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Cover story · 26 Oct 2026Juan Longoria, Vice President of Customer Care at Enseo, on the site that went from last to first, the call center job he thought was temporary, and why he tells new leaders how the path actually works.
Adelante · 15 Oct 2026Brenda L. Sanchez-Pineda is Vice President, People and Culture, North America, at Robertet Inc., where she is building new financial-support benefits so employees stop borrowing against their retirement. She finished her bachelor’s degree over ten years while working full time, then went on to a master’s. Her advice to the next leader: when you are scared, do it scared.
Adelante · 13 Oct 2026George Barrios is Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Isos Capital Management, building sports and media businesses through Isos Capital, Global Sport Group and Equine Network. He grew up in Queens, the son of Cuban immigrants, and built his career across finance, media, entertainment and sports. His argument is that failure should never become your identity.
Adelante · 13 Oct 2026Blanca Gonzalez serves as Senior Vice President and General Manager of WSS and is the first Latina to hold the position. She leads an integrated approach to product, brand, digital and the in-store experience, keeping the families and communities WSS serves at the heart of every decision. Her guiding philosophy is simple: “When you do what’s right for the community, the business will follow.”
Adelante · 13 Oct 2026Lisseth Zouhbi is Chief People and Culture Officer at Child Care Resource Center, preparing its workforce for the future of work and the impact of AI, and writing a book of her own. Based on her experience she believes that a faster, more complex world makes people skills matter more, not less.
Adelante · 13 Oct 2026Diana P. Abril is Chief Legal Officer at Lean Solutions Group, the company’s first, building a legal function that can scale with a business of about 12,000 people across the U.S., Latin America and the Philippines. Her argument is that a lawyer’s value is not in identifying risk or saying no, but in knowing which risks matter and helping the business find a responsible way forward.
Adelante · 13 Oct 2026Angel León is the founder of Coquí Ventures, a venture platform backing Latino founders the market overlooks, and of The Corridor, the media platform telling their stories. His argument is that the room was never going to invite you, so you build your own and hold the door open for the next person behind you.
Adelante · 9 Oct 2026Patricia Diaz-Rodriguez on leadership, legal innovation and building a career on her own terms
Adelante · 6 Oct 2026Adriana Rojas Garzón is Associate General Counsel at Bain Capital, building the processes and the people that let a legal team spend its time where judgment matters, and mentoring the lawyers coming up behind her. Her argument is that a loss you learn from is not a loss, and that good ideas can come from the person you least expect.
Adelante · 5 Oct 2026Pablo Segarra left the NYPD after an injury on the job, went to law school part time while he recovered, and founded Segarra IP, a trademark firm for founders building without a blueprint. His argument is that nobody should have more control over your story, or what you make, than you do.
Adelante · 5 Oct 2026Jennifer Amy is Chief Human Resources Officer of La Costeña USA, bringing several companies, histories and cultures together as one organization. Her argument is that integration is won in the listening that happens before anything changes, and that your background is part of your leadership, not something to overcome.
Adelante · 5 Oct 2026Oracio Galindo leads employee experience for the Los Angeles Rams, where he is modernizing HR systems, career pathways and leadership development. His argument is that leadership is a privilege, and that results follow the people you invest in, not the other way around.
Adelante · 5 Oct 2026Juan Longoria has just stepped in as Vice President of Customer Care at Enseo, after twenty years of leading people, and is building Built, Not Born, a plain-language method for leadership. His argument is that hitting your numbers and taking care of your people were never in conflict.
Adelante · 28 Sep 2026Lupe López builds the frameworks, agreement architecture and playbooks that let Adyen's legal team keep pace with new products and new markets. The argument in these answers is that AI's real opportunity in legal is to capture institutional knowledge and make good judgment available across the whole company.
Adelante · 28 Sep 2026Bettina A. Deynes is uniting Carnival Corporation's people function across its brands, regions, and shipboard and shoreside operations, anchored by a Global Crew Lifecycle Management model. Her argument is that leadership is not about proving how much you know but about helping others believe in what is possible.
Adelante · 28 Sep 2026Anthony Verdugo is Director and Assistant General Counsel at Workday, where his work includes public materials on how customers can unlock AI agents. His argument is that modern tech lawyers need empathy, deep technical literacy and decisive, pragmatic advice in equal measure.
Adelante · 28 Sep 2026Carlos Quezada is Vice Chairman and CEO of Carriage Services, and an immigrant who describes building his career one decision, one failure and one disciplined day at a time. His argument is that exceptional business performance and deeply human service are not competing priorities.
Adelante · 28 Sep 2026Carlos Facha is Chief General Counsel at IDEAL, where he is building the legal and deal infrastructure for a Mexican industrial group moving into upstream oil and gas. His argument is that certainty is not coming, so competence has to travel without it.
Adelante · 28 Sep 2026Daniel Gandarilla is building a shared leadership and culture framework at Gulf Coast Blood, an organization that runs around the clock across multiple locations. His argument is that trust is built slowly and lost quickly, and that high performance and humanity are not competing priorities.
Adelante · 28 Sep 2026Yanina de Vargas is CFO of Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia, building both a casino and a team as its permanent facility prepares to open. Her argument is that Hispanic backgrounds and stories are strengths, not obstacles, and belong in every room where decisions are made.
Adelante · 28 Sep 2026Augusto Aragone is Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Ingram Micro, reshaping its legal function around AI and more self-service delivery. His argument is that judgment is irreplaceable, and that taking the long view is how you build to last.
Adelante · 25 Sep 2026Veronica Rodriguez is Co-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at TelevisaUnivision, where she is building a legal organization that helps shape strategy rather than simply approve it. Her argument is that preparation can close the distance that experience has not yet covered.
Adelante · 25 Sep 2026Sofia Almeida is General Counsel and EVP of Zurich Seguros Ecuador and President of the Cámara Ecuatoriano Suiza, preparing for broader executive responsibilities. Her argument is that leadership is less about the position you hold than the responsibility you take on for the people and institutions you influence.
Adelante · 22 Sep 2026Marcela Denniston started in military cyber operations, built and sold her own cybersecurity company, and now runs NVIDIA's cyber defense operations and engineering. Her argument is that a career built on learning through change, more than on mastering one technology, is what prepares a leader for the AI moment.
