Germán Trejo

German Trejo

Germán Trejo-Caballero is a Mexican-American businessman in Ohio[1] and a former unpaid adviser to the Institute for Mexicans Abroad.[2]

Trejo gained publicity in 2007 because of his involvement with a proposed community center in Columbus, Ohio that went into bankruptcy before even opening. Trejo promoted the center's plans to house a Mexican consulate, a training center for Latinos and various businesses targeting the Hispanic community.[1] He presented the center as a nonprofit organization while trying to secure funding, though he had neither incorporated as a nonprofit with the state nor secured 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service,[2] and he allegedly told investors that it was financially secure, though he had not yet secured the money or tenants to make the project viable.[2][3]

Seven months after it was supposed to have opened, the center filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, listing about $600 in assets and more than $150,000 in debts.[3]

Trejo was born in Morelia, Mexico[4] and graduated from Ohio State University,[5] where he was vice president of the University-wide Council of Hispanic Organization,[6] an unsuccessful candidate for vice president of the Undergraduate Student Government[7] and a co-chair of its Underrepresented Constituency Committee.[8]

He is now president of a political consulting firm.[9] As of 2007, he was married and had one child, and was the southeastern Ohio director for the Ohio Democratic Party.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kemper, Kevin (2006-12-18). "Mexico reaching out to Columbus". Columbus Business First (Columbus, Ohio: American City Business Journals, Inc.). Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Czekalinski, Stephanie (2007-06-14). "Delay in Mexican center raises questions". The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio: The Dispatch Printing Company). Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Czekalinski, Stephanie; Jodi Andes (2007-10-14). "Investors startled by sudden demise of Centro Mexicano". The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio: The Dispatch Printing Company). Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  4. ↑ http://www.germantrejo.com/#!about/ca9o
  5. ↑ "German Trejo". Do Something Great. Ohio State University. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  6. ↑ Karcher, Melissa; Hicks, Tom (14 October 2002). "Ten Latino groups unite, elect new VP". Ohio State University. The Lantern. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Bornhorst, Nikki (22 April 2002). "Pauline, Goodman win USG election". Ohio State University. The Lantern. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Aly, R.H. (18 October 2001). "USG committee getting things done early in year". Ohio State University. The Lantern. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.battlegroundsolutions.com Retrieved 2015-01-15