Marcell Felipe is a Cuban-American attorney and businessman. Felipe founded the Inspire America Foundation, an organization that promotes democracy in Cuba and the Americas.[1] He also founded the Initiative for Democratic and Economic Alternatives for Cuba, a project of Inspire America, and co-founded América CV (which owns América TeVé).[2][3][4]
Felipe is an international tax and corporate lawyer, and a member of the Florida Bar.[12][13] He founded Marcell Felipe Attorneys in 2002, advising government and industry officials on legal issues.[14]
American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora
Felipe serves as chairman of the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora (also known as “The Cuban”), having been elected as board chair in 2018 and re-elected in 2019.[15][16] That same year, he announced the firing of the museum's director, Ileana Fuentes, and her daughter, Carisa Perez-Fuentes, who served as head of communications and design, after a split in leadership of the museum.[17] Felipe accused Fuentes and her daughter of “kidnapping” the museum from the board of directors and mismanaging the institution.[18]
A critic of communism in Cuba, Felipe claims the museum is “an icon of freedom."[19][20]