Jorge Mursuli
President and CEO
Born in the province of Sancti Spiritu, Cuba, Jorge Mursuli immigrated with this family to Brooklyn, New York in 1967. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida where he served as the President of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Executive Vice President of the Interfraternity Council at the University of Florida.
In 1993 Jorge Mursuli joined SAVE Dade (Safeguarding American Values for Everyone), an organization whose goal, among other things, was to secure the passage of an amendment to the Miami-Dade County Human Rights Ordinance that would include sexual orientation as a category protected by law from discrimination in employment, financing, public accommodation and housing. In 1997, Jorge took over SAVE Dade as Executive Director; in December 1998, the Miami-Dade County Commission adopted the amendment.
In 2001, Jorge joined People For the American Way (PFAW) Foundation and PFAW and as the Florida State Director. In September 2002, PFAW together with SAVE Dade, led the fight, and was victorious against a repeal of the sexual orientation clause in Miami-Dade’s Human Rights Ordinance. During the 2002 and 2004 elections, he helped organize PFAW Foundation’s Election Protection program.
Jorge Mursuli served on the Board of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. He is the former Chair of the Miami-Dade County Community Relations Board Task Force on Police/Community Relations. Currently, he serves on the National Board of the League of Conservation Voters.
In the four years that Jorge has been at the helm of D-USA, the program has grown to be one of the most effective Hispanic civic engagement, voter empowerment, and leadership training programs in the nation, moving from its home at PFAW Foundation in 2008 to begin a new partnership with the National Council of La Raza, where the program will become an affiliated corporation of NCLR with Jorge Mursuli as its President and CEO.
