Linda G Alvarado

Linda G. Alvarado (born 1951) is President and Chief Executive Officer of Alvarado Construction, Inc., a large commercial and industrial general contracting/site management and design/build firm in Denver, CO. She is also President of Palo Alto, Inc. Restaurant Company, and co-owner of the Colorado Rockies baseball team.

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• Early life
• Career
• Awards and honors
• References

Currently on the Board of 3M.

Early life

Alvaro was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She attended Pomona College in Claremont, California.

Career

Alvardo a co-owner the major league baseball franchise, the Colorado Rockies. She is both the first Hispanic female co-owner of a major league team, and the first woman ever involved in a formal bid for ownership of a major league baseball team.

Awards and honors

Revlon 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 (2002),

Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame (2003),

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.