Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting

Association of Latino Professionals For America

Abbreviation	ALPFA
Formation	March 1972
Type	Non-profit organization
Purpose	Connecting Latino Leaders for Impact
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California
Membership	92,000+
National/CEO	Damian Rivera
Website	http://www.alpfa.org/

ALPFA is a national nonprofit membership organization for Latino business professionals and students.

Organization

ALPFA's headquarters are in Los Angeles, California, United States. In 2016 members of 72,000+ professionals and students can be found working hard in more than 40 professional and 160 student chapters across the United States and Puerto Rico.^[1]

History

ALPFA was founded in 1972, a group of Hispanic CPAs came together to tackle the lack of opportunities and visibility for Latinos in their industry by establishing the first national Hispanic professional organization, AAHCPA (American Association of Hispanic Certified Public Accountants). In 2001, they expanded the reach of their mission to be more inclusive of the professionals that were joining and changed the name to ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting). ALPFA reached over 10,000 members by August 2009. In November 2009, ALPFA merged with the National Hispanic Business Association (NHBA) and created an organization of over 14,000.^[2]

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