The Nationwide Hispanic Development Alliance (NHCA), a commerce affiliation powered by the Nationwide Affiliation of Hispanic Actual Property Professionals (NAHREP) and devoted to empowering the Hispanic neighborhood within the building trade, has introduced its inaugural nationwide board of administrators.
“This marks a pivotal milestone in NHCA’s mission to offer capacity-building, entry to capital, and enterprise alternatives for members, fostering development and success at each degree of the development sector,” a press launch on the announcement states.
Hispanic staff now comprise over 30 p.c of the U.S. building workforce and have pushed almost 60 p.c of the trade’s workforce development in recent times; nevertheless, solely about 16 p.c of Hispanic building staff maintain administration or supervisory roles, which is much under the illustration of their non-Hispanic friends. NHCA officers say this highlights “the pressing want for higher illustration and development alternatives in management positions.”
To deal with this hole and work in direction of “significant progress,” the board of administrators will play an important position in “advancing the group’s mission and 5 pillars: capability constructing, entry to capital, neighborhood empowerment, advocacy, and networking,” the press launch states.
Inaugural nationwide board of administrators members are:
- Jerry Ascencio, president, Mission Actual Property
- Rodrigo d’Escoto, Jr., founder, president, and CEO, Refection Window + Wall
- Manny Perez, senior vice chairman, actual property and public finance, Cabrera Capital
- David Adame, founder, president, and CEO, Grupo Adame, LLC
- Phil Bracken, CMB, vice chairman, Falcon Capital Advisors
- Gary Acosta, co-founder and CEO, NAHREP
- Mark Madrid, CEO and founder, Breakthrough Professionals, LLC; Honorary Colonel, U.S. Military Reserve
“The Nationwide Board of Administrators brings a wealth of expertise and a shared dedication to championing the Hispanic workforce and enterprise neighborhood,” stated Sergio Barajas, NHCA government director. “They’ll present the management wanted to turn-key findings and coverage priorities into actionable progress for the Hispanic workforce and enterprise neighborhood.”
The board’s work will take motion on key findings from NHCA’s current State of Hispanics in Development Report and the accompanying 2025 coverage priorities: immigration reform, honest labor practices, regulatory aid for minority-owned companies, and financial insurance policies that help small companies.
