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Board of Directors

Officers

President
Ray Vázquez, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Vice President
Pablo Medina, Segundo Ruiz Belviz Cultural Center

Treasurer
David Hernández, Community Resident

Secretary
Jaime Moctezuma, Norwegian American Hospital

Members at Large

Paul Roldán, Hispanic Housing Development Corp.
Jonathan Rivera Lizardi, Project Director of La Voz del Paseo Boricua
Juan Calderón, Program Director Vida/SIDA – Bartolo Hernández de Jesús
Luis Martinez, Chicago City Colleges
Maria Concepción, Aspira Inc. of Illinois
Eddie Ortiz, Community Resident

Jose E. López, Executive Director of The Puerto Rican Cultural Center

Executive Director

Billy Ocasio, CEO

Staff

Nereida Aviles, Event Coordinator

Mike Claudio,  Accounting Manager

Partnerships

Partnerships based on true collaboration and exchange are essential to IPRAC’s core goal of promoting cross-cultural understanding. Working through strategic partnerships, both with other cultural institutions and major partners, IPRAC has been able to successfully engage a broader audience using its collections and experiences as a shared resource, and benefiting in turn from the knowledge and skills of our fellow partners in the arts.

It is equally important to IPRAC to serve as a venue that our grassroots community organizations see as their own. In addition to hosting cultural events and exhibits, IPRAC has partnered with local schools and smaller community-based organizations to provide guidance and support and offer the use of our facility for their events.