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Person
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Levitan, Aida T.
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1948-
History
Aida T. Levitan, Ph.D., is a leading figure in the Hispanic advertising and public relations industry as well as a philanthropist in the arts sector. She transformed Sánchez & Levitan, the agency she co-founded in 1986, into the number one Hispanic advertising agency in the U.S., after selling it to Publicis, and served as its President. In 2006 she founded The Levitan Group, a consulting firm. In 1995 she founded ArtesMiami, a non-profit dedicated to promoting and supporting Hispanic artists and cultural organizations. Dr. Levitan currently serves as Chairman of the Board of U.S. Century Bank, making her the only Cuban-American female Chair of the Board of a U.S. bank. She is the immediate past Chairperson of the Amigos of the Cuban Heritage Collection and former Chair of Facts About Cuban Exiles. She was former Vice Chair of the National Smithsonian Latino Center, and served on the federal American Latino Museum Commission. She is a Trustee Emerita of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, and serves on the board of the Spanish Cultural Center of Miami.
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Miami, Florida (1980s-)
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Final
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created February 2019.
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- English
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Sources
"Company Overview of U.S. Century Bank: Executive Profile: Aida Levitan." Accessed 2/5/19 https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=9172545&privcapId=7828416.
"ArtesMiami About Us." Accessed 2/5/19 https://www.artesmiami.org/aboutus.php?lang=en.
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Authority record created by Amanda Moreno.