{"id":2050,"date":"2023-03-22T13:55:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/our-team\/alejandro-ballester\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T11:04:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:04:55","slug":"alejandro-ballester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/en\/our-team\/alejandro-ballester\/","title":{"rendered":"Alejandro Ballester"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section el_id=\"team_member\" css=\".vc_custom_1679506641691{margin-top: 30px !important;}\"][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"1282\" img_size=\"full\" alignment=\"center\"][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1650374638741\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Alejandro Ballester<\/h3>\n<h5>Treasurer &amp; Board Member<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Alejandro Ballester is the President at Ballester Hermanos, a leading importer and distributor of branded foods, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and food service in Puerto Rico. He is also the Director of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Governance and Nomination Committees at the Board of Popular, Inc. (NYSE: BPOP), the largest commercial bank in Puerto Rico. He has served in the Small Business and Agriculture Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and as a member of the Board of the Government Development Bank in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>He was named \u201cYoung Executive of the Year\u201d by Puerto Rico\u2019s Chamber of Marketing and Industry of Food Distribution; and is an active member of the Puerto Rico chapter of Young Presidents\u2019 Organization (YPO).<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro holds a M.A. in Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Finance from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in Business and Economics with a major in Finance from Lehigh University.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"vc_shortcodes-custom-css\">.vc_custom_1677767978547{padding-top: 96px !important;padding-bottom: 72px !important;background-color: #1b2028 !important;}<\/style><section data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" class=\"vc_section dark-cta-1 vc_custom_1677767978547 vc_section-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-7\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2>Contribute now for a free and prosperous Puerto Rico<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>With your help, we will promote the ideals of individual liberty and responsibility, the rule of law, private property, and effective and accountable government to increase opportunity in Puerto Rico and enable prosperity for all.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  button-01\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/en\/donations\/\">Donate now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alejandro Ballester Treasurer &amp; Board Member Alejandro Ballester is the President at Ballester Hermanos, a leading importer and distributor of branded foods, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and food service in Puerto Rico. 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