Mr. Felix Sanchez, Chief Executive Officer of Terra Com; Chairman and Co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts.
Mr. Felix Sanchez is the Chief Executive Officer of TerraCom, a government and public relations firm in Washington, DC, and serves as the pro bono Chairman of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA). In 1997, Mr. Sanchez joined actors Jimmy Smits, Sonia Braga, and Esai Morales in establishing NHFA.
Mr. Sanchez has developed a number of collateral infrastructure and pipeline programs to assist the entertainment industry in achieving its goals of promoting more Latinos in this business. Most recently, he established an educational/networking forum for NHFA’s students in California, Texas and New York. Under his leadership and in partnership with Children Now, NHFA produces an annual quantitative look at Latino portrayals on network primetime TV. Mr. Sanchez has also organized a partnership between NHFA and the entertainment industry to develop actor showcases; promote Latino writers; develop new talent development programs and assists the industry in addressing issues of concern to the Latino community. To date, NHFA has awarded over one million dollars in scholarship grants to Latino graduate students interested in careers in the entertainment industry.
Mr. Sanchez is a former legislative assistant to then Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.; former director of congressional relations for the American Gas Association and former vice president for government relations for the American Methanol Institute.
Mr. Sanchez received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and his MA and BA degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.
Monday, February 16th
6:30-7:30 p.m., Alkek Teaching Theater
Thank you to the University Lecturers Committee for their funding donation to support the Keynote Speaker event and to the Hispanic Business Student Association for serving as the official Keynote Speaker event hosts.
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