Entravision, the largest affiliate group of the Univision television network, is a diversified Spanish-language media company reaching Hispanic consumers through its television, radio, outdoor advertising, and publishing operations.

Miami Marketer

Manny García-Tuñón has been named vice president of Marketing and Sales for Lemartec Engineering and Construction Corporation. Lemartec is a Miami-based company founded by García-Tuñón's family after they fled from Cuba, in the 1960s, during the Communist Revolution. The company now has two offices in Palm Beach County and operations in Nassau, Freeport, and Uruguay.

García-Tuñón holds a B.Sc. in construction management from Florida International University. In addition to overseeing Lemartec's marketing and sales efforts, he will coordinate the company's planned expansion outside the U.S. as well as in Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

Crowning Achiever

The Aspen Institute has tapped Timothy M. Marquez, cofounder, CEO, and chairman of Venoco, Inc., as a 2001 Henry Crown Fellow. Aspen considers successful executives under age 46 for Crown Fellowships, which are designed to develop the next generation of community-spirited business leaders. The Fellows will meet four times a year over a two-year period and undertake a 10-month community service commitment.

Marquez and partner Rod Eson cofounded Venoco, in 1992, to identify, acquire, and operate underdeveloped oil and gas properties throughout the U.S. and Latin America. The company now is one of the nation's top 50 independent oil companies. Marquez has a degree in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Career Rocketeer

Marshall Space Flight Center engineer Pedro "Pete" Rodriguez has been named manager of one of the 22 contracts in NASA's $4.8-billion Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle program. The program, considered NASA's number one technology development effort, is part of the Space Launch Initiative, designed to improve safety and reliability substantially, while reducing the cost of space travel.

Rodriguez, a 25-year Marshall employee, will manage NASA's contract with Northrop Grumman, developing systems for the spacecraft that will succeed the Space Shuttle.

Rodriguez earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez and master's degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, both in mechanical engineering and his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Mississippi in Oxford.

Diversity Networker

Carlos Dominguez, Cisco Systems, Inc.'s area vice president for US Sales, has joined the board of directors of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME). Dominguez has been with Cisco since 1992 and contributed greatly to the company's phenomenal growth during the 1990s. He earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez.

NACME, founded in 1974, provides leadership and support for the national effort to increase the representation of successful Latino, African-American, and American Indian women and men in engineering as well as technology-, math-, and science-based careers. The council conducts research, advances diversity policies and practices, and provides scholarship programs supporting nearly 1,500 students each year.

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