Juan Figueroa (activist)

Juan A. Figueroa is an American consultant and political activist. He is a principal with Helene Figueroa at Soltaino Consultants, a strategic planning, applied research, advocacy and health philanthropy nonprofit consulting firm recognized for authoring an in-depth study on the health status of immigrants and refugees in the U.S. state of Missouri (2019–present).

Previously, he served as the president and CEO of the Jefferson Foundation, a $150 million foundation awarding health and services grants in Jefferson County, Missouri. From 2013 to 2015, Figueroa was Chief of Staff for Mayor Pedro Segarra of Hartford, Conn. He was also the founding president of Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut. Prior to that he served as president and general counsel of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund. In 2010, Figueroa pursued the Democratic Party nomination for governor of Connecticut. Provided by Wikipedia