Alicia Miñana

Alicia Miñana was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  She attended and graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in Biology and a Certificate of Proficiency in Latin American Studies.  She obtained her Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law.  Alicia is a member in good standing with the California State Bar. 

As the Immediate Past Chair of the UCLA Foundation Board, Alicia is a member of its Executive Committee. In addition, she is a member of the Advisory Board of the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, and the Advisory Board of UCLA Law School.  Recently, Alicia was appointed as co-chair the Second Century Council – a Capital Leadership Committee for UCLA.  In addition, she served on the Board of Trustees of Antioch University Los Angeles.  Alicia received the UCLA Law School’s Alumni of the Year Award in 2013 and the La Raza Law Alumni Award in April 2004.  In 2017, she was elected to the Board of Human Rights Watch. Alicia is also a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and the Chair of the Board of Directors of The Nature Conservancy – Caribbean.

Alicia is the founding Chair of the Board of Directors for the Learning Rights Law Center, a nonprofit founded entirely by UCLA Law graduates.  The Center helps low income families advocate for their children who have learning disabilities, and also helps children who are involved in foster care and in the juvenile system.  She is a former president of the Puerto Rican Bar Association of California and a member of the Cuban American Bar Association of Los Angeles.  In 2002, she was named to the Advisory Board of the Puerto Rican Federal Affairs Administration, Los Angeles Office.

Alicia Miñana has spent 25 years as a practicing attorney including the areas of formation and dissolution of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and joint ventures, low-income housing transactions, employment agreements, licensing, production, distribution, and management agreements with artists, managers and recording labels.  She has worked with the National Labor Relations Board and with national law firms, as well as in firms located in Singapore and Puerto Rico.  Alicia has lectured in export seminars sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce and also in corporate formation seminars sponsored by La Opinion and the L.A. Times.

Alicia lives in Los Angeles with her husband Rob Lovelace. She is currently a founding family Trustee member of Vistamar School, an independent school in the South Bay of Los Angeles, and founded the Tigres Scholars Program within the School.