(CEO) Maya Cinemas North America, Inc.
Moctesuma Esparza is one of the premier Chicano film and theater arts advocates in the United States. He is the Co-Founder/Board member of the National Association of Latino Producers, is an Advisory Board Member of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, is Chair of the Board, New America Alliance (2000-03), is a member of the corporate Board of Directors of the Motion Picture Television Fund, and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Museum of Latin American Art. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the Minority Media Telecommunications Council, and is a founder of the Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise Charter School. Mr. Esparza has produced, director and/or executive on the following film projects; Walkout (2006), Gods and Generals (2003), Price of Glory (2000), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), Rough Riders (1997), The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997), Selena (1997), The Cisco Kid (1994), Gettysburg (1993), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), The Telephone (1988), Radioactive Dreams (1985), The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982), Only Once in a Lifetime (1979), Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country (1977).
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(Owner) Tres Rebecas
Rebecca Barrera was formerly the President of the National
Latino Children's Institute, an organization dedicated
to the healthy development of Latino children. Ms. Barrera
has served as an instructor in child development for
San Antonio College and the University of Texas at Austin.
Rebecca has co-authored several community development
kits to implement the National Latino Children's Agenda,
including Corazón de Mi Vida, a child passenger
safety program, and El Día de los Niños:
Celebrating Young Americans. Other programs she has
developed include Cara y Corazón for parents,
Mi Casa Es Su Casa for family childcare providers, and
Scholastic's Early Childhood Workshop/El Taller for
pre-K and kindergarten classrooms. In addition to serving
on the Self Reliance Foundation board, Ms. Barrera sits
on the Board of Directors of Scholastic, Inc. Previous
Board membership includes National Association for the
Education of Young People and Community Resources Group.
Currently, Ms. Barrera is exercising her entrepreneurial
skills as the founder and owner of Tres Rebecas
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(Treasurer) National Real Estate Clearinghouse, Chicago,
IL
Evan Gladstone is President of The National Real Estate
Clearinghouse, Inc., a Chicago-based company that auctions
real estate holdings for major banks, corporations,
the federal government and Mexican banks. A business
and Internet consultant, Mr. Gladstone specializes in
applying new technologies to connect distant communities.
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(Chairman), CEO, Hispanic Radio Network, Washington,
DC
Jeffrey Kline is a founding member of the Self Reliance
Foundation/Acceso Hispano. He has guided the organization
since its inception in 1979. His award-winning media
projects have aired nationally on both public television
and commercial radio. Mr. Kline has personally produced
over 10,000 individual Spanish radio programs, 12 documentary
films in English and Spanish, and more than 100 television
spots, including public service campaigns. He holds
a master's degree in Education from New Mexico Highlands
University.
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(Secretary), Chief Hydrologist, LFR Environmental Consultants,
Berkeley, CA
Lucas Wright Paz is an environmental consultant specializing
in the restoration of fresh water ecosystems and environmental
education. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Management
from the University of California at Berkeley.
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(Director), Slade & Associates, P.C. New York, NY
Jeffrey Slade, founder of Slade and Associates, is a
civil and criminal attorney. He was previously a founding
partner of Levanthal and Slade, where he practiced from
1984 to 1999. He has tried cases throughout the United
States, in both federal and state courts, and is admitted
to the state bars of New York, Texas and five federal
districts, five federal courts of appeal and the U.S.
Supreme Court. Mr. Slade teaches litigation tactics
for the New York Bar Association and the Practicing
Law Institute. Mr. Slade recently won the largest age
discrimination worker's rights lawsuit in the history
of New York. He also holds a divinity degree and served
as President of the Riverside Church in New York.
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