Leadership
Board of Trustees
Marcell Felipe
Marcell Felipe the founder of Marcell Felipe Attorneys. He is an international tax and corporate lawyer who has advised governments, heads of state, industry leaders and many others. In 2006, Mr. Felipe co-founded a company which today owns Miami TV stations Channel 41 and 48. He has since sold his stake in the company, but continues to provide advice to its management and shareholders. Mr. Felipe is also the founder of the Inspire America Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting democracy in Cuba and the Americas. In 2018, he was elected to serve as Chairman of the new American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami. Previously, he has served on the Board of the Miami Dade County Housing Finance Authority and in the Board of several non-profit and for-profit organizations.
Mr. Felipe graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he served as the Business Manager for the University of Pittsburgh Law Review and Journal of Commerce for the Summer 1996 Editions. Mr. Felipe completed Harvard Law School's Program of Instruction for Lawyers in 1995 and served as an intern to the Honorable W. Standish of the US District Court for Western Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Florida Bar and is a native Spanish speaker.