board members

Notes for Growth is growing! We are looking for new members to join our Board of Directors.

If you are passionate about creating access to music education, and supporting diverse artists, contact us!

Notes for Growth provides equal opportunities to all. View our Non-Discrimination Policy here.

Felipe Lecaros, Founder & Board Director

Felipe is Chilean-born attorney  and has been involved in a number of not-for-profit organizations, both in Chile and in the United States.

He was a founding board member at the Gabriela Mistral Foundation in New York and also a founding member at Los Nogales Legal Pro Bono Clinic in Santiago, Chile.

Felipe holds a Masters in Corporate Law from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a Master of Laws (LLM from Duke University (1999). Felipe is based in Santiago, Chile and is admitted to practice law both in Chile and New York.

Mario J. Paredes, Secretary & Treasurer

Mario J. Paredes is a leading figure in the Hispanic community in the United States. He has been on the boards of many not-for-profit organizations, including the Hispanic Youth Orchestra Foundation. Mario has also been involved as a founding member of other NGOs in the United States and has always been in the forefront of community involvement initiatives to help Latin American countries. Mario has also served as a White House appointee for Latin America under President Ronald Reagan and as Commissioner for the Charter Revision of New York City under Mayor Ed Koch. He was appointed by John Cardinal O’Connor, Archbishop of New York, as the Coordinator of the Catholic Hospital Health Care Network for the Archdiocese of New York. Mr. Paredes has served as consultant to the Latin American Commission to the Vatican and on the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops’ Committee for Justice and Peace.

A native of Chile, Mr. Paredes became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1975. He earned his Master of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Argentina and did postgraduate studies at New York University and Georgetown University.