Gloria and Emilio Estefan participate in White House session on SOS Cuba Published: Updated: Gloria and Emilio Estefan participate in White House session on SOS Cuba MIAMI – Miami’s power couple Gloria and Emilio Estefan were among the Cuban-American leaders who participated in a virtual listening session Monday evening with White House officials, Cedric Richmond and Juan Gonzalez, about the U.S. response to the SOS Cuba protests. Richmond is the senior advisor and director of the White House office of public engagement. Gonzalez is the senior director for the western hemisphere of the national security council. The meeting was closed to the public.