Mary Alice Cisneros accepted HACU’s Lifelong Leadership Award on behalf of her husband, Henry Cisneros, Executive Chairman, CityView

Chris Hackem, President and Chief Operating Officer, ARAMARK Higher Education, K-12 Education and Corrections, accepted the Outstanding HACU Private Sector Partner award on behalf of ARAMARK

Dr. Tessa Martinez Pollack, President of Our Lady of the Lake University, accepted the Outstanding HACU-Member Institution on behalf of the institution

Elizabeth Gutierrez, Ph.D., Director of State Policy, accepted the Extraordinary Philanthropic Partner Award on behalf of the Lumina Foundation

U.S. Army – Colonel Peggy Combs, Deputy Commanding General of the United State Army Cadet Command

Department of the Interior – Francisco Carrillo, Deputy Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Secretary

U.S. Coast Guard – Captain Brendan Frost, HACU Liaison for the Coast Guard

The panelists and moderator for the Town Hall Meeting (l-r) Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX), Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., Chancellor, The University of Texas System, Elizabeth R. Gutierrez, Ph.D.: Director of State Policy, Lumina Foundation for Education, and moderator Lena T. Rodriguez, Ph.D.: Chief Marketing and Development Officer of the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership, Inc

Monica Navarro of KWEX 41 Univision was the emcee for HACU’s Silver Anniversary Gala