Ruben Alvarez, Managing Partner
Ruben Alvarez applies his extensive political experience and strategic business expertise to lead a wide range of Fortune 500 companies, non-profit groups and governmental entities in pursuit of their business development and legislative goals.
Career Highlights
- Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Molera Alvarez
- 12 years’ service, State of Arizona’s Executive Branch
- Policy Advisor for Mexico and Hispanic Affairs to Governor Jane Dee Hull
- Governor’s Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity
Professional Affiliations
- Treasurer and Board Member: Latino Leaders Network, Washington DC
- Member of the National Board of Representatives: Desert Mountain’s Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- Board Chair: CALA Alliance
- Board Member: Voto Latino (founded/chaired by Rosario Dawson)
- Board Chair: Maricopa County’s Integrated Health Service’s Diversity Council
- Vice Chair: Phoenix Civil Service Board
- Past Chair of the American Lung Association of Arizona
- Presidential Appointee to the White House Conference on Aging
- Herberger Theatre, Past Board Member
- City of Phoenix Golf Advisory Committee, Past Board Member
- Better Business Bureau, Inc., Past Board Member
- City of Phoenix Human Relations Commission, Past Commissioner
- Phoenix Convention and Visitors’ Bureau Multi-Cultural Advisory Board, Past Board Member
- City of Phoenix 2000 Citizens’ Bond Committee, Past Committee Member
- City of Phoenix Census 2000 Campaign, Past Hispanic Advisory Committee Member
Education
- BA in Political Science, Arizona State University
- ASU Hispanic Undergraduate of the Year
- ASU College of Liberal Arts, Outstanding Junior Award
- Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Border Academy graduate – Intensive interdisciplinary summer graduate study program
- Arizona Leadership Academy – Completed State of Arizona’s Leadership Skills Training Program