Abbreviation ALPFA Membership 22,000+ | Formation March 1972 | |
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Type Non-profit organization Purpose ALPFA is a business organization for expanding opportunities for Latino leadership in the global market. Headquarters Los Angeles, California | ||
ALPFA is a national nonprofit membership organization for Latino business professionals and students. ALPFA is dedicated to enhancing opportunities for Latinos in business, accounting, finance and related professions.
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Organization
ALPFA's headquarters are in Los Angeles, California, United States. ALPFA, the Association of Latino Professionals For America is dedicated and committed to empower and develop Latino men and woman as leaders of character for the nation, in every sector of the global economy. In 2016 members of 72,000+ professionals and students can be found working hard in more than 40 professional and 160 student chapters across the United States and Puerto Rico.
History
ALPFA was founded in 1972, a group of Hispanic CPAs came together to tackle the lack of opportunities and visibility for Latinos in their industry by establishing the first national Hispanic professional organization, AAHCPA (American Association of Hispanic Certified Public Accountants). In 2001, they expanded the reach of their mission to be more inclusive of the professionals that were joining and changed the name to ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting). ALPFA reached over 10,000 members by August 2009. In November 2009, ALPFA merged with the National Hispanic Business Association (NHBA) and created an organization of over 14,000.
In 2011 ALPFA partnered with the Sam M. Walton College of Business to launch the ALPFA Institute in Northwest Arkansas. Through its Centers for Global Leadership, Women’s Leadership, and Diversity and Inclusion, the ALPFA Institute is a source of leadership for Latino leaders through advisory services, research and insights, and leadership development solutions.
In 2012, ALPFA reached a milestone of reaching 40 years as an organization and reached over 20,000 members. The Women of ALPFA reached its 10th year, and had the first ever 10-city tour promoting leadership for Latinas.