Nationality American Home town New York City | ||
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Occupation Businessman and nonprofit advisor Education Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Harvard College | ||
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Luis Antonio Ubiñas (born 1963) is an American businessman and nonprofit advisor. He served as the president of the Ford Foundation from 2008 through 2013. Prior to joining the Ford Foundation, he had an 18-year career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He is currently the president of the Board of Trustees of the Pan American Development Foundation.
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- Grandes del futbol urugayo cap 8 luis ubi as fragmento de un reportaje
- Luis ubi as on american shared values
- Early life
- Career
- Ford Foundation
- Pan American Development Foundation
- Other activities
- Personal life
- References
Luis ubi as on american shared values
Early life
Ubiñas grew up in the South Bronx in New York City. His mother, a native of Puerto Rico, was a seamstress. His father died when Ubiñas and his four siblings were young. Ubiñas graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1985 with a degree in government. He was a Truman Scholar. In 1989, he graduated from Harvard Business School as a Baker Scholar with highest honors.
Career
Ubiñas spent 18 years at McKinsey & Company as a consultant in the areas of telecommunications, technology and media.
Ford Foundation
Ubiñas served as president of the Ford Foundation from January 2008 through 2013. During his tenure as president, Ubiñas significantly restructured the organization. The restructuring effort reduced the foundation's number of program areas from over 200 to 35, and defined eight major issues, including access to education, natural resources and sustainable development, as its core objectives. Ubiñas increased the Ford Foundation's focus on social justice issues.
Pan American Development Foundation
In 2015, Ubiñas became the president of the Board of Trustees of the Pan American Development Foundation, an organization that works with governments, non-profit organizations and corporations to fund and administer development projects in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Other activities
Ubiñas is a trustee of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation and the New York Public Library. In the private sector, Ubinas is a member of the Board of Directors of Shorelight Education, which helps bring international students to colleges and universities in the United States. He is a Lead Director at Electronic Arts. He serves as an Advisory Committee Member for the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships which overseas the United Nations' relationships with non-governmental partners. He has also served on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation, the Advisory Committee for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and as Northwest Regional Chair for White House Fellows.
Personal life
His wife, Deborah Tolman, is a developmental psychologist. They have two sons, Max and Ben.