Professional Biography | Javier Suarez

​Javier Suarez is Executive Director of Live Work Philadelphia. He also serves as VP of Strategic Partnerships at the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Past Roles & Experiences

• Executive producer of the Hispanic Choice Awards, known widely as Philadelphia’s premier red carpet event honoring Latino professionals.
• From 2001 to 2011, Suárez served as president and CEO of the Hispanic Yellow Pages with publications serving Philadelphia Pennsylvania and Camden, Atlantic, and Cumberland counties in New Jersey. In 2011 he sold the company to a local media firm.
• From 1996 to 2001, Suárez produced the largest outdoor festival in Philadelphia for Latin music fans called Festival de las Americas. From 1999 to 2001 the festival was held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway attracting over 25,000 people annually.
• From 1987 until 1996, Javier Suárez worked in the radio industry serving in multiple roles from programming to sales at various broadcast companies and radio stations like WXTU 92.5 FM, WWDB 96.5 FM and WTEL 860am where he served as general sales manager.​
• He holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications from La Salle University.
• Javier is originally from Philadelphia and is of Colombian descent.

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​Affiliations & Service

• Children First (previously PCCY) • Chairman, Board of Directors
• Philadelphia OIC • Vice Chair, Board of Directors
• Children's Crisis Treatment Center (CCTC) • Governance Chair, Board of Directors
• WHYY Philadelphia • Member, Community Advisory Board
• ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals for America) • Philadelphia Chapter President (2012-2015)

​Awards & Recognitions

• Minority Business Leader Award (2014) • Philadelphia Business Journal
• Brillante Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence (2014) • National Society of Hispanic MBA’s
• "Most Influential Latinos" (2007 & 2010) • Multicultural Affairs Congress (PHL Diversity) and Impacto Newspaper.