CHLI Gala and Leadership Awards
About the Gala
2023 Leadership Award Winners:
Rep. J. Luis Correa and Lindsey Graham
2023 Ambassador Award Winners:
Cesar Prieto and Gabriella Boffeli
Remarks by CHLI Founder and Chairman Lincoln Diaz-Balart at 18th Annual Gala & Awards
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The CHLI Founders International Leadership Award celebrates an individual whose leadership has had global impact.
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 Portman and Adriano Espailat received the Leadership in Public Service Award, and Ambassador 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
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