2021 GMiS Luminaries
Nathan M. Apodaca

VP, Division Manager, EMS
NASA NEST Program Manager
Leidos
Sigal Cordeiro

Executive Director,
GMNA Portfolio Planning
Global Portfolio Planning
General Motors
Carolina Diaz Vargas

Vito Subsea – Project Engineer
Shell Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Shell
Jesus A. Escobar, ASQ, CQE

Supplier Quality Manager
Corporate Supplier Quality
Cummins, Inc.
José D. Figueroa

Supervisor, Carbon Capture Team
Technology Development Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory
U.S. Department of Energy
Paula Garcia Todd

Global Strategic Marketing Manager
IFF Pharma Solutions
Frances J. Gonzalez

Senior Project Engineer
CH-53K Chief Engineer Office
Lockheed Martin – Rotary & Missions Systems (RMS)
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Maida Lopez

Space and Launch, Systems Engineer
Ground Design and Mission Support
The Boeing Company
María del Carmen López García, Ph.D.

Senior Materials Scientist
Personal Care Materials
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
María I. López, Ph.D.

Packaging Technology Research & Development Engineer
Technology Manufacturing Group & Packaging Manufacturing
Intel Corporation
Rosemary Perez

Predictive Analytics Advisor
Safety, Security & Business Resiliency Organization
Southern California Edison
Luis R. Piñero

Senior Electrical Engineer
Propulsion Division Electric Propulsion Systems Branch
NASA Glenn Research Center
Aida Rivera-Varona

Executive Technical Assistant and Deputy of the Futures Core Team
Office of the Executive Director for Operations (OEDO)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Alfredo Rodriguez

Design Center South Senior Leader
Boeing Defense Systems and Security
The Boeing Company
Miguel A. Sanchez

Team Lead, Process Engineering
Manufacturing – El Segundo Refinery
Chevron
Jesse G. Villarreal

Jacinto Software Engineering Manager
Platform Software, Processors, Embedded Processing
Texas Instruments