Founding Chief Executive, LA County Business Federation
Hernandez is the founding chief executive of the LA County Business Federation (BizFed), a nonprofit alliance of 240 organizations representing 420,000 companies with 5 million employees throughout Southern California. BizFed advocates for policies and projects that strengthen the regional economy and spur job creation. Its sister organization, BizFed Central Valley, unites another 80 groups. Hernandez founded the nonprofit BizFed Institute and BizFed PAC, the only business political action committee focused on local elections in all 88 cities in L.A. County. She also co-founded and serves as CEO of the New California Coalition, which serves as a non-partisan political voice for over 9 million voters across the state.
