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CHLI 19th Annual Gala and Leadership Awards


May 15, 2024 Waldorf Astoria, DC
Secure your sponsorship table by contacting Maytee Sanz at msanz@chli.org.
Purchase individual tickets here

2024 Honorees

CHLI Founders International Leadership Award
His Excellency Santiago Peña President of the Republic of Paraguay

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CHLI Lifetime Leadership Award
The Honorable Lincoln Diaz-Balart

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CHLI Leadership in Public Service
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada 

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CHLI Leadership in Public Service
Representative Nicole Malliotakis of New York

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CHLI 2024 Ambassador Award
Eduardo Arabu, CEO of National Hispanic Corporate Council, CHLI Class of 2010

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2023 CHLI Gala and Leadership Awards Strength and Diversity 

Representative Sharlett Mena was honored as the first CHLI Alumni elected to public office.

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2022 CHLI Gala and Leadership Awards Strength and Diversity 

Senator Tim Scott, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and the Honorable Mark Andrew Green

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2021 CHLI Leadership in Public Service Award and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen International Leadership Award
Senator Portman and Adriano Espailat received the Leadership in Public Service Award, and Ambassador Pavilionis received the 2021 Ileana-Ros Lehtinen International Leadership Award.

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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.

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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

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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

2023 VIDEO RECAP

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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.