Julio A. Cabral Corrada is an entrepreneur, social advocate and policy advisor from Puerto Rico. He focuses on Latin America and Puerto Rico's fiscal, economic, and political affairs.[1][2]
Julio Cabral Corrada | |
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| Born | Julio A. Cabral Corrada |
| Education | Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and Cornell University |
| Occupation | Finance · Policy · Social |
Early life and education
editCabral Corrada was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He graduated with honors in 2009 from Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola.[3]
In 2013, he graduated Dean's List from Cornell University, where he focused on business and government studies.[2] He was a member of the Alpha Kappa Psi business society and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity.[4] In 2012, he was a Hansard Scholar at the London School of Economics, where he studied economics and politics and completed his academic thesis on the European debt crisis.[2][5]
In 2020, he earned his MBA as a Howard E. Mitchell Fellow in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.[6][7] In 2019, while at Wharton, he worked at the Lauder Institute under Professor Mauro Guillén and organized the first Ivy League conference to take place in Puerto Rico.[8] Also, he was a weekly contributor in the Sirius XM Wharton Channel discussing socioeconomic and policy events in the U.S. and Latin America.[9]
Afterwards, in 2021, Cabral Corrada earned a Master's Degree in policy and management from Harvard University.[10] In 2021, while at Harvard, Cabral Corrada was appointed as a Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Equitable Development Manager. In his role, he advised local and international public leaders on economic, education, and policy issues, including the mayor of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Carolina Mejía.[10][11][12]
Professional career
editCabral Corrada worked as an Investment Vice President at Stone Lion Capital, a multi-billion dollar investment fund.[13] He performed financial analysis on credit and equity investments across Latin America and emerging markets. Cabral Corrada has also served as an intermediary between the Puerto Rico government and investors in the high-profile $70 billion debt restructuring.[14][2] Prior to that, he was an Institutional Analyst in Morgan Stanley's Institutional Equity Trading Group.[15] In addition, he served in the United Kingdom’s Parliament's Scrutiny Unit as a Financial Analyst and as the Director of Strategy of Telemundo’s Premios Tu Musica Urbanos.[10]
During the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis, Cabral Corrada appeared in panel discussions to discuss the islands' fiscal and economic state, calling for a good-faith renegotiation of the debt, economic development, public–private partnerships, improvement in collection of existing taxes,[1][16] and fiscal reforms. At the federal level, he advocates for parity in Medicaid & Medicare federal funding, access to Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection currently available to U.S. states, and exemption from the maritime cabotage legislation known as the Jones Act.[17]
Philanthropy and activism
editCommunity and social involvement
editIn the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and María, Cabral Corrada co-founded Puerto Rico Rising.[18][19] The non-profit effort raised over 5 million pounds of food and supplies among 20 U.S. mainland cities and distributed it, in coordination with other organizations, to feed and supply over 200,000 affected residents of Puerto Rico.[18][19]
Cabral Corrada sits on the board of directors of the YoNoMeQuito Social Foundation.[2] As reported by NBC News in May 2016, "the goal of the movement is to spread positive energy and motivate 'borícuas', as Puerto Ricans are known, to keep moving forward despite the islands' recent challenges".[20][21]
During the COVID-19 Crisis in Puerto Rico, he served as a volunteer of the National Guard, assisting senior officers with logistics and analysis.[citation needed]
Cabral Corrada is the youngest member of the annual stewardship board of the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico.[22][23]
Political involvement
editCabral Corrada has been an advocate of statehood for Puerto Rico.[24][25] In 2013, after serving as executive director of the Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association, Cabral Corrada was appointed to the organization's board of advisors.[26]
In 2012, he served as the co-director of former Governor Luis Fortuño's absentee ballot campaign.[27]
Personal life
editCabral Corrada is the eldest son of Julio Cabral and Mercedes Corrada, who are in business and philanthropy.[28] He is a grand-nephew of the late Baltasar Corrada del Rio, who was Mayor of San Juan, Resident Commissioner, Secretary of State, Lieutenant Governor of Puerto Rico and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.[27]
References
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- ^ a b c d e "Analista evalúa inversión de $300 millones del gobierno". El Nuevo Dia. 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Bio-Julio-Cabral-Corrada" (PDF). Camera PR.
- ^ "Cornell Faces: Julio Cabral Corrada". Youtube.
- ^ Scholars, Hansard Society. "Hansard Society Scholars - About". www.hansardscholars.uk. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Antonio Otero, Carlos (18 September 2018). "Una mirada a la mayor quiebra municipal". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish).
- ^ Schmitt, Jeff (19 September 2018). "Poets&Quants | Meet Wharton's MBA Class Of 2020". Poets&Quants. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Wharton School celebrará conferencia en Puerto Rico sobre la reconstrucción de la isla". El Nuevo Dia. 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Responding to Natural Disasters: Is There a Better Way?". Knowledge@Wharton. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Antonio Otero, Carlos (6 May 2021). "Una mirada a la mayor quiebra municipal". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish).
- ^ "Alcaldia DN pacta con Harvard y Bloomberg Philanthropies plan de desarrollo equitativo e inclusivo". Acento (in Spanish).
- ^ "ADN se asocia con Harvard y Bloomberg". elCaribe (in Spanish). 18 March 2021.
- ^ "Gregory Augustine Hanley: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Bonistas dispuestos a negociar". 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "BrokerCheck - Find a broker, investment or financial advisor". brokercheck.finra.org. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Edición 18 de Febrero 2016". 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ ""La estrategia en Washington debe cambiar"". Sin Comillas. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ a b VOCERO, Carlos Antonio Otero, EL (23 November 2017). "Gestión privada y empresarial que trasciende".
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- ^ "#YoNoMeQuito Movement Aims To Inspire, Uplift Puerto Ricans". NBC News. 12 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "SOMOS isla". www.museoarteponce.org.
- ^ "Dicen "PResente"". www.magacin.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ ""PResente" la gala del Museo de Arte de Ponce". 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ ""Do You Believe in Democracy and Equality?" - Puerto Rico Report". 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ estadistaunidos (29 October 2011). "Estadistas Unidos". Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association - Proyecto Estrella". proyectoestrella.wordpress.com. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Hijo de Fortuño asesorará estudiantes estadistas". Metro. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Auténtico e irreverente | Aperturas, Sociales | Magacín". www.magacin.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.