Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan is a Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Estefan's record sales exceed 100 million worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female singers of all time. Many of Estefan's songs became international chart-topping hits, including "1-2-3", "Don't Wanna Lose You", "Coming Out of the Dark", "Turn the Beat Around", and "Heaven's What I Feel". Other hits include "Bad Boy", "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "Get On Your Feet", and "You'll Be Mine ".
Peter Michael Nicholas was an American businessman and philanthropist. He co-founded medical device firm Boston Scientific with partner John Abele in 1979.
Henry Samueli is an American businessman and engineer. He is a co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, owner of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL), and a prominent philanthropist in the Orange County, California, community. He is chairman of Broadcom Inc. He is also a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCLA, and a distinguished adjunct professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at UC Irvine.
Hushang Ansary is an Iranian-American former diplomat, businessman, and philanthropist. He served for eighteen years in the Iranian government prior to the Iranian Revolution including as Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance and Iran's Ambassador to the United States from 1967 to 1969. He has been chairman or director of companies both in Iran and in the United States.
Tamsen Fadal is an American journalist, writer, and menopause advocate. She is the author the upcoming book How To Menopause, Reclaim Your Health, Take Charge of Your Life and Feel Even Better Than Before. She is co-producer and executive producer of her first documentary titled The M Factor,Shredding the Silence on Menopause
Marcelite Cecile Jordan Harris was an American who became the first African-American female general officer of the United States Air Force.
Henry "Hank" Joseph Caruso was an American businessman. He was the founder of Dollar Rent A Car.
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, informally known as UCLA Samueli School of Engineering or UCLA Engineering, is the school of engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). It opened as the College of Engineering in 1945 and was renamed the School of Engineering in 1969. Since its initial enrollment of 379 students, the school has grown to approximately 6,500 students. The school offers 28 degree programs and is home to eight externally funded interdisciplinary research centers, including those in space exploration, wireless sensor systems, and nanotechnology.
The Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS) is a United States 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to honor and preserve cultural diversity and to foster tolerance, respect and understanding among ethnic groups. The EIHS was founded in 1984 as the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) and adopted its current name in 2017. The EIHS awards the "Ellis Island Medal of Honor" to naturalized or native-born American citizens "who preserve and celebrate the history, traditions and values of their [ethnic heritage] while exemplifying the values of the American way of life".
Jamie Masada is a Persian American businessman and comedian. He is the founder of the Laugh Factory, a chain of comedy clubs in several states.
Naeem Rahim is an American nephrologist and founder of Idaho based JRM foundation For humanity & Co-founder of Idaho Kidney Institute. He was one of the First Idahoans to receive the Ellis Island Medals of Honor in the last 25 years.
David Nazarian is an American businessman, investor and philanthropist.
David A. Hirsch is an American businessman, fatherhood activist, philanthropist, endurance cyclist, and author. In 1997, Hirsch founded the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative, a non-profit fatherhood Advocacy group. In 2015 he founded the 21st Century Dads Foundation which include programs like the Special Fathers Network, a mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. He is the author of 21st Century Dads: A Father’s Journey To Break The Cycle Of Father Absence and the host the Special Fathers Network Dad to Dad Podcast with over 325 episodes including guests: Joe Mantegna, Dick Hoyt, John Crowley, Major General IDF (ret.) Doron Almog, Warren S. Rustand, Azim Khamisa, Jim Stovall, Bill Strickland, Kalman Samuels, Bonner Paddock, Dr. Temple Grandin, Tom Dreesen, Jesse White, Frank McKinney, and Major General USAF (ret) John L. Borling.
William "Bill" Daniel Moses Jr. is an American entrepreneur and investor, specializing in the beverage industry. He is the co-founder of Kevita, a probiotic beverage company. He is currently Founder & CEO of Flying Embers, an alcoholic beverage line made of adaptogenic organic "hard" kombucha.
Souhel Najjar is a Syrian-American neurologist whose story with Susannah Cahalan turned into an American drama film. He is considered an expert in the field of encephalopathy, specifically the treatment of encephalitis.
Joshua S. Friedman is an American businessman and co-founder of Los Angeles–based hedge fund Canyon Partners.
Ahmadreza Rofougaran, also known as Reza Rofougaran is an Iranian-American Electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur.
Ida Liu is a Chinese American banking executive and currently the Global Head of Citi Private Bank, a position which she has held since April 2021. She previously headed Citi Private Bank in North America.
Leslie Zemeckis is an author, documentary filmmaker and actress. She has directed four documentary films including Behind the Burly Q, Bound by Flesh, Mabel Mabel Tiger Trainer, and Grandes Horizontales. She has also written three non-fiction books. Her work focuses on women involved in burlesque, sex work and the circus. She is married to filmmaker Robert Zemeckis.
