José Antonio Villamil

In President George H.W. Bush’s administration, José Antonio served as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. He is a former Dean of the School of Business at St. Thomas University, in Miami, Florida, as well as the former Chairman of Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors of Florida.

José Antonio founded The Washington Economics Group, Inc. and served as its principal. He was awarded a doctoral degree in Economics (hc) from Florida International University for "distinguished contributions to the Nation in the field of economics."

He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Spanish Broadcasting System, Mercantil Holding Corporation and Amerant Bank, N.A. Jose Antonio holds a B.S. from Louisiana State University and an M.A. in Economics, also from Louisiana State University. He is a Ph.D. Candidate-Economics, Louisiana State University.