Marcell Felipe

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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]

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In 2018, Felipe was elected board chair of the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami, Florida, and re-elected in 2019. [5] [6] He also serves as a member of the board of trustees at Miami Dade College. [7] [8] [9]

Education

Felipe graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. [10] [11]

Career

Felipe is an international tax and corporate lawyer, and a member of the Florida Bar. [12] [13] He founded Marcell Felipe Attorneys in 2002, advising government and industry officials on legal issues. [14]

American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora

Felipe 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. [15] [16] 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. [17] Felipe accused Fuentes and her daughter of “kidnapping” the museum from the board of directors and mismanaging the institution. [18]

A critic of communism in Cuba, Felipe claims the museum is “an icon of freedom." [19] [20]

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  11. ↑ "Governor Ron DeSantis Reappoints Two to the Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees" . Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "Marcell Felipe | About MDC | Miami Dade College". www.mdc.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
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  16. ↑ Cohen, Howard. "The fight for control of Miami's Cuban museum ends with a familiar face in charge". The Miami Herald.
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