May 7, 2025 Waldorf Astoria, DC
Secure your sponsorship table by contacting Maytee Sanz at msanz@chli.org.
Purchase individual tickets here.
CHLI 21st Annual Gala and Leadership Awards
We will be adding 2025 Sponsors in February
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2023 CHLI 20 Year Anniversary Gala and Leadership Awards Strength and Diversity
Representative Sharlett Mena was honored as the first CHLI Alumni elected to public office.
2022 CHLI Gala and Leadership Awards Strength and Diversity
Senator Tim Scott, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and the Honorable Mark Andrew Green
2021 CHLI Leadership in Public Service Award and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen International Leadership Award
Senator Rob Portman and Congressman Adriano received the Leadership in Public Service Award, and The Honorable Zygimantas Pavilionis Pavilionis received the 2021 Ileana-Ros Lehtinen International Leadership Award.
2020 Leadership in Public Service Honoree, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt
Leadership in Public Service Award Recipients U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (MO) and U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar (CA) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen International Leadership Award Recipient, Rosa María Payá, Leader of Cuba Decide and Human Rights Activist.
2019 CHLI Ileana Ros-Lehtinen International Leadership Award Presented to Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States
(L-R) Congresswoman Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, CHLI Treasurer John Hoel, CHLI Board Member Joe Avila, Gala Chair Nathalie Rayes, Chairman The Honorable Lincoln Diaz-Balart, former Congresswoman The Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Henry Cuellar and CHLI Board Members
2018 CHLI Ileana Ros-Lehtinen International Leadership Award
(L-R) CHLI Gala Chair Nathalie Rayes, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, Congressman Bill Flores, CHLI Chairman The Honorable Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, her husband Dexter Lehtinen, and their daughter Patricia Lehtinen Silva, with CHLI Board Members
To join us as a sponsor, please contact Maytee Sanz, CHLI Director of Philanthropy & External Affairs, at msanz@chli.org
For media inquiries, please contact Mary Ann Gomez Orta at mgomezorta@chli.org and 202-347-8280.