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The Comunicad team is an award-winning staff representing a cross-section of the U.S. multicultural experience. We possess the insight because we are part of the target audience. |
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Gloria Rodriguez, President and CEO
(Puerto Rico)
Gloria Rodriguez is dedicated to elevating the advancement of women's issues through her involvement with Congress, national organizations, and Corporate America. Her exceptional visionary and leadership skills have led her to build strategic coalitions to advocate on behalf of multicultural women, children, and families in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Latin America. Gloria has helped drive change in the "male dominated" boardroom and management of Fortune 500 companies and key organizations and opened doors to increasing numbers of women to enter unprecedented arenas.
Gloria began her career in Washington, DC on the Metromedia News team, now Fox Television, Channel 5. As the only Hispanic producer in a major news market of the US, she had an impact on issues affecting the community locally, globally, and nationally. She left Metromedia News to become Vice President of the National Puerto Rican Forum, the oldest Puerto Rican social service organization in the United States. Wishing to have her own in-culture marketing communications firm, Gloria established Comunicad—a public relations, communications and advertising firm with expertise in the Hispanic market and Latin America. Through her business she has worked primarily with the private sector in developing campaigns and programs that make the business case for philanthropic/corporate social responsibility activity. Gloria is a founding Board Member of the University of Maryland's Academy of Leadership. She was a founding Board Member and past Chair of the National Hispana Leadership Institute, a national training institute for Hispanic women in coordination with Harvard University and the Center for Creative Leadership, as well as the National Latino Children's Institute. She serves on the Board of Directors of Capacitas International, an organization dedicated to training women in developing and European countries. Gloria is also a member of the Inter-American Development Bank's first Advisory Board for Women's Leadership in the Americas, as well as the International Women's Forum and Women in International Trade. She is currently a Board Member of Centro Fox, the first Presidential library in Latin America and she's on the Board of Directors for the Center for Latino Initiatives at the Smithsonian Institution. In 2009, Gloria became the founding Vice Chair of Global Business Sustainability Forum with former President Vicente Fox (Mexico). She is also an appointed Founding Fellow of the Gallup International Institute at Princeton University. Throughout the years, Gloria has been presented with many awards and accolades, such as the Diversity Champion Award by the Public Relations Society of America, National Capital Chapter. She was also selected as "Visionary Leader for the 21st Century" by The Gallup Organization, their highest Leadership Award. She has also received many recognitions from distinguished institutions, including the University of Texas; the Academy for Educational Development; the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture; OIC of America in Illinois; Head Start of America; the National Hispanic Leadership Conference; the Department of Defense; the Texas American Chambers of Commerce; the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce; the New York Federation of Chambers of Commerce; the National Puerto Rican Forum, from whom she received The President's Distinguished Service Award; the California Chambers of Commerce; the National Network of Hispanic Women; the National Hispanic Leadership Conference; the Center for Creative Leadership; the American Press Institute; the National Association of Hispanic Publications; the Women's Bureau of the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico; Women Legislators of Argentina; Capacitas International Project Interchange, through which she was honored by the government of Israel as one of the top 15 Hispanic leaders chosen for a socio/political seminar in Israel; and The Mayor of San Antonio, who named her an "Honorary Citizen of San Antonio."
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