HTTP Honors the 2025 Tech Innovadores
On February 6th, HTTP was honored to stand with our coalition partners, sponsors, board members, and the community to recognize innovative leaders from across the country, representing various areas of our tech ecosystem. From STEM education and leadership representation to workforce development, entrepreneurship resources, and continued advocacy in policy, each honoree informs the work we do at HTTP, in the industry, and beyond. Thanks to their grassroots efforts, trusted partnerships, and leadership, we continue to show up at the table and shape an innovative future for us all.
Please see below for what it means to be a tech innovator—a full list of honorees and pictures from the event.
The celebration brought us together to hear the inspiring stories of our honorees and to acknowledge and celebrate the work each of us is doing in our respective roles and communities, all in the pursuit of a more expansive and innovative digital future.
At HTTP, we remain committed to supporting our coalition partners, grassroots leaders, policy change makers, and industry leaders in their efforts to expand digital skills, improve technology access, and support small businesses and education. Together, we are closing connectivity gaps, strengthening workforce development, and opening new doors for economic opportunity.
HTTP also extends a heartfelt thank you to Éxito and Co, Blue People, the HTTP Team and our sponsors for their generous support in making this evening possible.
HTTP’s Tech Innovadores honors visionary, innovative, and collaborative digital inclusion advocates who are working to advance game-changing solutions that promote equity and digital opportunity for all.
From achievements that span advocacy, leadership, STEM education, small business development, to working hard to close the digital divide and promoting tech advancements within their communities, these honorees have worked tirelessly in service of others.
This year’s Tech Innovadores are a group of remarkable individuals making a lasting impact in the technology and telecommunications landscape. These leaders are driving transformative change and championing innovation in ways that shape a more inclusive and equitable digital future.
HTTP is proud to announce the 2025 Tech Innovadores Honorees
EXPLORE THE NAMES BELOW:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Emilio X. Gonzalez
Former Executive Director for Alliances and Initiatives, Verizon
Congressman Adriano Espaillat
D-NY, 13th District
Dr. Nicol Turner Lee
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution
Roberta Braga
Founder and Executive Director, Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA)
Ariel Quiñones
Co-founder & Co-CEO, Iron hack
Narda Marisa Jones
Former CoS Federal Communications Commission
Randy Abreu
Policy Counsel, National Hispanic Media Coalition
Aly Murray
Founder, UPchieve
Mayor Francis Suarez
Mayor of the city of Miami
Alan Davidson
Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Marla Bilonick
President & CEO, National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders
Jay Flores
CEO, Invent The Change
Roberto Martinez
Principal, Braven Agency & Smrts
Ji Soo Song
Director of Projects & Initiatives, SETDA
Bambi Kraus
Chief of the FCC Office of Native Affairs
