Rossana Rosado (born August 20, 1961) is the 13th Commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul in November 2021.
[1] Rossana Rosado began her career at El Diario La Prensa starting as a journalist in the early 1980s.
[2] She was the first woman to serve as an editor and publisher of the second largest Spanish-language newspaper in the country, El Diario La Prensa.
In 1992, Rosado was appointed vice president for public affairs at the Health and Hospitals Corporation for the City of New York by Mayors David Dinkins and Rudy Giuliani.
[1] Rosado has won an Emmy for producing public service announcements that highlighted organizations that helped children in need.