Photo courtesy Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of CommerceMark Madrid has been named the next president and CEO of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, effective Feb. 10.
"I am extremely thrilled and honored to serve as the new president and CEO," Madrid said in an interview with Community Impact Newspaper. "Coming back to Austin, to me, represents coming back home. ... I grew up in a one-stoplight community in the Texas Panhandle, and I got my first big break when I was offered a full scholarship to The University of Texas."
Madrid took a job on Wall Street after college, where he worked until his return to Austin in 1997 to pursue a banking career, he said. He has spent the past 10 years working in Houston. With more than 20 years of executive experience, Madrid recently served as chief operating officer of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
The GAHCC board of directors unanimously selected him after a nationwide search yielding 12 applications, according to Geronimo Rodriguez, immediate past chair of the GAHCC.
