PALS Dinner & Keynote: Monica Lozano

Keynote Speaker: Monica C. Lozano, My American Story: A Family A Business, A Dream

Ms. Lozano is President and CEO of the College Futures Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to college access and college success for low-income and underrepresented students. She is a widely respected leader in business, news media, philanthropy and education.

An icon in Hispanic media, Ms. Lozano joined La Opinión, the country’s leading Spanish-language daily newspaper, in 1985. She became Publisher and CEO in 2004 and served as Chairman and CEO of the parent company from 2010-2016. She is also co-founder and Chair of the Aspen Institute Latinos and Society program.

She serves on a number of boards, including the Weingart Foundation Board of Trustees, and has served as a trustee of the University of Southern California and the California State Board of Education. An appointee of President Obama to the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, Ms. Lozano also served on the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. She received the 2017 Los Angeles Business Person of the Year award and was named one of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Latinas. In 2016 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.​