Balancing her own values with the rules for corporate success also was a priority for Cuban-born Ana Mollinedo, vice president, diversity, communications and community affairs at Starwood Hotels & Resorts (one of DiversityInc's 25 Noteworthy Companies). She spent years adapting her wardrobe, her makeup and hair, and how she carried herself. Her Latina mother taught her never to leave the house without full makeup, for example, but when she worked on Capitol Hill, she was taken aside by a mentor who pointed out her appearance was at odds with Washington, D.C., conservatism