Felipe Garcia

Felipe Garcia has a varied background in tourism, international trade, investments, business transactions and government strategies. At Visit Tucson, he is responsible for leading the region’s destination marketing organization into the next chapter of driving tourism revenue for Tucson and Southern Arizona.

He is a board member of several additional organizations such as the Tucson City of Gastronomy, the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association and the Delice Network, a Lyon France, international organization whose goal is to develop gastronomy as an economic development tool. He has also served as the Department of Justice Hispanic Liaison for the City of Tucson, City of Clerk’s Office, as an economic development specialist for the Tucson-Mexico Trade Office and for the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, conducting in-depth analyses of the statutes and legal frameworks of several countries in areas related to customs, investment, trade and product liability, among others.

Felipe holds a law degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) in Mexico and an L.L.M. in international trade and investment law from the University of Arizona, James Rogers College of Law.