AEB CEO Anne Alonzo honored twice in same evening

Anne Alonzo, president and CEO of the American Egg Board (AEB) was recognized for her leadership with two awards in the same evening on September 15.

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Anne Alonzo, president and CEO of the American Egg Board, visits onstage with Jorge Ferraez, publisher of Latino Leaders, during the Chicago Maestros award ceremony. (American Egg Board)
Anne Alonzo, president and CEO of the American Egg Board, visits onstage with Jorge Ferraez, publisher of Latino Leaders, during the Chicago Maestros award ceremony. (American Egg Board)

Anne Alonzo, president and CEO of the American Egg Board (AEB) was recognized for her leadership with two awards in the same evening on September 15.

Maestro Award

Alonzo was recognized at the Chicago Maestros ceremony with a Maestro Award, which honors the most influential Latinos in the area. The award presenters said Alonzo was deserving of the award because of “accomplishments of many years as a leader in the food industry and agricultural arena and also for a successful career as advisor, entrepreneur, diversity business promoter, community involved leader and as one of the most exemplary Latino Leaders in our country.”
Others to receive Maestro awards that evening were Kim Casiano, board member for Ford Motor Company and Mutual of America; Roxanne Nava, executive director, Metropolitanc Family Services North/Evanston/Skokie Valley; and Maria Esther Lopez, executive director, scholarship services, institutional advancement, City Colleges of Chicago.

Chicago United 2019 Business Leader of Color

At a separate ceremony, Alonzo was named one of 50 Chicago senior executives to be featured in Chicago United’s prestigious 2019 Business Leaders of Color roster. Honorees are recognized for having the ability and vision to execute on strategies in the face of complex global economies.

Anne Alonzo’s professional background

Alonzo was named president and CEO of the AEB in 2016. Prior to that, she  served in key leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and was the first environmental diplomat (Attaché) to the U.S. Embassy, Mexico City.

Alonzo has also held leadership positions at Kraft Foods where she was vice president of Global Policy and Corporate Affairs, as the first female chair of the World Cocoa Foundation and as a senior vice president at the National Foreign Trade Council.

A Chicago native, Alonzo holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a JD from the Chicago Kent College of Law. She has received various awards and recognitions including for her leadership in the Latino community by "Latina Style" Magazine; "NBC Latino" and named to the "Hispanic Business" Magazine's Corporate 25 Elite Ranking.

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