Linda G. Alvarado

Linda G. Alvarado (born 1951) is President and Chief Executive Officer of Alvarado Construction, Inc., a large commercial and industrial general contracting/site management and design/build firm in Denver, CO. She is also President of Palo Alto, Inc. Restaurant Company, and co-owner of the Colorado Rockies baseball team.^[1][2][3]

Currently on the Board of 3M.

Early life

Alvaro was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She attended Pomona College in Claremont, California.

Career

Alvardo a co-owner the major league baseball franchise, the Colorado Rockies. She is both the first Hispanic female co-owner of a major league team, and the first woman ever involved in a formal bid for ownership of a major league baseball team.^[4]

Awards and honors

• Revlon Business Woman of the Year (1996),
• Designated one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in America by Hispanic Business Magazine,
• Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (1995–2001),
• The 1996 U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business Woman of the Year distinction, honored by the prestigious Sara Lee Corporation Frontrunner Award,
• The 2001 Horatio Alger Award,
• Inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame (2002),
• Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame (2003),
• Named to the White House Commission for Hispanic Excellence in Education,
• Named Woman of the Year by the Mexican American Foundation,
• The National Women’s Economic Alliance Director’s Choice Award.^[4]

References

External links

• Linda Alvarado Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America