Marcell Felipe Explained

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] [5]

In 2018, Felipe was elected board chair of the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami, Florida, and re-elected in 2019.[6] [7] He also serves as a member of the board of trustees at Miami Dade College.[8] [9] [10]

Education

Felipe graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.[11] [12]

Career

Felipe is an international tax and corporate lawyer, and a member of the Florida Bar.[13] [14] He founded Marcell Felipe Attorneys in 2002, advising government and industry officials on legal issues.[15]

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.[16] [17] 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.[18] Felipe accused Fuentes and her daughter of “kidnapping” the museum from the board of directors and mismanaging the institution.[19]

A critic of communism in Cuba and other countries, Felipe claims the museum is “an icon of freedom."[20] [21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tavel . Jimena . DeSantis taps two trustees to stay at Miami Dade College . The Miami Herald.
  2. Web site: 2022-01-21 . Ad injects partisan politics into Miami-Dade superintendent selection . 2024-10-29 . WLRN . en.
  3. Web site: 2021-11-04 . Marcell Felipe on the Cuban Protests and the Biden Administration . 2024-10-29 . NTD . en.
  4. Web site: China’s Cuba spy base signals the need to discard US failed policy of containment . The Miami Herald.
  5. Web site: April 18, 2021 . The Castros Still Run Cuba . The Wall Street Journal.
  6. Web site: Cohen . Howard . The fight for control of Miami’s Cuban museum ends with a familiar face in charge . The Miami Herald.
  7. Web site: Shapiro . Jeffrey Scott . Recreating the terror of Castro’s 1959 Cuban Revolution . The Washington Times.
  8. Web site: Marcell Felipe About MDC Miami Dade College . 2024-10-29 . www.mdc.edu.
  9. Web site: Nicol . Ryan . 2019-03-21 . Ron DeSantis appoints five to Miami Dade College Board of Trustees . 2024-10-29 . . en-US.
  10. Web site: Bolies . Corbin . 2019-08-27 . Padrón Opts To Not Stay As MDC President; Last Day Will Be Friday . 2024-10-29 . The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College . en-US.
  11. Web site: Marcell Felipe About MDC Miami Dade College . 2024-10-29 . www.mdc.edu.
  12. Web site: Governor Ron DeSantis Reappoints Two to the Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees . 2024-10-29 . en-US.
  13. Web site: Perez . Heidi . 2019-04-24 . MDC Welcomes New Members To District Board Of Trustees . 2024-10-29 . The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College . en-US.
  14. Web site: Marcell Felipe About MDC Miami Dade College . 2024-10-29 . www.mdc.edu.
  15. Web site: Perez . Heidi . 2019-04-24 . MDC Welcomes New Members To District Board Of Trustees . 2024-10-29 . The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College . en-US.
  16. Web site: Tavel . Jimena . DeSantis taps two trustees to stay at Miami Dade College . The Miami Herald.
  17. Web site: Cohen . Howard . The fight for control of Miami’s Cuban museum ends with a familiar face in charge . The Miami Herald.
  18. Web site: Miami’s Cuban museum got $10 million in public money. It’s now embroiled in a nasty spat . The Miami Herald.
  19. Web site: As rivals brawl over Miami’s Cuban museum, a new director is named, a lawsuit filed . The Miami Herald.
  20. Web site: Polumbo . Brad . Exclusive: Cuban Activist Explains What’s Really Motivating the Cuban People’s Uprising . Foundation for Economic Education.
  21. Web site: Cohen . Howard . The fight for control of Miami’s Cuban museum ends with a familiar face in charge . The Miami Herald.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Marcell Felipe".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.