SHPE Presidents: 1974-2015

While researching for my keynote speech at SHPE National conferences, I got distracted by some history.  I believe I am the 17th president of SHPE. What an amazing group of visionary leaders our organization has had.

I need to fill in some information.  And I hope to meet every one of our past president, but this is what I found so far:

1. Rod Garcia (1974-1976)

• First solicitation for members, we got 50. 
• First fundraiser at Montebello Country Club
• First Student Chapter CSULA,2nd ELAC
• First Career Fair (12 companies, 50 students)

2. William Nuanes (1976-77)

• SHPE Foundation established (William Nuanes first Chair)

3. Raul Alvarado (1977-1980)

• Hispanic Engineer Magazine Established

4. Manny Moya (1980)

• First National Office

5. Hector Castillo (1980-1981)
6. Richard Jimenez (1981-1982)
7. Juan Garcia (1983-1985)
8. Juan Silva (1985-1986)

• SHPE bylaws change to National Org. 
• Regions created

9. Raul Garcia (1986-1987)

• Board meetings start rotating to different regions

5. (again) Hector Castillo (1987- 1988)
10. Jesus Vargas (1988-1989)
11. Margarita Colmenares (1989-1990)

• First female president

12. Robert Guzman (1991-1993)
13. Orlando Gutierrez (1993-1995)

• Students became paid members of SHPE. 
• Establishment of 2-year term. 
• Conferences started moving locations

14. Melissa Drake (1995-1997)
15. Serafin Fernandez (1997-1999)
16. Jose Rivera (1999-2003)

• First two term, four year president

17. Diana Gomez (2003-2009)

• First three term, 6-year president

18. Manny Hernandez (2009-2011)
15 (again). Serafin Fernandez (2011-2013)

• New mission statement (Current)

19. Barry Cordero (2013-2015)
20: ??This could be you! (2015-2017)

I'm hoping to fill in the missing information and update this post.  Please email or comment if you know information I am missing.

REVISED: Calm Down! You Can Still Attend SHPE 2013 at a reasonable rate....

Yet another update! Programs only registration AND Career Fair only is back up! bit.ly/11VkVGz

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Due to some IT system difficulties, I'm revising this post to provide you an alternative method to attend the largest technical Latino conference in the nation..... SHPE2013.  We are currently trying to get "programs only" registration re-opened on the SHPE Website, however this is proving more difficult than anticipated.  Therefore, I am recommending you focus on getting to the event FIRST and then, worry about programs only registration.  We will have unlimited programs-only registrations available for purchase on-site!  So once again, STAY CALM and I hope to see you at SHPE2013 in Indianapolis!


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Ok, so you missed the early registration deadline because you were busy planning your Noche Event and got distracted by your midterms.... Then you missed the regular registration Ok, so you missed the early registration deadline because you were busy planning your Noche Event and got distracted by your midterms.... Then you missed the regular registration deadline because football was on and you were now cramming for midterms... I totally understand.  The reasons to attend the conference are numerous and clear and I’m sorry you missed the deadlines…. But…..

I'm here to tell you, Calm Down, It's OK... there's still hope! Here's what you have to do:

1. If you are a student, find 3 other people willing to split a hotel room with you.. or maybe 1 other person if you're a professional and you want to save some dough...

2. Go to Hotels.com or equivalent and search for hotels Thursday to Sunday in close proximity to the Convention Center (you will find many under $200/night or $50 each for 4 people)

3. (REVISION) Go to the conference, go to the front desk and register for "Programs Only" on site.  We will have unlimited on-site registrations for you.   

OK now let's do a little math:

Students 4 to a room
  $200 programs-only registration
+$150 hotel ($200/night * 3 nights divided 4 ways)
$350 to attend the conference (not including airfare)  So that's actulaly only $75 more than Reg registration rates!

Professionals 2 to a room
$200 programs-only registration
+$300 hotel ($200/night * 3 nights divided 2 ways)
$500 to attend the conference (not including airfare)

So these are pretty doable I think.  And students, I know you get creative with rooming so I can imagine you finding ways to make that cheaper still.  So what are you waiting for!?