Marcell Felipe is a Cuban-American attorney and businessman. Felipe founded the Inspire America Foundation, an organization that promotes democracy in Cuba and the Americas.[1] He also founded the Initiative for Democratic and Economic Alternatives for Cuba, a project of Inspire America, and co-founded América CV (which owns América TeVé).[2][3][4][5]
In 2018, Felipe was elected board chair of the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami, Florida, and re-elected in 2019.[6][7] He also serves as a member of the board of trustees at Miami Dade College.[8][9][10]
Education
editFelipe graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.[11][12]
Career
editFelipe is an international tax and corporate lawyer, and a member of the Florida Bar.[13][14] He founded Marcell Felipe Attorneys in 2002, advising government and industry officials on legal issues.[15]
American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora
editFelipe serves as chairman of the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora (also known as “The Cuban”), having been elected as board chair in 2018 and re-elected in 2019.[16][17] That same year, he announced the firing of the museum's director, Ileana Fuentes, and her daughter, Carisa Perez-Fuentes, who served as head of communications and design, after a split in leadership of the museum.[18] Felipe accused Fuentes and her daughter of “kidnapping” the museum from the board of directors and mismanaging the institution.[19]
A critic of communism in Cuba and other countries, Felipe claims the museum is “an icon of freedom."[20][21]
References
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- ^ "Ad injects partisan politics into Miami-Dade superintendent selection". WLRN. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Marcell Felipe on the Cuban Protests and the Biden Administration". NTD. 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "China's Cuba spy base signals the need to discard US failed policy of containment". The Miami Herald.
- ^ "The Castros Still Run Cuba". The Wall Street Journal. April 18, 2021.
- ^ Cohen, Howard. "The fight for control of Miami's Cuban museum ends with a familiar face in charge". The Miami Herald.
- ^ Shapiro, Jeffrey Scott. "Recreating the terror of Castro's 1959 Cuban Revolution". The Washington Times.
- ^ "Marcell Felipe | About MDC | Miami Dade College". www.mdc.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ Nicol, Ryan (2019-03-21). "Ron DeSantis appoints five to Miami Dade College Board of Trustees". Florida Politics. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ Bolies, Corbin (2019-08-27). "Padrón Opts To Not Stay As MDC President; Last Day Will Be Friday". The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Marcell Felipe | About MDC | Miami Dade College". www.mdc.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Governor Ron DeSantis Reappoints Two to the Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees". Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ Perez, Heidi (2019-04-24). "MDC Welcomes New Members To District Board Of Trustees". The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Marcell Felipe | About MDC | Miami Dade College". www.mdc.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ Perez, Heidi (2019-04-24). "MDC Welcomes New Members To District Board Of Trustees". The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ Tavel, Jimena. "DeSantis taps two trustees to stay at Miami Dade College". The Miami Herald.
- ^ Cohen, Howard. "The fight for control of Miami's Cuban museum ends with a familiar face in charge". The Miami Herald.
- ^ "Miami's Cuban museum got $10 million in public money. It's now embroiled in a nasty spat". The Miami Herald.
- ^ "As rivals brawl over Miami's Cuban museum, a new director is named, a lawsuit filed". The Miami Herald.
- ^ Polumbo, Brad. "Exclusive: Cuban Activist Explains What's Really Motivating the Cuban People's Uprising". Foundation for Economic Education.
- ^ Cohen, Howard. "The fight for control of Miami's Cuban museum ends with a familiar face in charge". The Miami Herald.