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
Actor, Star of Desperate Housewives

Executive Officers

  • President
    Armando Azarloza
    President, The Axis Agency

  • President Emeritus
    Neil Carrey
    Esq., Attorney at Law, Baker Hostetler

  • Acting Vice President/Board Treasurer
    Rita Cruz-Gallegos
    Managing Partner, Genesis Consulting

  • Secretary
    Mayola Delgado

Board of Directors

  • Eric C. Faber
    Founder & CEO, The Westside Company

  • Enrique Garcia
    CEO, AA Check Cashing & Director of Financial Centers, Liborio Markets

  • Rita Mora
    Key Account Executive, Kellogg Company

Medical Advisory Committee

  • Jackie Casillas, MD
    UCLA Medical Center, Mattel’s Childrens Hospital
    PADRES Contra El Cáncer, Chief Medical Advisor

  • Yolee Casagrande, RN, ONC
    USC University Hospital

  • Pauline Hunt, RN
    LAC + USC Women's and Children’s Hospital

Advisory Board

  • Luis Faura
    President & COO, C & F Foods

  • Lenny Sage
    Partner, Mercedes Benz of Valencia

  • Estela Mora

  • Marianne Romano
    Vice President, USTV Nickelodeon Communications

  • Dan Savage
    Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Gilbert Cedillo - 22 District

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

  • Amelie G. Ramirez
    Baylor College of Medicine

Ambassadors