Germán Trejo

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German Trejo

German Trejo is a Mexican-American political consultant and president of Battleground Solutions. The company serves Democratic candidates and progressive non-profit organizations. [1] [2]

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Early life

Trejo was born in Morelia, Mexico. [2] He moved to the US in 1998, [3] and attended Ohio State University, at first majoring in architecture, [4] and later in political science and international studies. [2] He graduated in 2004. [3] At Ohio he was vice president of its Council of Hispanic Organization, [5] an unsuccessful candidate for vice president of the Undergraduate Student Government, [6] and co-chair of its Underrepresented Constituency Committee. [7]

Career

After graduating Trejo was appointed, from 2006–2009, to an unpaid position as consejero (adviser) to the Mexican government's Institute of Mexicans Abroad. [8] [9] He has worked in three presidential races: Wisconsin in 2004, Ohio in 2008, and Florida in 2012. [2] In 2004 he served as the Hispanic Outreach Director in Wisconsin for the Kerry-Edwards campaign. [10] As of 2007 he was the southeastern Ohio director of the Ohio Democratic Party. [3]

Trejo was involved in 2009 in Centro Mexicano, a proposed community center in Columbus, Ohio. Trejo promoted the center's plans to house a Mexican consulate, a training center for Latinos, and a business services center targeting the Hispanic community. [11] He presented the center as a nonprofit organization while trying to secure funding, though he had not incorporated it as a nonprofit with the state, [9] and allegedly told investors that it was financially secure. Seven months after it was supposed to have opened, the center filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, listing $615 in assets and over $168,000 in debts. [3]

In 2011 Trejo founded G&T Consulting, a political-consulting firm catering to Latino Democratic candidates. [12] [2] Since 2013 he has served as the president of Battleground Solutions. [1] In 2013 he joined the board of Democracy Win. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 Battleground Solutions, retrieved 2015-01-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "About", germantrejo.com
  3. 1 2 3 4 Czekalinski, Stephanie; Jodi Andes (2007-10-14). "Investors startled by sudden demise of Centro Mexicano". The Columbus Dispatch .
  4. ↑ "German Trejo". Do Something Great. Ohio State University. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  5. ↑ Karcher, Melissa; Hicks, Tom (14 October 2002). "Ten Latino groups unite, elect new VP". The Lantern . Ohio State University.
  6. ↑ Bornhorst, Nikki (22 April 2002). "Pauline, Goodman win USG election". The Lantern . Ohio State University.
  7. ↑ Aly, R. H. (18 October 2001). "USG committee getting things done early in year". The Lantern . Ohio State University.
  8. ↑ “Consejeros Titulares 2006-2008" Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine , Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, p. 40. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  9. 1 2 Czekalinski, Stephanie (2007-06-14). "Delay in Mexican center raises questions". The Columbus Dispatch .
  10. ↑ Democracy in Action, Kerry and Allies-Campaign Organization, Wisconsin. http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/kerry/kerrgenwi.html Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  11. ↑ Kemper, Kevin (2006-12-18). "Mexico reaching out to Columbus". Columbus Business First.
  12. ↑ "Corporation details" [ dead link ], Ohio Secretary of State Business Services. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  13. ↑ DemocracyWin.org. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
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