Tracy Hernandez was the Founding CEO of the Los Angeles County Business Federation, widely known as “BizFed.” The nonprofit alliance of business networks advocates for policies and projects at all levels of government that spur job creation and cultivate a healthy economy.
BizFed unites 235 organizations representing 420,000 companies employing 5 million people in Southern California. Its sister organization, BizFed Central Valley, unites another 80 groups. Tracy also founded the 501(c)(3) BizFed Institute and BizFed PAC, the only business political action committee focused on local elections in all 88 cities in L.A. County.
During her 20-year media career, she published and owned award-winning newspapers and digital news platforms. Tracy was the first female publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News.
She is a native of Twin Falls, Idaho and a graduate of the College of Southern Idaho. She is very proud of her children and married to Randal Hernandez. They share time between Los Angeles and Santa Ynez Valley.