Johnny Madrid

Johnny Madrid is a communication consultant to Foster Youth in Action, a national coalition of foster youth-led advocacy groups. He has been involved in foster care advocacy for almost 20 years, beginning as a youth member of California Youth Connection (“CYC”), where he participated on their advisory board, legislative committee, and the Youth Empowerment Training Project. While in CYC, he facilitated dozens of focus groups with peer foster youth, gave speeches across the country, lobbied legislatures and trained over 150 social workers. While a student at Stanford University, he wrote his honors thesis on higher education and founded the Stanford Foster Care College Project. After receiving the Harry Truman Scholarship, Newsweek featured him as one of “15 Students You Don’t Know But Will.” After graduating college, he joined the securities division of Goldman Sachs and pursued a career in finance. Across ten years, he also worked at Sanford Bernstein, Lombardia Capital Partners, Varadero Capital, and UBS. Notably while at Lombardia, he managed over $650 million in advisory assets for the U.S. Treasury. In October of 2012, Latino Leader magazine featured him in the “Leadership Landing” section of their magazine. In his personal time, he has served as an executive board member for three nonprofit organizations – California CASA, A Home Within, and Foster Youth in Action – and is a member of New America Alliance, an association composed of more than 100 prominent Latino business leaders.