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Los Angeles Times Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility(DEIA) Visionary

LA TImes

Dec 2022

The work of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility leaders has been catapulted into the spotlight as they have been placed under additional pressure to provide guidance to their companies and the business community at large. The importance of their critical efforts cannot be overstated. Below, see a list of DEIA professionals and experts who are among California’s most prominent game-changers and thought leaders in the business world today.

Axios Boston Power Player

Axios

Dec 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, we wanted to reflect on who's made the biggest difference in Boston this year. Why it matters: Boston's changing landscape means new voices are emerging — and some are finally getting recognized — in technology, politics, food and entertainment. These influential individuals are shaping our city. Methodology: We selected these power players using our own expertise, polling readers, and conducting interviews with influential people.

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Bostinno's 2022 Fire Awards

BostInno

Nov 2022

Mendoza Ventures: Senofer Mendoza and her husband, Adrian, founded venture capital firm Mendoza Ventures about six years ago. The firm invests in early- and growth-stage fintech, AI and cybersecurity companies, especially those led by immigrants, people of color and women. Mendoza Ventures is in the process of raising its third fund — a $100 million fund focused on Series A to C funding rounds. Senofer was just appointed on the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (NACIE) for the Biden administration to support and build on the US innovation economy. Mendoza Ventures also just expanded its Boston headquarters and opened a San Francisco office.

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Power 50 Movement Maker

Boston Business Journal

Oct 2022

The Boston Business Journal has named its Power 50: Movement Makers, an annual list of Boston-area businesspeople who are making the biggest impact on the region. Altruism and a drive toward a more diverse and inclusive region are again central to the Business Journal’s Power 50 list. They’re as likely to be people who’ve started small companies that are making an outsized difference in their communities as they are to be executives at larger companies or CEOs.

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Semi-finalist - Product idea: changeSwipe - tinder for millennial investing

Unleashed Hackathon Toronto

Dec 2015

On December 1 & 2, Manulife/John Hancock employees will collaborate with startups from Toronto to explore forward-thinking solutions to the following challenge: How do we help customers reimagine and redefine what it means to invest with Manulife through new channels, new business models and new technology?

The Order of the Laurel and the Palm

University of Southern California

May 1998

Exemplary leadership and high achievement characterize those selected for the Order of the Laurel and the Palm, the highest honor accorded to undergraduates completing their programs of study. Recipients display significant leadership that touches multiple facets of university life and have made notable contributions that leave a lasting impact on the university community and/or the world at large through their commitment to service and value of the university’s highest goals and ideals. Less than one percent of undergraduates earning their degrees are selected as members of the Order of the Laurel and the Palm.

Raymond S. Kennedy Award for Innovative Perspectives

University of Southern California

May 1998

Henry Adams AIA Scholastic Gold Medal

The American Institute of Architects

May 1998

Each year, The American Institute of Architects awards an engraved medal to the top-ranking graduating student in each architecture program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (or CACB for Canadian schools). Formerly called "The School Medal," the AIA Henry Adams Medal and Certificate program began in 1914, and was awarded for "general excellence in architecture throughout the four-year course to graduating students of architecture schools recognized by the Institute."

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