About Us

Organization Leadership

To honor and respect PADRES' life–saving mission is to count on the unconditional love, compassion and dedication to human service from visionary leadership. To this end, PADRES is proud to introduce you to the leaders who lend their time, talent and effort to serve as its National Spokesperson, Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Honorary Advisors Council.

National Spokesperson

Eva Longoria Parker, Actress
Star of Desperate Housewives

Fernando del Rincon,
Univision’s Primer Impacto (PADRES Contra El Cáncer Spokesperson)

Executive Officers

  • President
    Lenny Sage, Partner
    Mercedes Benz of Valencia

  • President Emeritus
    Teresa Samaniego, Director of Public Affairs
    ABC7

  • Vice President
    Dan Savage, Chief of Staff
    Office of Senator Gilbert Cedillo - Twenty-Second District

  • Treasurer
    Rita Cruz-Gallegos, Sr. Program Dir., Latino Programs / Emerging Markets
    Health Net of California

  • Secretary
    Mayola Delgado, Manager, Special Projects & Promotions
    KVEA/ KWHY

Board of Directors

  • Neil Carrey, Esq., Attorney at Law
    Jenkins & Gilchrist

  • Luis Faura, President & COO
    C & Foods, Inc.

  • Geoff Kaltenbach, Managing Partner
    Signature Resources

  • Marianne Romano, Vice President
    USTV Nickelodeon Communications

  • Stephen Siegel, CEO
    The Siegel Group

  • Ron West, Partner
    Thruline Entertainment

Honorary Advisors

  • Hon. Xavier Becerra
    U.S. House of Representatives

  • Hon. Lucille Roybal – Allard
    U.S. House of Representatives

  • Hon. Adam Schiff
    U.S. House of Representatives

  • Hon. Gilbert A. Cedillo
    California Senate

  • Hon. Eric Garcetti
    Los Angeles City Council

  • Hon. José L. Huizar
    Los Angeles City Council

  • Mario Kreutzberger, 'Don Francisco'
    Sábado Gigante, A Univision Production

  • Amelie G. Ramirez
    Baylor College of Medicine

Ambassadors

  • Adrian Bellani
    Actor, Passions

  • Angelica Castro
    Actress

  • Matt Cedeño
    Actor

  • Beto Cuevas
    Musician

  • Cristián de la Fuente
    Actor

  • Cristina Perez-Gonzalez,
    Esq., Cristina’s Court