WA State Prevention Summit 2010 | Juana Bordas, Closing Keynote

Juana Bordas Is president of Mestiza Leadership International – a company that focuses on leadership, diversity, and organizational change. She is a founder of Mi Casa Women’s Center and served as the first President of the National Hispana Leadership. For her contributions to women, she was initiated into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame and honored as a Wise Woman by the National Center for Women’s Policy Studies. Juana recently served as advisor to Harvard’s Hispanic Journal on Public Policy and the Kellogg National Fellows Program. A former Peace Corps volunteer, she received the Franklin William Award from the US Peace Corps for her work in advancing communities of color and the Leadership Legacy Award from Spellman College. Juana served as the board vice-president for the Greenleaf Center on Servant Leadership and is a trustee of the International Leadership Association. She is the author of Salsa, Soul and Spirit – Leadership for a Multicultural Age. www.mestizaleadership.com. The Denver Post and the Colorado Women’s Foundation named her the 2009 Unique Woman of Colorado.