Linda G. Alvarado is President and Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

, of Alvarado Construction, Inc.. A large commercial and industrial general contracting/site management,
and design/build firm in Denver, CO

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

. President of Palo Alto, Inc. Restaurant
Company, and co-owner of the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...

 baseball team.

Currently on the Board of 3M

3M

3M Company , formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, United States....

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Early life

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

. Her five siblings are all brothers.

She attended Pomona College

Pomona College

Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.The founding member...

 in Claremont, California

Claremont, California

Claremont is a small affluent college town in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States, about east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The population as of the 2010 census is 34,926. Claremont is known for its seven higher-education institutions, its...

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Awards and honors

• Revlon
  Revlon
  Revlon is an American cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care company founded in 1932.-History:Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the Revlon name...
  
   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
  Hall of Fame
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  (2002),
• 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.

Ms. Alvarado’s recognition awards for
business and philanthropic activity is two pages long and still growing.

Courtesy National Women's Hall of Fame