2006 HOGAR Fellows
Ron Jauregui
Orange County, CA
HOGAR Director
Mr. Jauregui comes to the CHCI directly from the Bank of America.
There, he was a founding member of the Bank’s first-ever Spanish Loan
Line Fulfillment Team where he worked on processing and underwriting
issues within its Consumer Real Estate Division. Prior to joining that
Pilot effort, he was a Mortgage Account Executive conducting
originations. Just before joining the Bank, Mr. Jauregui helped create
a first of its kind, non-profit mortgage brokerage.
Previously, he was awarded with a Non-Partisan Appointment and served
the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) as a Community
Builder Fellow. While at HUD, he helped to structure the framework for
Orange County’s first Annual Affordable Housing Symposium. He is recognized
in the fields of policy development, minority outreach, government
relations, and issue advocacy. His most recent Presidential Appointment
was for the position of Special Assistant for Hispanic Affairs at Office
of Economic Impact & Diversity within the U.S. Department of Energy.
Prior to his federal service, he was a North American Development Bank
Advocate for the Latino consensus on NAFTA. Early in his career, he
traded Latin American sovereign debt at a Wall Street Investment Bank.
Mr. Jauregui earned his Bachelor's degree from Claremont McKenna
College and a law degree from the UCLA School of Law. He is licensed to
practice law in the State of California.
William R. Arce
Liverpool, NY
HOGAR Fellow
Mr. Arce was born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States in
1995. While in Cuba, he was forced to join the military, cutting high
school education short. He made getting his GED his number one priority
when he arrived to the U.S, and completed several years of college
before attending real estate school to become a licensed realtor in
2000. With his skills and education, he began helping minority
communities fulfill the “American Dream” of homeownership.
In 2003, Mr. Arce moved to Syracuse, NY. At the time, the number of
Latino loan officers in Syracuse was very low. That motivated him to
reach out and become a mortgage consultant. He started working directly
with the local Latino community and in just over two years, Mr. Arce was
able to help more than 20 families become homeowners. The National
Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) chose to
write a full article for their national publication Real Voices (La
Vecindad) about his achievements.
While continuing his career, Mr. Arce began writing a real estate
column for the only Spanish newspaper in the area and worked with the
only local Latino-oriented community organization in the area – Spanish
Action League. In 2005, he founded RealEstateLatino.com, a community
website dedicated to educating and bringing resources to U.S. Latino
homebuyers in Spanish.
Jessie Mosqueda
Coachella, CA
HOGAR Fellow
Mr. Mosqueda brings to NHI over 5 years of experience from a variety
of nonprofit and for-profit positions. He has proven expertise in all
areas of general management, including human resources, budgeting,
organizational development, policy-setting, program implementation, and
government and industry relations.
Mr. Mosqueda has served in senior executive positions as Director of
Corporate Initiatives of the National Association of Hispanic Real
Estate Professionals (NAHREP), and Interim Community Services Manager of
the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition (CVHC). He has been responsible
for annual budgets over $500,000.
Recent accomplishments have included taking the lead for NAHREP in
developing and designing new policies and procedures intended to
standardize and strengthen the development and management of affiliate
chapters. Previously, Mr. Mosqueda helped spearheaded the product of
Fannie Mae’s expanded American Dream Commitment Hispanic strategy
report. The report laid out company-wide priorities and strategic
direction in serving the Hispanic community.
Mr. Mosqueda holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and
International Studies from the University of California Irvine. He
earned his Master’s degree in Public Policy and Urban Planning at
Harvard University.
Norma Rodriguez
Belleville, MI
HOGAR Fellow
Ms. Rodriguez brings years of housing experience to HOGAR and has
been active and dedicated real estate professional with the Charles
Reinhart Company for the past two years and has been involved in
homeownership outreach and education in the Hispanic Community. Ms.
Rodriguez has worked diligently to promote homeownership not only to the
Hispanic community but to first time buyers and the rental community.
Recent accomplishments have included becoming partner realtor with
the Washtenaw Housing Education Partners (WHEP) homebuyer education
program. She is a committed individual who provides leadership to the
minority communities that are particularly vulnerable to predatory
lending practices. She is currently investing in organizing a group to
provide educational lectures in Spanish on topics relevant to the
Hispanic Community.
