{"id":100,"date":"2020-02-22T16:14:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T16:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:15:18","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/es\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"SOBRE NOSOTROS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mario E Tapia<\/strong><\/h2>

Presidente & Principal Ejecutivo<\/h4>
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Mr. Mario E. Tapia is the founder of the Latino Center on Aging.\u00a0 Mr. Tapia has worked for over forty years in various aspects of planning and delivering services to older Americans at the federal, state, and local levels.<\/span><\/p>

His first position with the elderly was as Planner\/Coordinator for the Somerset County Office on Aging, Somerville, NJ in 1977.\u00a0 Since then he has demonstrated much dedication and commitment to developing and improving access to services for older adults, making a particular effort on behalf of the less fortunate, the frail, and the minority older persons.<\/span><\/p>

Mr. Tapia has lectured at numerous colleges, universities, and national conventions throughout the United States and abroad.\u00a0 His expertise has been sought by the New York State Office for the Aging and the New Jersey Division on Aging, who nominated him as a member of their respective state committees preparing for the 1981, the 1995, and the 2005 White House Conference on Aging.<\/span><\/p>

El Sr. Tapia participa o ha participado activamente en las siguientes organizaciones o grupos:<\/span><\/p>

Centro Nacional de Recursos para la Investigaci\u00f3n sobre el Envejecimiento de Grupos Minoritarios, Integrante del Comit\u00e9 Asesor<\/span>
Centro C\u00edvico Chileno de EE. UU., Presidente<\/span>
Estado de Nueva York, Comit\u00e9 Asesor Senatorial sobre la Vejez, Integrante del Comit\u00e9<\/span>
Estado de Nueva York, Comit\u00e9 Especial para Trabajadores en su Madurez, Integrante del Comit\u00e9<\/span>
Consejo Asesor sobre Asuntos de la Tercera Edad en Condado Miami-Dade, Vice Presidente
Comit\u00e9 sobre Adultos Vulnerables (EVA) de Miami-Dade, Miembro del Sub-comit\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>

Mr. Tapia received his degree as “Licenciado en Filosof\u00eda y Educaci\u00f3n” (e.g., Masters in Arts) from the Catholic University of Valpara\u00edso, Chile, is listed in Who’s Who Among Hispanic-Americans’, in the 1991-92 edition.<\/span><\/p>

WPIX-Ch 11, NY, designated him “Unsung Heroe” in October 2002.<\/span><\/p>

Mr. Tapia received the NY Post Liberty Medal of Freedom at Gracie Mansion, NYC, in October, 2003.<\/span><\/p>

El 3 de agosto de 1995, el Sr. Tapia fue declarado \"Hijo Ilustre\" por su ciudad natal, San Felipe - Chile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Recibi\u00f3 el Premio Senador Claude Pepper por Liderazgo Hispano el 16 de mayo de 2025.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Junta de Directores<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>

Tanto la Junta de Directores del Latino Center on Aging (LCA) como su Junta de Consejeros, est\u00e1n conformadas por sobresalientes dirigentes comunitarios.<\/span><\/h4>
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Doris Col\u00f3n*, Trabajadora Social, Jubilada<\/span>
Jean Fuentes, SVP de Recursos Humanos, Cadena Televisiva Fox<\/span>
Carrie Matos***, Consultora en Relaciones P\u00fablicas<\/span>
Rafael Piroman, Presentador de TV, WNET-Canal 13 NY<\/span>
Adriene Rosell, Ejecutiva en Servicios de Salud<\/span>
Carmen Delia S\u00e1nchez, DSW, Ombudsman for the Elderly at Office for the Elderly, San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/span>
*Presidenta, **Tesorera, y ***Secretaria de la Junta Directiva<\/span><\/p>

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Junta de Asesores del Sur de Florida<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>

JUNTA ASESORA EJECUTIVA<\/strong><\/p>

KATHY AVILA
LUPE BRUNEMAN
STEPHANIE DE LA PIEDRA
THAYRA HAUSHEER
MARIA HIDALGO
LIAN LONGOBUCCO
GABRIELA MACOTO
LIZABETH MIGUEL
DENNISE NICOLA
LYMARI RIVERA<\/h5>

Miembros Generales<\/p>

MARJORIE E. ALONI
BLANCA CEBALLOS
BRENDA CENTENO
MAURO HERN\u00c1NDEZ, SR.
ANA MAZZEI
ESNILCYS MIRANDA
GLORIA ORLANDI-KASS
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Mario E Tapia president & CEO Mr. Mario E. Tapia is the founder of the Latino Center on Aging.\u00a0 Mr. Tapia has worked for over forty years in various aspects of planning and delivering services to older Americans at the federal, state, and local levels. His first position with the elderly was as Planner\/Coordinator for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1062,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10099,"href":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions\/10099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lcaflorida.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}