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Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr.

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Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr.
Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector Office
Department of Homeland Security
In office
November 27, 2005 – April 1, 2009
Personal details
Born (1949-11-19) November 19, 1949 (age 74)
Havana, Cuba
SpouseRaquel
Residence(s)Washington, DC
Alma materVillanova University
Long Island University

Alfonso "Al" Martinez-Fonts Jr. is a businessperson who was the assistant secretary for the Private Sector Office at the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2005 until April 2009,[1] and former executive vice president of the nonprofit U.S. Chamber of Commerce foundation from October 2010 to December 2014.[2]

Martinez-Fonts was responsible for the Private Sector Office, which provides a link between the Department of Homeland Security and the private sector of the United States.

After Martinez-Fonts left the public sector in April 2009, he founded Al Martinez-Fonts, LLC, a consulting company.

Prior to serving in the government, Martinez-Fonts was the chairman and chief executive officer for JP Morgan Chase in El Paso, Texas. Prior to this position, he was the president of a bank in San Antonio, Texas, and served as the chairman of the board of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce in 1993. After his El Paso position he was a senior executive for Chase Bank of Texas in Houston.

Martinez-Fonts received his bachelor's degree from Villanova University in political science in 1971, and an Master of Business Administration from Long Island University focusing in finance, in 1974.

Martinez-Fonts is married to his wife Raquel. They have three children.

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