Chair-Elect

CEO
Encantado Advisors

Victor served 10 years on the Stanford University Board of Trustees and is a co-founder and current chair of the Latino Business Action Network (LBAN) which is the key partner with Stanford University on the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative. He has served on various boards including Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen (NASDAQ: PLKI) and retired in 2016 after 15 years. Victor currently serves on the boards of the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (Chair-Elect), the The Alumni Society, and the Aspen Institute Latinos and Society.  Victor is a co-founder and past President of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (now Prospanica), co-founder and recently retired board member of the Latino Corporate Directors Association,  and served as a member of the Notre Dame Institute of Latino Studies board.  He previously served as a White House Fellows Commissioner appointed by President George W. Bush.

Professionally, Victor is CEO of Encantado Advisors, a consulting company and is also a Senior Advisor at The Diversified Search Group where he spent 5 years as a partner.  While there, he led the Consumer practice, co-led the Real Estate practice, and was a core member of the Board of Directors practice.  He has been with large national firms his entire 25+ year career. 

Victor earned his BBA from the University of Texas, El Paso, and his MBA is from Stanford University.