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Impact of the Hispanic & Latino Community in South Florida | Lunch N Learn
May 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
The vast majority of residents in South Florida are Hispanic and Latino. Let’s dive into what that means to you as a business owner or professional. Get ready to use thus data to target and gain market share within our Hispanic and Latino Community.
MEET OUR SPEAKER
Felipe Pinzon
President/CEO Hispanic United of Florida (HUF)
Felipe Pinzon is President & CEO of Hispanic Unity of Florida (HUF), South Florida’s largest community-based organizations dedicated to the immigrant population. HUF’s mission is to empower immigrants and others to become self-sufficient, productive, and civically engaged. He began his career with HUF in 2002 and is a seasoned human services leader and working families advocate with vast experience in organizational strategy, program design, and fundraising.
Felipe has a master’s degree in public administration from Nova Southeastern
University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Additionally, he is a graduate of the American Express Nonprofit Leadership Academy.
Felipe currently serves on the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance Board of Directors, Career Source of Broward Board of Directors, Career Source One Stop Services Committee, Nonprofit Executive Alliance South Florida Steering Committee, Broward Center for Nonprofit Excellence at the Community Foundation of Broward Advisory Board, the Oversight Board of Broward County’s Transportation Surtax Appointing Authority and is a Co-Chair of the Prosperity Partnership’s Social Justice and Racial Equity pillar. He also served on the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) Advisory Committee on Economic Security, Florida Prosperity Partnership Board of Directors and Sheridan Technical Center School Advisory Board.
In 2009, he was awarded the Distinguished Service/Outstanding Young Non-Profit Executive Meeting Award from the Jaycees Hollywood Junior Chamber. And he received the 2017 Hispanicize Positive Impact Award.
He is also a former faculty member at Ana G. Mendez University System.
Felipe is married and the father of three children; he spends his free time with family, playing tennis, running, and riding his motorcycle.