2018 Prospanica Conference

Mark L. Madrid
CEO
Latino Business Action Network


Mark L. Madrid is CEO of the Latino Business Action Network (LBAN), a non-profit organization focused on strengthening America through funding Latino research and education impact programs at Stanford University.

Previously, Mark served as President/CEO of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the 2015 United States Hispanic Chamber of the Year. Prior to serving in nonprofit executive roles, Madrid enjoyed a career in banking that began on Wall Street in 1995 with J.P. Morgan.

Mark holds a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business, where he graduated with Honors and earned the designation as an Endowed Presidential Scholar. He graduated Cum Laude with a Master in Nonprofit Administration from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business. He is an alumnus of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative Education-Scaling Program.

Latino Leaders Magazine named Mark one of the nation's top Latinos in the areas of finance and nonprofits. He was honored as an inaugural Texas Modern Hispanic Gentlemen by Texas Monthly and as a Houston Business Journal 40 Under 40. In 2015 Austin Mayor Steve Adler appointed Mark as Co-Chair of former President Barack Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Austin initiative.

Mark created the Mark L. Madrid Scholarships, which are awarded to deserving Latina and Latino college students majoring in business from the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Notre Dame and Texas State University.

Mark is best known for his passion and, most importantly, his compassion. Mark loves his God, his family, his friends, his pet Champ. He has the strongest passion for our Hispanic community, our Latinx entrepreneurs and our students.

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