Latino Business Action Network CEO Joins Board of The National Veterans Opportunity Coalition

Mr. Mark L. Madrid, CEO of the Latino Business Action Network (LBAN), was recently appointed to the Honorary Advisory Board (HAB) of The National Veterans Opportunity Coalition (TNVOC). After meeting with TNVOC President Ron Williams and Vice President Ben Fatola upon leaving the National Minority Supplier Development Council National Conference recently in Detroit, Michigan, it was evident to the TNVOC Leadership that Mr. Madrid would be a great fit for its Honorary Advisory Board and could bring great value to the Diverse Business Community nationwide. Ron Williams, Service-Disabled Veteran – U.S.A.F. and President of TNVOC, stated, “We’re honored Mark joined our team.”

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 flourishing career in banking that began on Wall Street in 1995 with J.P. Morgan. In 2016 Mark was appointed to serve on the board of the McCoy College of Business Administration at Texas State University and was recognized by both his alma maters, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Notre Dame. He was awarded the Community Emerging Legacy Award by the University of Texas at Austin Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. The University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business named him the recipient of Mendoza’s Alumni Service Award.

Mark is recipient of the Jefferson Award and the University of Notre Dame Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC Founder's Award. He is a U. S. Army Honorary Colonel and a member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council. In August 2017, the U. S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named Mark the LGBT Advocate of the Year. He 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 Entrepreneur Leaders 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. MBK’s goal is to ensure that all youth, including boys and young men of color, have opportunities to improve their life outcomes and overcome barriers to success.

About The National Veterans Opportunity Coalition (TNVOC)

The National Veterans Opportunity Coalition (TNVOC) has created a “new” National Standard of Excellence (NSOE), in serving the Veteran and Diverse Business Community and Organizations that support buying from diverse businesses. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the Coalition is the pre-eminent National Business Service organization that “actively” supports diverse businesses daily in connecting, growing, and succeeding. TNVOC has over 16,000 Searchable businesses in its portal, and utilizes the latest tools and technology to send out daily an average of over 2,500 Bid Notices and Procurement Opportunities. They seek to support organizations that prefer Evidence and Results over “Smoke and Mirrors” and are truly looking for Effectiveness and Efficiency in their sourcing for Diverse Businesses. TNVOC is the “only” organization nationally that can provide a complete solution, and does not require a 3rd party for sourcing, event registration, matchmaking, or other relationship building activities and events. TNVOC’s dynamic virtual business environment allows for interactive relationship building, which is critical for growth. The organization assists diverse business owners in training and gaining essential skills, needed to connect, grow, and succeed. More about the organization can be seen at: tnvoc.org.