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Cuban Mural.

WHO
WE ARE

LEADERSHIP.

The HOPE FOR CUBA Foundation was created by one Cuban American, born in Cuba, with a vision to change the course of how we can deliver support and aid to the people of Cuba.  Along with his team, Mr. Jorge Ignacio Fernandez will complete the mission set forth by the priorities and objectives of this Foundation.

"If you give a man a fish, you'll feed him for a day...if you teach a man to fish, you'll feed him for a lifetime." 

 

Meet our leadership and advisory council members…and then… become a partner.  

President & Founder
hope4cuba@aol.com

Executive Director
and Senior Advisor

Special Assistant
to the President

Director of
Communications & Donor Development

Director of Logistics and Operations

ADVISORY COUNCIL.

Candace S. Johnson, PHD 

Thomas Schwaab, MD, PhD

President and CEO

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, New York

Chief of Strategy, Business Development & Outreach

CEO, RPCI Oncology, PC

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, New York

Anthony Kennedy
Shriver

Marvin L.
Woodall

Founder and President

Best Buddies International

Miami, Florida

Chairman and CEO

Thrombolex, Inc.

New Britain, PA

Former President

Johnson & Johnson

Interventional Systems

New Jersey

James C. Greenwood
 

Former President and CEO 

Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)  

Washington, DC

Former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th District

Riyaz Bashir, MD.,FACC
 

Professor of Medicine and Director, Vascular and Endovascular Medicine

Temple Heart and Vascular Institute

Philadelphia, PA

Co-Founder and Inventor

Thrombolex, Inc.

Dr. Nat
Colletta

Dr. Jeffrey Sharkey

Adjunct Professor

New College of Florida

Former Manager

The World Bank

Washington, DC

CEO and President

Capital Alliance Group, Inc. 

Tallahassee, Florida

Joseph E. Farrell, Jr. 
 

Co-founder

Mission Resolve Foundation

Founder

Resolve Marine Group

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Paul D.
Johnson

Mark W.
Baum

Chairman

U.S. Agriculture Coalition

for Cuba

Chicago, IL

Senior Vice President and CCO

FMI, Inc. - The Food Industry Association

Arlington, Virginia

Marsha 
Brown

Patricia A.
McGuire

Former Multi-Unit Owner

Ruth's Chris Steak House

New Orleans, LA

President

Trinity Washington University

Washington, DC

Tito
Sanjurjo

Rolando Gonzalez Bunster

Director

InterEnergy Group

Miami, Florida

Chairman and CEO

InterEnergy Group

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Thomas B. Trimble

Former Partner

Winston & Strawn, LLC

Washington, DC

David E. 
Guggenheim, Ph.D

Founder and President

Ocean Doctor

Adjunct Professor
John Hopkins University

Washington, DC

Rick
Garcia

Cuban American Artist

www.rickgarcia.com

Miami, Florida

Mark K.
Shriver

Renee 
Strickland

President

Don Bosco Cristo

Rey High School

Takoma Park, Maryland

Founder and President

Strickland Ranch & Exports, Inc.

Myakka, Florida

Julian
Marcus

Jack
McGann

CEO

Marcus Poultry Farm

Pelham, Georgia

President

International Trading Group, Inc. 

Philapdelphia, Pennsylvania

Arturo Lopez-Levy

Assistant Professor, Politics and International Relations

Holy Names University

Oakland, California

María "Conchita" Mendez Piedra

Former Director Latin American

Alabama Port Authority

Spanish Fort, Al

William M.
LeoGrande

Robert L.
Muse

Professor of Government

American University

Washington, DC

Law Office of Robert L. Muse

Washington, DC

Mark
Spano

Shareholder and Consultant to the Chairman

Standard Gas Technologies Limited

London, England

Cari 
Stinebower

Daan M. Koornneef

Sanctions Specialist and Partner

Winston & Strawn

Washington, DC

CEO

Jumbo Maritime

Schiedam, Netherlands

Captain Phineas Sprague, Jr.

Founder and President

Portland Yacht Service Co.

Portland, Maine

Lonnie Anne Pera

Cuba Sanctions Specialist 

KMA Zuckert, LLC

Washington, DC

advisory

PHOTO
GALLERY
.

Laurence L. Levin has been photographing Cuba and the Cuban people since 2002.

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