Andrés "Andy" Guillemard-Noble, is a Puerto Rican attorney who also serves as the majority owner and president of the Puerto Rico Islanders soccer team,[1] and its spokesman in the local media.
Football
editOne of the owners of the Puerto Rico Islanders, he was elected president of the club in 2006, and has been the public face of Puerto Rico's first professional soccer franchise and the U.S. territory's only professional team in a national league, since Puerto Rico does not have an MLB, NBA, NFL or NHL team. Guillemard has made it a point to demonstrate that a Puerto Rican team can excel nationally.[2] In 2010, he became the majority owner after other owners sold their shares of the club to him as a way of meeting the new USSF D2 standards.
Politics
editA prominent supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico, during the 2008 Puerto Rico June 1 Democratic presidential primaries, he coordinated Barack Obama's unsuccessful campaign in Puerto Rico. He subsequently served as a member of the 2008 Democratic National Convention Platform Committee and was responsible for drafting the platform plank regarding Puerto Rico.
During the 2008 New Progressive Party primaries and general election he managed the campaign for his brother-in-law, and now Resident Commissioner, Pedro Pierluisi.[3]
Charities
editGuillemard is the Vice President of the Jose Jaime Pierluisi Foundation,[4] a charitable organization in Puerto Rico.
References
edit- ^ "Puerto Rico Islanders Make Switch Official, Join North American Soccer League | Inside Minnesota Soccer". Archived from the original on 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ Vázquez, Keyvan Antonio Heydari (Apr 6, 2009). "Team From Puerto Rico Is in the Land of the Soccer Giants". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 2, 2019. Retrieved Mar 2, 2019.
- ^ "Difunden audio que podría implicar a cuñado de Pedro Pierluisi en colaboración entre campaña del gobernador y Super Pac que fue acusado en foro federal". Univision (in Spanish). May 16, 2022. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ^ "Fundación José Jaime Pierluisi". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
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