Del Pilar rejoins New America Alliance.

The New America Alliance (NAA) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Maria del Pilar Avila as Chief Executive Officer.

“As NAA’s Founding Executive Director from 1999-2005, Pilar applied her leadership and management skills in carrying out the vision of the NAA Board of Directors, turning the vision into a reality, and a start-up into a viable, well-established and highly respected national American Latino business initiative,” stated Carlos Loumiet, Chair of the Board of New America Alliance, Inc. “She brings a deep understanding of the organization’s advocacy goals and shares the objective of leveraging and accelerating the economic, political and human capital development of the American Latino community”.

Maria del Pilar Avila, newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the New America Alliance, stated “I am honored to rejoin NAA at a pivotal time for our community and our country. NAA will continue to stand as a strong leader and effective advocate ensuring that what is imperative for our prosperity is at the top of the list: access to world class education for all; access to capital, opportunity and economic prosperity; access to civic, political and corporate leadership; all while we continue to advocate and engrain that success comes with the honorable responsibility to lift our families, our community and our nation”.

Luis F. Restrepo, Board Member of New America Alliance, Inc. and Chair of the Executive Search Committee, expressed, “Pilar embodies the very mission of the New America Alliance founders, Raul Yzaguirre and Henry Cisneros. Her sharp understanding of the challenges and issues ahead ensures she is well poised to continue the work of meaningfully establishing the New America Alliance on a national human capital, economic and political platform and discourse. We are delighted to have her back.”