Our Team

Rafael A. Fantauzzi
President and CEO

Rafael started his higher learning education in Electrical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. He transferred to Kansas State University to continue his studies and also pursue further development in Opera & Music Performance. In 1992, Rafael started working for American Airlines in Dallas/Ft. Worth as a Sales Representative. At American he also held various positions including Software Product Coordinator for all Sales Offices in the U.S. and Europe; and Pension Department Systems Analyst for the Human Resources department. In 1999, he became the President of the Latin Employee Resource Group and Diversity Advisory Council member representing Hispanics internally and externally. As a result for his involvement in American’s diversity initiatives, he was promoted to Manager of U.S. Hispanic National Organizations/Promotions in charge of building and integrating American’s U.S. based civic and community involvement business initiatives.

In 2002, he accepted the opportunity to bring the same credibility and high impact strategic exposure to Coors Brewing Company as Corporate Relations Director. As a certified Corporate Citizenship strategist, Rafael designed and executed key grassroots programs to highlight Coors Brewing Company’s 20+ year relationship with the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) and other community based organizations. He was a primary stakeholder in the company’s Latino 360 branding community involvement. In 2006, he unveiled the groundbreaking corporate citizenship program, “Coors Líderes”. Coors Líderes started as a holistic print initiative partnership with national and local Hispanic non-profit organizations. The campaign focused on recognizing the contribution of key Hispanic leaders in the U.S. In 2007 the Coors Líderes program, added the Coors Líderes Training Development Workshop. The workshops helped develop the leadership skills for over 500 national and local Hispanic community leaders. This training was based on the Gallup University Clifton Strength Finder and a cognitive corporate leadership development assessment. The program was executed in Denver, New York, Los Angeles, Dallas/Ft. Worth, and Washington DC. After its completion, the Coors Líderes program was awarded the 2007 Magellan Platinum Award for Best Global Public Relations Campaign and 2007 Magellan Platinum Award for Best Communications Campaign by the League of American Communications Professionals.

In June 2008, Rafael became the President & CEO of the National Puerto Rican Coalition (NPRC), a national Hispanic nonpartisan non-profit organization based in Washington DC. Its mission is to strengthen the social, political, and economic well-being of the Puerto Rican community in the island and the mainland. NPRC is a member of the Board of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), the Board of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), and the board of the National Latino Climate Change Coalition (NLCCC) among others. Rafael’s role as leader of the organization will be to increase the reach of the organization via membership engagement, community advocacy, and programmatic execution.

Rafael is a certified Corporate Citizenship Executive from the Boston College Carroll School of Management and a certified Executive on Corporate Governance by the Harvard Business School. He is currently enrolled in the Executive Masters in Leadership program at Georgetown University. Rafael was born and raised in San Juan Puerto Rico and currently lives in Washington DC.