Anytime I am mentoring, with a group of young people or students, I give them my number and ask them to use it. I encourage that. And its up to them. -- Gene Camarena, Founder/CEO La Raza Inc.

Gene and his wife Yolanda have changed so many lives because they believe in education and they chose to be entrepreneurs

They have validated their success by giving of their time, their talents and their treasures to young people. They give and they keep giving with one caveat, you must participate in their generosity. Gene knows how difficult it is to be an entrepreneur and it get started and that's one of the main reasons why he continues to be accessible and open and honest about that path. As an incredibly successful franchisees in restaurants and hotels, Gene will tell you directly that the most fun is sharing that success with the next generation to grow more opportunities for those in the Latino community and with any young person willing to take a risk and continue to take action. Gene's leadership is meaningful effective and never boastful.

I thank him for what he has done and continues to do every day for the benefit of others.

Science Fiction does a better job explaining where we are going than any Historian or Economist. -Clint Stevens, Founder/CEO

Clint Stevens, the founder and CEO of Phy-Cy.X Seciruty Group where IT and Operational Technology meet. It's at this convergent point where they solve problems for business all over the world.

He served our country in the Air Force for 24 years and we are indebted to him for his service.

And while it is his entrepreneurial courage to solve problems for profit that make up his day-to-day life it is his service to our country that makes this conversation with him so interesting.

All of us have to contend with information. There's good information. There's bad information. There's purely falsified information with the intention of confusing. It sure is confusing.

This is easier said than done, but don't let things confuse you. You're probably not gonna figure them out. Have a principal centered value system that loves and respects humanity and work at that every day.

We thank Clint Stevens for his service to our country and I think him even more for showing people how to take action and help people through his entrepreneurial ventures.

More than anything, you have to be someone that people can count on. -- Rick Sems, CEO

Rick leads through action. He spent his career leading teams and developing people so they can understand how to take care of customers needs.

It takes vision, but it also just takes hard work and when you put the two together, every day, you have compounding.

That positive compounding is what Rick uses to drive the success of Equity Bank.