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1. Comité Noviembre | Awards
www.comitenoviembre.org/Englis - [Cached]Published on: 1/25/2008 Last Visited: 7/19/2008
Dr. Antonia Pantoja, founder of ASPIRA of NY receives award from Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez, VP for Education & Government, Cablevision & former Executive Director of ASPIRA of New York -
2. NHLI 2007 Executive Leadership Development Conference & Mujer Awards Gala
www.nhli.org/mujer_workshops.h - [Cached]Published on: 12/25/2006 Last Visited: 4/17/2008
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez was confirmed by the New York State Senate as the 65th Secretary of State on March 6, 2007.Secretary Cortés-Vázquez is the first Hispanic to hold the position.In her inaugural address, she pledged that she would use her position as Secretary of State to support Governor Eliot Spitzer's efforts to create "One New York for all New Yorkers."Secretary Cortés-Vázquez comes to the New York Department of State with a background in the corporate, non-profit, and government sectors that extends over 27 years.Prior to her appointment, she was Vice President of Government and Public Affairs at Cablevision Systems Corporation, a leading media, entertainment and telecommunications company.Secretary Cortés-Vázquez has gained national recognition for her distinguished work in the non-profit sector.She served as President of the Hispanic Federation, a non-profit network of 90 Latino health and human service agencies.Secretary Cortés-Vázquez also has extensive experience in government.In 2001, she was appointed to the New York State Board of Regents, a position she held until 2007.A graduate of Hunter College, Secretary Cortés-Vázquez has a master's degree from New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.She has certificates from Harvard University's Women and Power: Leadership in the New World Program and from Columbia University's School of Non-Profit Management.She is a 2001 NHLI Alumna.
Rep. Delia GarciaRep. Delia Garcia is the youngest female and first ever Latina elected to the Kansas Legislature.She is also a professor of American Federal Government at Butler Community College, and helps with the family restaurant "Connie's Mexico Café" in Wichita, Kansas.Rep. -
3. New York Daily News March 29, 2005 A member of the powerful state Board of Regents is also being paid as a lobbyist for Cablevision as it pushes to kill the Jets' stadium project...
www.westsidestadium.org/conten - [Cached]Published on: 3/29/2005 Last Visited: 3/11/2008
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez, 54, is able to hold both positions because of loopholes in state ethics laws.
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Cortes-Vasquez, former head of the Hispanic Federation and a one-time top aide to former Bronx Democratic Party chief Roberto Ramirez, did not return messages left at her office at Cablevision, where she is vice president for government affairs.
