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Chair Rebecca Cameron Valcq
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
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Chair Rebecca Cameron Valcq
was appointed by Governor Tony Evers as Commissioner at the
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
for a six-year term beginning on January 7, 2019. Governor Evers also appointed her as Commission Chair for a two-year term effective March 2, 2019. Thus, making her the first Latina to Chair a utility commission and first in Wisconsin to be appointed.
Prior to her appointments, Ms. Valcq was a partner at Quarles & Brady Law Firm in the energy, environment and natural resources practice group.
Previous to that position, she was regulatory counsel for Wisconsin Electric Power Company where she advised management on all areas of regulatory law in multiple jurisdictions as well as compliance matters.
She is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and serves on the Committee on Water, and the Subcommittee on Supplier and Workforce Diversity. She serves on the board of directors for the Organization of Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) States.
Ms. Valcq earned her undergraduate degree from Drake University and her law degree from Marquette University.
She was named a “40 Under 40” by the Milwaukee Business Journal in 2013 and received a Girl Scout Leadership G.I.R.L. award in 2019. She has served on a number of non-profit boards of directors including Centro Legal, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee and the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast. She was a member of the United Way’s Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Committee and Marquette University Law School’s Diversity Committee.
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Chair Valcq comes from a highly accomplished family. She is the daughter of successful former Milwaukee Hispanic Chamber leader Maria Monreal-Cameron who retired from her post in 2013 after serving for 24 years.
According to the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Maria grew the chamber from 80 members to more than 500 members and was recognized by the
U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 14 times.
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Frank Garcia - New York City
Chairman
National Association of State Latino Chambers of Commerce
Until recently, Frank Garcia, a New York City small business-owner, led the New York State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He offers a street level perspective of the devastating impact COVID-19 and the violent riots have on Latino owned businesses.
Click to listen to audio interview
with Frank's fascinating description of how Latino small business owners are challenged by the pandemic and repeated riots and lack of government concern.
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- Family history in public service, his father, Ben Luján, was Speaker of the House in New Mexico House of Representative
- 2004 - Elected to New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
- 2008 - Elected to succeed U.S. Representative Tom Udall in the 3rd Congressional District
- Reelected every two years since and in 2018 received 63.4% of the vote.
- Feb. 2020 - Reported Ben Ray Luján outraised foes in open Senate Race
- Last Hispanic Senator was Joseph M. Montoya who served from 1964 to 1977.
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Sure looks like it.
Congressman Ben Ray
Luján just won the New Mexico primary election this week and will be the Democrat candidate to replace retiring U.S. Senator Tom Udall.
Luján ran unopposed by other Democrats but will compete against Mark V. Ronchetti in the November general election.
New Mexico has been trending Democrat and simply by the vote count as of June 4,
Luján had 205,000 votes from the Democrats while the Republican total vote was 154,052.
Hispanics make up 48.5% of New Mexico's population, according to the World Atlas.
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SENATOR JOSEPH M. MONTOYA
(D NM) 1964 -1977
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Mr. Ben Ray
Luján, a Democrat, has demonstrated an exemplary public service career and been in elected public service since 2005. He has demonstrated a love of public policy with a pragmatic recognition of the politics of getting things done.
Mr.
Luján served in the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) from 2005 to 2008, where he also served as Chairman. He was very supportive of the creation of the National Utilities Diversity Council (NUDC) co-founded by Michael R. Peevey, former president of the CA Public Utlities Commission and, yours truly, myself. He helped increase the Renewable Portfolio Standards in New Mexico that requires utilities to diversify their renewable use to include solar, wind and biomass.
In 2009, Mr.
Luján was elected to the House of Representatives where
he rose to be the highest ranking
Latino member in the House and now serves as "Assistant Speaker". He led the Democrats to win a House majority in the 2018 elections.
New Mexico's 48% Hispanic population is ready for one of their own to represent such a historically significant state, once part of Mexico. The last Latino U.S. Senator was Joseph B. Montoya who ended his Senate term in 1977.
Mr. Luján earned a degree in Business Administration and appreciates the value the business sector brings to the table, a perspective that is important for champions of economic development.
For these reasons the
Latino Journal endorses Ben Ray
Luján for the U.S. Senate representing the state of New Mexico and urges voters to seriously consider supporting his election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
José L. Pérez
Publisher
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Sacramento City Council Member Eric Guerra
Appoints Isela C. P
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rez, Sac Dance Lab
To The Sacramento Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Commission
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Eric Guerra, Sacramento City Council Member elected to District 6 in April 2015, works to bring other young people into civic engagement. He recently appointed Isela C. P
érez to the Sacramento Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Commission. His leadership is reminiscent of former Mayor Joe Serna, Jr. who was also committed to the arts. Guerra says, "We are fortunate to have Isela on the Commission. Congrats Comish!"
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Isela C. P
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rez
, a former dancer for the Sacramento Kings who earned a BA in Broadcast Journalism, founded Sac Dance Lab as a way to offer aspiring dancers an opportunity to develop professional dancing skills and perhaps enlist in professional sports dancing. Isela looks forward to contributing to the Commission and says, "I am excited to help! I enjoy owning my own business while contributing to Sacramento's cultural value."
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SELECT STORIES - Week of June 8, 2020
COVID-19
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
WASHINGTON D.C.
2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
NEW MEXICO'S JUNE 2 PRIMARY RESULTS
EDUCATION
POLICE TACTICS CONTROVERSY
ENERGY
MEXICO
PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL
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Meet John A.
Pérez
, Chair, Board of Regents
University of California (UC) and Former Speaker of the CA State Assembl
y
University of California Quick Facts:
- 10 campuses
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- 3 national laboratories
- 160 academic disciplines
- 800 degree programs
- 280,380 students
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- 2.0 million living alumni
- 64 Nobel laureates
- 430,000 jobs supported
- $46.3 billion contributed to California economy
- Secures $7 in federal and private dollars for every $1 in research funding provided by the state of California
- $70 billion pension fund
- $13.4 billion endowment fund
- $126.1 billion total assets under management
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