Leopoldo Martínez

Leopoldo Martínez

FOUNDER​ | A Venezuelan-American, Leopoldo is an international lawyer, writer, social entrepreneur, and a former Congressman in Venezuela. He is the Founder of the Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas, IQLatino and the Principal of LMN Consulting, LLC. Leopoldo Martínez is a member the Democratic National Committee (DNC), as well as one of the Deputy Finance Chairs; and a founding Board Member of Latino Victory Project , chairing the National Committee. He served on the Board of the Small Business Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia and sits on the Board of Visitors of the University Mary Washington in Virginia, where he Chairs the Administration, Advancement, Finance and Facilities Committee. During the Biden Administration Leopoldo Martinez Nucete served as Presidential Appointee and Senior Counselor at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and was the nominated to the U.S. Senate as Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank. Leopoldo served in the Government Transition Committee for the 73rd Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam. Leopoldo Martínez is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs.

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