[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 165 (Tuesday, December 14, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2123]
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                    IN HONOR OF RAFAEL REYEZ DAVILA

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 14, 2010

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Rafael Reyez 
Davila of Cleveland, Ohio, on the occasion of his being honored by the 
American Nationalities Movement, and for his lifetime of service and 
commitment to his community.
  Mr. Davila attended local elementary and high school and graduated 
from Cuyahoga Community College in 1965 with an associate's degree in 
accounting. He worked at the Lowe Marschalk Advertising Agency, where 
he rose to the position of Senior Vice President of Finance and 
Administration before leaving in 1986. By the end of his fifteen-year 
career with Marschalk, Mr. Davila was directly supervising fifteen 
staff members and was instrumental in hiring the entire office staff of 
about 100.
  In 1989, Mr. Davila founded Davila and Associates Advertising Agency. 
His experience and knowledge of the Latino community gave him the 
expertise to start Ohio's first advertising agency with a specialty in 
the Latino market. Davila and Associates has been very active in the 
Cleveland community since its founding, hosting its First Annual Latino 
Business Seminar in 1992, first publishing its monthly Hispanic 
Entrepreneur Bulletin the same year, and currently working to publish 
``The Latino Entrepreneur Business Directory of Ohio'' in 2011.
  Mr. Davila has held many positions in Cleveland's Latino community; 
some of the local organizations in which he has served include the 
Hispanic AIDS Task Force, Esperanza, Image, the Hispanic Business 
Association, the Cleveland Hispanic Republican Party, Latino 
Entrepreneur International, and the Ohio Bicentennial Advisory Council. 
He has also been a member of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce from 
1988 to the present, the president of the Hispanic Athletes Network, 
which he founded in 1991, and founder and current president of Latinos 
Unidos.
  Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring Rafael Reyez 
Davila for his lifetime accomplishments and service. His commitment to 
the Latino community and the greater Cleveland area shows in his clear 
dedication to helping others, and his leadership in community 
organizations has changed the lives of countless people in a positive 
way.

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