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March 14, 2024

Celebrating 50 Years with USC LAA

On Saturday, March 2, 2024, the USC Latino Alumni Association (USC LAA) celebrated its 50th anniversary and the distinguished Latino legacy at USC. Co-chaired by one of USC LAA’s founders, Cordoba Corporation’s CEO, George L. Pla MPA ’74, was proud to announce that this milestone, sold-out event raised over $1.2M and had a guest count of […]
March 7, 2024

Cordoba Corporation Welcomes Jacque Robinson-Baisley to Education and Facilities Sector

Cordoba Corporation is proud to join our industry colleagues in celebrating Women in Construction Week and uplift the contributions of women in our workplace and throughout the field. We are pleased to welcome and share the addition of Jacque Robinson-Baisley as Director of External Affairs in our Education and Facilities Sector. Jacque is a tenured […]
February 26, 2024

Cordoba Corporation Welcomes Jesse Urquidi as a Project Development Director

Cordoba Corporation is thrilled to welcome Jesse Urquidi as a Project Development Director in the Education and Facilities Sector. Jesse brings 33 years of experience leading teams on a wide range of projects throughout California.  His clients include school districts, universities, ports, airports, and several other large public works programs.  He also has extensive experience […]
February 20, 2024

Cordoba Corporation’s Managing Partner Moderates UCLA Luskin Panel

The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs takes pride in helping to improve society through undergraduate and graduate education in the fields of public policy, social welfare and urban planning. We hope that our research can also help drive transformative action that produces policy solutions for California. To further this effort, the School presented its […]
February 20, 2024

Cordoba Corporation’s Founder & CEO Presents Award to JPMorgan Chase

First Vice Chair of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Founder and CEO of Cordoba Corporation George L. Pla had the distinct honor of presenting the Corporate Leadership Award at the 2024 Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Inaugural Gala.  Since 2006, this award has been presented to an innovative business enterprise which demonstrates exceptional […]
February 2, 2024

Cordoba Corporation’s Founder & CEO George L. Pla Re-Elected President of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission for Third Term

Cordoba Corporation is pleased to announce that Cordoba Corporation Founder & CEO George L. Pla was unanimously re-elected on Thursday, February 1, 2024, as President of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The members of the Commission elect the President and Vice-President at the first meeting of the Commission held in each calendar year to serve […]
January 16, 2024

Founder and CEO, George L. Pla Invited to White House for Oath of Office Ceremony

Cordoba Corporation’s Founder and CEO, George L. Pla was invited as a guest to the White House to witness U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris administer an Oath of Office to Nathalie Rayes as the U.S. Ambassador to Croatia. As one of the subjects to the upcoming second installment (book) of Power Shift co-authored by George […]
November 15, 2023

Richard Chavez Joins Cordoba Corporation as Planning Director in Transportation Sector

Cordoba Corporation is thrilled to welcome Richard Chavez as Planning Director in the Transportation Sector. He will be based in the San Diego region. In this role, Richard will be responsible for delivering emerging complex projects in the region. Richard Chavez, PE has over 30-years of experience delivering a wide variety of high-profile, complex transportation […]
November 6, 2023

Cordoba Corporation to Present at SPUR Conference

On November 7 at 12:30 PM, SPUR will feature a dynamic panel discussing Cordoba’s cross border trolley project. This binational trolley extension proposes to extend the MTS LRT Blue Line 1.5 miles from San Ysidro, California into Tijuana, Mexico to mitigate congestion at the border crossing. The panel will explore the unique regional cooperation among binational partners […]