This is a classic rewind episode with Hector Mujica.

Google does everything big. So it’s no surprise they chose a guy with a big resume, a big agenda, and most of all, a big heart to run a huge initiative in their most consequential market!

Meet Hector Mujica, Head of Economic Opportunity for the Americas for Google.org.

As he leads Google’s philanthropic efforts to create a just economy in Canada, the US, and the 33 countries of Central and South America, he’s learned a thing or two about play and how to bring people together around problems of staggering size.

We eat ice cream from a black-woman-owned, vegan ice cream shop in Oakland while we talk change, justice, and score-card how we think philanthropy is doing in its efforts to seed and sustain real change. Join us!

About Hector:

Hector Mujica Head of Economic Opportunity, Google.org, Americas Hector Mujica leads economic opportunity efforts at Google.org—Google’s philanthropy—across the Americas. Within his role, he looks after a $100M+ grantmaking portfolio that supports interventions which aim to provide pathways to digital economy jobs for individuals with multiple barriers to employment. Hector also serves on Google’s Latino Leadership Council, where he helps to steward Google’s social impact ventures with the Latino community. Hector has spent the last decade advancing social justice through philanthropy and public policy. Prior to Google, Hector’s experience ranged from investment banking at Oppenheimer & Co, constituent casework at the Office of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and diplomatic relations at the Economic Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Hector holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Business from Florida International University, a Professional Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a Master of Public Affairs from the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. Outside of work, Hector Co-Chairs the Latino Digital Success Task Force at the Aspen Institute, and serves on the Board of Directors of Hispanics in Philanthropy, the Hispanic Federation, and several advisory boards, including WorkingNation and Inicio Ventures. Hector currently resides in South Florida.

Linkedin: HectorDMujica

Sources and Websites from Episode

https://www.google.org/

https://hipfunds.org/