Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr.
Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr. | |
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Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector Office Department of Homeland Security | |
In office November 27, 2005 – April 1, 2009 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Havana, Cuba | November 19, 1949
Spouse | Current: Raquel Martinez-Fonts Previous: Christine Martinez-Fonts (Deceased) |
Residence | Washington DC |
Alma mater | Villanova University Long Island University |
Alfonso "Al" Martinez-Fonts Jr. is a businessperson who was the assistant secretary for the Private Sector Office at the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2005 until April 2009,[1] and former executive vice president of the nonprofit U.S. Chamber of Commerce foundation from October 2010 to December 2014.[2]
Martinez-Fonts was responsible for the Private Sector Office, which provides a link between the Department of Homeland Security and the private sector of the United States.
After Martinez-Fonts left the public sector in April 2009, he founded Al Martinez-Fonts, LLC, a consulting company.
Prior to serving in the government, Martinez-Fonts was the chairman and chief executive officer for JP Morgan Chase in El Paso, Texas. Prior to this position, he was the president of a bank in San Antonio, Texas, and served as the chairman of the board of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce in 1993. After his El Paso position he was a senior executive for Chase Bank of Texas in Houston.
Martinez-Fonts received his bachelor's degree from Villanova University in political science in 1971, and an Master of Business Administration from Long Island University focusing in finance, in 1974.
Martinez-Fonts was previously married to Christine Martinez-Fonts before she died in 2010. They have three children. He currently is married to his wife Raquel.
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