Rosa Rosales, National President
League of United Latin American Citizens
Rosa Rosales was re-elected LULAC National President on July 14, 2007 at LULAC’s 78th National Convention in Chicago. She was first elected July 1, 2006 at LULAC’s 77th National Convention. She leads the largest and oldest Hispanic civil rights organizations in the United States.

Ms. Rosales is the Founder and Director of the National Association of Public Employees (NAPE), a San Antonio based union. Prior to holding this position, Ms. Rosales served as Office Director of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) from 1997-99.

Previously, Ms. Rosales served as Regional Director of the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) from 1995-97 and than as National Labor Representative and Field Supervisor for the National Association of Government Employees from 1983-95. Ms. Rosales served as Co-Founder and Charter Member of the United Public Employee Association and Field Supervisor in the Neighborhood Anti-Crime Program (a federally-funded local program based on the west side of San Antonio from 1978-1980).

Additionally, Ms. Rosales serves on the Board of the LULAC National Educational Service Centers (LNESC) and is passionate about her work in education. Her involvement in the community is underscored by her participation on numerous civic boards, including SER Jobs for Progress and the San Antonio Boy’s Club Advisory Council among other city and non-profit boards.

Steven Mcfarland, Director
Task Force On Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Steven T. McFarland became the director of the Task Force On Faith-Based And Community Initiatives in the U.S. Department of Justice in May 2005. He oversaw the development of the Reentry pilot of the Justice Department’s Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative in ten cities. Previously, he served prisoners abroad as Vice President For Programme And Partnership Development for Prison Fellowship International (2002-05) and as the first Executive Director of the U.S. Commission On International Religious Freedom (1999-2002); advocated and litigated for religious liberty in the U.S. as Director of the Christian Legal Society’s Center For Law And Religious Freedom (1991-99); and practiced commercial and First Amendment law in Seattle (1980-91).

Michael Carrington, Assistant Secretary
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Michael Carrington’s public service career, specializing in criminal justice issues, spans 37 years at both the state and federal levels of government. He currently serves as the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Analysis and Planning at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in Sacramento, California.

Prior to his current service, Mr. Carrington was a Presidential Appointee serving as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy at the U. S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. In addition, while at the Department of Justice, Mr. Carrington also served as the Deputy Director of the Department’s Task Force on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. While in Washington, D.C., in a private capacity.

Mr. Carrington served as a special advisor to the Chair of the District’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Board and he also served as a member of the District’s Disproportionate Minority Contact Committee.

In the 1990’s, Mr. Carrington served as Deputy Director for Planning and Policy Development of the California Governor’s Office of Criminal Justice Planning where he developed significant policy reforms and created one of the nation’s first formalized public-private partnerships with the faith-based community designed to address crime and related social issues. In the mid-1980’s, Mr. Carrington served in the Reagan Administration as an appointee to a specially created board with responsibilities to reform the nation’s criminal justice system. From 1970 through 1990, Mr. Carrington worked in various capacities supporting legislative leaders in the California State Senate.

Rev. Amos C. Brown, Board Member, Pastor
NAACP Board of Directors / Third Baptist Church
A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Dr. Brown has been Pastor of San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church since 1976.

Dr. Brown was awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Ministerial Award for outstanding leadership and contributions to the Black Church in America. He was also inducted into the International Hall of Fame at the King International Chapel at Morehouse College.

In addition to his pastoral responsibilities, he has served as a member of the governing board of San Francisco Community College, National Chairman of the National Baptist Commission on Civil Rights and Human services, member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Chairman of the Bay Area Ecumenical Pastors Conference, first Vice President of the California State Baptist Convention, President of NAACP Branch in San Francisco, California, and a member of the governing board of the National Council of Churches of Christ.

Rocky Delgadillo, City Attorney
City of Los Angeles, California
A native of the Eastside of Los Angeles, Rocky Delgadillo became the highest-ranking Latino to win citywide office in more than 100 years when he was elected Los Angeles City Attorney on June 5, 2001.

His top priorities include fighting crime, improving quality of life in Los Angeles neighborhoods and reducing the city's civil liabilities. Delgadillo, has enforced and increased the number of gang injunctions to take on notorious gangs that terrorize neighborhoods.

In his first term, Delgadillo more than tripled the number of gang injunctions in the city to 36 covering more than 56 gangs, contributing to a steep decline in crime in the affected areas.

Delgadillo created Operation Bright Future, a tough anti-truancy program that targets sixth-graders with excessive absences. Operation Bright Future teaches parents about the importance of education and ultimately holds parents legally responsible for making sure their kids go to school.

Delgadillo's signature program is the Neighborhood Prosecutor Program. For the first time in the city's history, prosecutors work in the neighborhoods, get to know residents on a first-name basis, and attack quality-of-life crimes where they occur.

Delgadillo also has focused on fighting child abuse; elder and dependent adult abuse; immigration fraud; and environmental crimes, particularly in populated urban centers.

Delgadillo attended public schools, including Franklin High School in Highland Park. He earned a scholarship to Harvard University, where he graduated with honors, and received his law degree from Columbia Law School.