Enrique L. Fernández
Enrique L. Fernández is the President of the California State Council of UNITE HERE, Vice President of the California Labor Federation, and Treasurer of the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council. A native of Uruguay, he attended college in Montevideo and then moved to San José, California, where he began his tenure in the hospitality industry as a dishwasher. Over the years, he rose through the ranks of UNITE HERE to become Business Manager of Local 19 in Silicon Valley. He is a leader in the community, a board member of Team San José and the President of Working Partnership USA.