ALPFA Congratulates Meg Whitman for Creating the Most Diverse Technology Company Board of Directors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

ALPFA, the Association of Latino Professionals For America, the largest membership-based organization serving Latino professionals, students, and entrepreneurs, congratulates HP Inc. HPQ on its appointment of Aida Alvarez to the HP Inc. Board of Directors. Alvarez is a renowned Latino leader, who previously served as administrator of the Small Business Administration and currently serves on the board of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT.

ALPFA's Chief Executive Officer, Charlie Garcia, collaborated with CEO Meg Whitman and other HP executives, including Chief Human Resource officers Tracy Keogh and Alan May, to help identify a talented pool of prospective Latino board members.

Mr. Garcia, a former Fortune 500 board member, said: "Meg showed the world how easy it is for a technology company, which actually cares about diversity, to form a high performing, diverse board of directors. And to put an exclamation point on it for the Latino community, Meg's authenticity is exemplified by the C-Suite roles of HP's General Counsel Kim Rivera, Chief Marketing Officer Antonio Lucio, HPE's Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Henry Gomez, and HPE's General Manager Antonio Neri."

About ALPFA

Founded in 1972, ALPFA, Association of Latino Professionals For America, supports over 72,000 Latino students, professionals, and entrepreneurs through its 43 professional chapters across the country and more than 150 student chapters at major colleges and universities. ALPFA's mission is to empower and develop Latino men and women as leaders of character for the nation, in every sector of the global economy. For more information, please visit www.alpfa.org.

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