Mrs. Rodriguez holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Business
Administration from Indiana University.
HOGAR Fellow Alumni
Alejandro Becerra
Tucson, AZ
Mr. Becerra started his career for the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) within the International Housing and Mortgage
Servicing Divisions, then the Office of Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, and most recently with the Office of Field Operations.
Intermittently, he has held various other key positions in the federal
government, including that of Policy Analyst within the Office of the
Secretary in USDA where he helped save the federal government's only
rural homeownership program for low- and moderate-income families.
Mr. Becerra also has worked for the Cabinet Committee on
Opportunities for the Spanish Speaking where he emphasized the effective
use of federal housing and community programs within the Hispanic
community. As a Presidential appointee in the mid-80s, Mr. Becerra was
Director of the Peace Corps in Paraguay, South America. He later went
on to direct AmeriCorps programs for the National Council of La Raza.
He returned to HUD in 2000 as an Operations Specialist in Tucson,
Arizona where he pioneered the Homeownership Voucher Program in that
state.
Born in Mexico City and raised in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Mr.
Becerra came to El Paso, Texas at the age of 11. He graduated as
valedictorian from Cathedral High School, a school noted for its
academics. Mr. Becerra went on to obtain a BA and MA in Economics from
the University of Texas at Austin in 1966 and 1968 respectively.
Ron Jauregui
Orange County, CA
Mr. Jauregui comes to the CHCI directly from the Bank of America.
There, he was a founding member of the Bank’s first-ever Spanish Loan
Line Fulfillment Team where he worked on processing and underwriting
issues within its Consumer Real Estate Division. Prior to joining that
Pilot effort, he was a Mortgage Account Executive conducting
originations. Just before joining the Bank, Mr. Jauregui helped create
a first of its kind, non-profit mortgage brokerage.
Previously, he was awarded with a Non-Partisan Appointment and served
the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) as a Community
Builder Fellow. While at HUD, he helped to structure the framework for
Orange County’s first Annual Affordable Housing Symposium. He is recognized in the fields of policy development,
minority outreach, government relations, and issue advocacy. His most
recent Presidential Appointment was for the position of Special
Assistant for Hispanic Affairs at Office of Economic Impact & Diversity
within the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to his federal service, he
was a North American Development Bank Advocate for the Latino consensus
on NAFTA. Early in his career, he traded Latin American sovereign debt
at a Wall Street Investment Bank.
Mr. Jauregui earned his Bachelor's degree from Claremont McKenna College
and a law degree from the UCLA School of Law. He is licensed to
practice law in the State of California.
Ms. Rebecca
Villalpando
Phoenix, AZ
Ms. Villalpando
joined the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in late June 2004
after serving for five years as the Executive Director for Urban
Coalition West (UCW), a non-profit affordable housing developer in
Phoenix, Arizona. During her tenure, UCW was responsible for
stabilizing an extremely blighted neighborhood by working closely with
local banks, the Phoenix Police Department, city officials, local school
and area residents.
Ms. Villalpando
led the agency in a number of efforts that have improved the quality of
life in the neighborhood and paved the way for ongoing revitalization.
UCW successfully advocated against the issuance of liquor licenses to
certain establishments, were able to have a light rail sub-station moved
away from a school, and oversaw the planning and construction of the
first completely modified affordable ADA (American Disability Act) home.
Ms. Villalpando
served on the City of Phoenix Commission on Housing and Neighborhoods,
and chaired the Sub-Committee for The Education of Anti-Predatory
Lending Practices. She is also a MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense
and Educational Fund) Leadership Development Program graduate.
She received her
Associate’s degree from Cosumnes River College and is currently
finishing up her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Political Science at
Arizona State University. In 1980, she joined the Navy and traveled
throughout the Asia. In 1986, she was one of two persons chosen to
represent Arizona at the 100th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, in
New York.
Ms. Villalpando
believes that there is a large and relatively untapped marked of
potential Latino homeowners – individuals who are uninformed about their
homeownership prospects. “Encouragement and education will be the key
factors,” says Ms. Villalpando, who has created her own motto,
“Homeownership is an Equal Opportunity.”
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