Level 5 Leader Spotlight!

Henry Cisneros

Henry Cisneros is Executive Chairman of the CityView companies ($2 billion in assets), which work with urban homebuilders to create homes priced within the range of average families. 

Having served three terms as a City Councilmember, in 1981, Mr. Cisneros became the first Hispanic-American mayor of a major U.S. city, San Antonio, Texas.  During his four terms as Mayor, he helped rebuild the city's economic base and spurred the creation of jobs through massive infrastructure and downtown improvements.  In 1986, Mr. Cisneros was selected as the "Outstanding Mayor" in the nation by City and State Magazine.

After completing four terms as Mayor, Mr. Cisneros Management Cisneros Asset Management Company, a fixed income management firm operating nationally and ranked at the time as the second fastest growing money manager in the nation.

In 1992, President Clinton appointed Mr. Cisneros to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  As a member of President Clinton's Cabinet, Secretary Cisneros was credited with initiating the revitalization of many of the nation's public housing developments and with formulating policies which contributed to achieving the  nation's highest ever home ownership rate.

After leaving HUD in 1997, Mr. Cisneros was president and chief operating officer of Univision Communications, the Spanish-language broadcaster which has become the fifth-most-watched television network in the nation.

Mr. Cisneros has served as President of the National League of Cities, as Deputy Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and is currently an officer of Habitat for Humanity International.  Mr. Cisneros remains active in San Antonio's leadership where he is Chairman of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation.  He is currently a member of the advisory boards of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Broad Foundation.

Mr. Cisneros has been inducted into the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) "Builders Hall of Fame" and honored by the National Housing Conference as the "Housing Person of the Year."

Mr. Cisneros holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Texas A&M University.  He earned a Master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University, studied urban economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, holds a Doctorate in Public Administration from than Washington University, and has been awarded more than 20 honorary doctorates from leading universities.

Registration begins at 10am.  Presentation begins promptly at 10:15am and concludes at 11:30am.

This event is open to members only.