Third Annual

The 3rd Annual Latino Leadership Awards

PDJ Salutes our Third Class of Latino Leadership Award Winners

For 25 years Profiles in Diversity Journal has honored outstanding individuals who have blazed new trails, welcomed challenges, mentored others, advanced diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the community, and excelled in their chosen fields. Now, PDJ is honoring Latino Leaders with our third Latino Leadership Awards.

The 40 profiles that appear in this issue recognize and celebrate the hard work and impressive achievements of these Latino Leaders. Each award recipient has also provided us with the answers to some interesting questions and an essay that will give you, our readers, a chance to get to know these multitalented, multilingual, and trailblazing individuals a little better.

Welcome to PDJ’s third annual Latino Leadership Awards.

Education (degrees & institutions):

J.D., Georgetown University; B.A. Georgetown University

Company Name:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Industry: Law

Company CEO: Kim Koopersmith

Number of Employees: 1,800+

Your Location (if different from above): Geneva, Switzerland

Words you live by:

If you want to lift up yourself, lift up someone else – Booker T. Washington

Who is your personal hero?

The people of Ukraine

What book(s) are you reading?

Victory City by Salman Rushdie

What was your first job?

Intern at Colombia’s Trade Office in Washington, DC

Favorite charity: Swiss Solidarity

Interests/Hobbies: Motorcycle riding

Family: Gabrielle, my wife of 25 years, Adrian, 17 and Camille, 11

Alan Yanovich Partner, International Trade