Baltasar Corrada del Rio 

The Hon. Baltasar Corrada del Rio is a retired Associate Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court. From 1993-1995, Mr. Corrada del Río served as Secretary of State for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He also served as Mayor of Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan, from 1985 to 1989 and as Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress from 1977 to 1985.

As mayor of San Juan (Population of 435,000), Mr. Corrada managed an annual budget of $200 million and directed workforce of approximately 9,600 employees. He hosted the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting in 1986. He was also president of the Board of Directors of the Inter American Foundation of Cities from 1985 until 1989.

As president of the Inter American Foundation of Cities, Mayor Corrada chaired the Second and Third Conferences of the Great Cities of the Americas held in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Willemstad, Curacao in 1986 and 1988, respectively. The conferences were attended by mayors and other officials of cities in North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. The Board of Directors, chaired by Mayor Corrada, was composed of 12 majors, three from each of the four mayor regions of the Western Hemisphere. He attended as special guest and participant at the Fourth Conference of the Great Cities of the Americas held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in September

From 1977 to 1985 he was Member U.S. House Education and Labor Committee and Member U.S. House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee. In 1977 he founded the Congressional Hispanic Caucus served as Vice President of the Caucus from 1983 to 1985.