Juan has a wealth of experience in strategic partnerships, public policy, education, government relations, fund development, board development, and community development. Juan has held key positions within government and non-profits. As Chief of Staff to an LAUSD School Board Member, he managed and directed all board staff to support the goals of the board member and worked alongside LAUSD Superintendent and senior leadership in developing policies that supported student growth and high school graduation. As Government Relations and Development Manager for LAUSD’s $20 billion school construction program, Juan led efforts with federal, state, and local officials to build more than 130 new schools in Los Angeles; with particular emphasis on high-need areas. As LAUSD’s Joint Use and Innovation Program Manager, he led efforts and created a Health Care Master plan with LA County and LAUSD officials to build and program the largest School-based Wellness Center project in the country.

Currently, Juan holds the position of President of the White Memorial Charitable Foundation at Adventist Health Memorial Hospital. He was previously Senior Vice President of Community Development for the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles. Juan’s responsibilities included leadership for the Y’s association $3.5M Annual Campaign, Urban Initiative: Cradle to Career Success, Urban Council, Association Strategic Partnership and Initiatives, Association Corporate and Foundation support, Leads the Advocacy and External Affairs. During the pandemic, Juan directed all social service support to all 26 Y’s in the association led to $33 million in fundraising in 2020, the largest fundraising efforts in the history of the LA Y.

Juan is currently a Board Member with the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State Los Angeles and was appointed by California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon to the State Bar Board of Trustees in 2019. Juan is also a Steering Committee member for the South East Los Angeles (SELA) Collaborative.

Juan is a son of an immigrant father from Guatemala and an immigrant mother from Mexico. Juan was raised in Los Angeles County and continues to live there. Juan is the first person in his immediate and extended family to graduate from a university. Juan holds a BS from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Sociology and Chicano Studies and a Masters in Education from Whittier College. Juan currently resides in Glendale CA with his wife Iris, his two boys Juan Jr. (15) and Luis (11) and his daughter Aura (13).