Andy Guillemard-Noble
Encyclopedia
Andrés Guillemard-Noble, is a Puerto Rican attorney who also serves as the majority owner and president of the Puerto Rico Islanders
soccer
team, and its spokesman in the local media.
, he was elected president of the club in 2006, and has been the public face of Puerto Rico's first professional soccer franchise and the U.S. territory's only professional team in a national league, since Puerto Rico does not have an MLB or NBA team. Guillemard has made it a point to demonstrate that a Puerto Rican team can excel nationally. In 2010 he became the majority owner after other owners sold their shares of the club to him as a way of meeting the new USSF D2 standards.
June 1 Democratic presidential primaries, he cooordinated now President of the United States
Barack Obama
's campaign which, although unsuccessful locally, was successful nationally. He subsequently served as a member of the 2008 Democratic National Convention
Platform Committee and was responsible for drafting the platform plank regarding Puerto Rico.
During the 2008 New Progressive Party
primaries and general election he managed the campaign for his brother-in-law, and now Resident Commissioner
, Pedro Pierluisi
.
Foundation, a charitable organization in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
soccer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team, and its spokesman in the local media.
Football
One of the owners of the Puerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
, he was elected president of the club in 2006, and has been the public face of Puerto Rico's first professional soccer franchise and the U.S. territory's only professional team in a national league, since Puerto Rico does not have an MLB or NBA team. Guillemard has made it a point to demonstrate that a Puerto Rican team can excel nationally. In 2010 he became the majority owner after other owners sold their shares of the club to him as a way of meeting the new USSF D2 standards.
Politics
A prominent supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico, during the 2008 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
June 1 Democratic presidential primaries, he cooordinated now President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's campaign which, although unsuccessful locally, was successful nationally. He subsequently served as a member of the 2008 Democratic National Convention
Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 national convention...
Platform Committee and was responsible for drafting the platform plank regarding Puerto Rico.
During the 2008 New Progressive Party
New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state...
primaries and general election he managed the campaign for his brother-in-law, and now Resident Commissioner
Resident Commissioner
Resident Commissioner is the title of several, quite different types of Commissioner in overseas possession or protectorate of the British Crown or of the United States.-British English:...
, Pedro Pierluisi
Pedro Pierluisi
Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico and the United States Democratic Party...
.
Charities
Guillemard is the Vice President of the Jose Jaime PierluisiJosé Jaime Pierluisi
José Jaime Pierluisi was an economic adviser to Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Rosselló from 1993 until his death during a carjacking on June 7, 1994.A cum laude graduate of Harvard College and the recipient of an M.B.A...
Foundation, a charitable organization in Puerto Rico.