Categories newsmakers | 1990sPosted on 2013/11/13Marlon Quintanilla Paz, MALS ’96 The Hispanic Business Magazine included Marlon Quintanilla Paz, MALS ’96, in their listing of the nation’s 100 Most Influential Hispanics. Paz, who is senior counsel to the director of trading and markets at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, played a central role in developing the SEC’s positions on many important regulatory and enforcement matters, including initiatives to address the current financial stress in the markets. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. President of the Hispanic Bar Association of DC, he also served for two terms as national vice–president for the Hispanic National Bar Association. He earned a JD from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a master of laws, with distinction, from Georgetown University.