in seven states which have registered over 120,000 voters. She has leveraged over $16 million in gratis air-time and technology since the organization's founding. Maria Teresa created and directed Voto Latinos' civic engagement campaigns, all of which have garnered awards and praise from both the public and private sectors. Featured in HBO's Celebrity Habla, Maria Teresa most recently negotiated, co-produced and hosted the first English language, prime-time townhall with MSNBC called "Beyond Borderlines: Latinos & Immigration".

As Director of Local Government Relations for Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Northern California region, Brandon manages relationships with civic and community leaders, and provides strategic direction to help PG&E become the leading utility company in the United States. Brandon spearheaded PG&E's green efforts in San Francisco, including Verde Que te Quiero Verde, which educated the Latino community about the environment and the importance of living green. He's also responsible for bringing solar to prominent San Francisco institutions like the LGBT Center, Project Open Hand, San Francisco Food Bank, and the San Francisco Giant's AT&T Park—the first park in Major League Baseball to go solar! He's been recognized by San Francisco's 7x7 magazine as one of the "Hot 20 Under 40." Brandon also serves as liaison between PG&E and various environmental, LGBT, and Latino organizations.

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Danny Villa is Vice President of Programming & Development for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, where he works with producers, agents and writers to oversee and develop nonfiction programming for the channel.

Prior to joining OWN, Danny was Vice President of Wilmer Valderrama Enterprises, where he developed and produced live-action and animated programming focused on Latino youth-oriented content. He developed several scripted and non-scripted projects at FOX, MTV, Discovery Science, Disney and Nickelodeon.

Prior to OWN, Danny was at MTV Networks for over 10 years in various positions. Most recently, he served as Director of Talent & Series Development, where he cultivated relationships with music artists and celebrities to develop and cross promote MTV programming along with overseeing production of celebrity driven shows.