Julian Castro Steps In to Lead SF-based Latino Community Foundation

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🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Former U.S. housing secretary and presidential candidate Julian Castro joins us to talk about his new role as CEO of the San Francisco-based Latino Community Foundation. The foundation, which has raised more than $100 million in the last decade, is the largest statewide organization that supports Latino-centered programs. Castro has spent most of his career in Texas, including his tenure as mayor of San Antonio, but he and his twin brother, Joaquin, earned their undergraduate degrees at Stanford University. We’ll talk with Castro about what he will bring to his new job and his vision to expand the foundation outside of California. Guests: Julián Castro, newly appointed CEO, Latino Community Foundation; former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary and former Democratic presidential candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.2	Former U.S. Housing Secretary and presidential candidate Julian Castro
0:54.9	joins us to talk about his new role as CEO of the San Francisco-based Latino Community Foundation.
1:01.1	The foundation, which has raised more than $100 million in the last decade, is the largest
1:06.0	organization in California supporting Latino-centered programs. Castro spent most of his career in Texas, including his tenure as mayor of San Antonio,
1:14.3	but he and his twin brother, Joaquin, earned their undergraduate degrees right here in the Bay Area
1:18.2	at Stanford University.
1:20.0	We'll talk with Castro about what he'll bring to his new job and his vision to expand
1:23.9	the foundation outside of California.
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