 Fidel Vargas

Fidel A. Vargas (born August 12, 1968) is an American financial executive and former mayor who is the President and CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation’s leading provider of scholarships and services for Latino students.Prior to joining HSF, Vargas was a founding partner in 2000 of Centinela Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity asset management firm that focused on investing and managing nearly $1 billion in minority-owned funds.