FL ALAS Virtual Conference | May 20th, 2021

Juan Garcia serves as Vice President, Client Development for CampusWorks. In this capacity, Juan partners with Higher Education leaders from across the country, transforming institutions by providing an independent perspective and creative solutions to improve operations, reduce costs, and position ALL students for success.

At ACT, Inc. he was responsible for Strategic Partnerships, working with existing and creating new partnerships fulfilling ACT’s non-profit mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. As a polished communicator, Juan has represented many organizations in multiple settings, ranging from sales presentations to keynote addresses at the national and international level.

Before joining ACT, Mr. Garcia served as a champion of college access and readiness for the Iowa College Access Network (ICAN). As the Executive Director of ICAN, Mr. Garcia established relationships with school, district administration, state and local leaders, as well as other nonprofits to reach at-risk students, ensuring that these students were aware of the support that was available to them for pursuit of higher education.

Prior to his work in improving education opportunities for our students, Mr. Garcia led marketing and promotions for the launch of a new Spanish magazine published by Meredith Corp. and served as an Account Executive in Latin America for the Hispanic Marketing Division of Donnelley Marketing, Inc.

In 2015, he received the award for Diversity and Inclusion from ACT, Inc. nominated and selected among all company employees.

In November 2016, Mr. Garcia graduated from the Harvard Business School, Executive Education program. Juan holds a BS Business Administration degree from Universidad de Lima, Peru and has completed graduate course work at Florida State University, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania and University of Notre Dame.

Mr. Garcia currently serves on the following boards:

• Advisory Board – US Commission on Civil Rights – Washington, DC

• Organization of the American States – Art Museum of the Americas Board – Washington, DC

• City of Waukee, Iowa - Board of Adjustment – Board Chair - Iowa

• Iowa Literacy Council – Board President – Iowa

• Friends of Puerto Rico Foundation – Board Treasurer – Washington, DC

• Rotary International – Paul Harris Fellow

Mr. Garcia is originally from Lima, Peru and is fluent in English and in Spanish