Luis provides system-wide oversight of financial operations for YES Prep, a public charter school with 21,000 students. After becoming the Chief Financial Officer at YES, Luis modernized the financial operations of the organization by revamping all accounting workflows, budgeting systems, and procurement practices. After closing various private placement loans to fund school growth requirements, Luis led the effort to achieve investment grade status for YES so the organization could issue their initial public bonds. Luis is currently working on YES’ third public bond issuance, now totaling over $250 million in issued bonds.

Luis began his career at Enron and remained a financial modeler and budget manager in the energy and infrastructure business for the first 12 years of his career until transitioning from the private sector to the nonprofit industry. Prior to YES Prep, Luis was the Chief Financial/Administrative/Sales Officer for Amigos, an international non-profit focused on experiential education, where he was in charge of finance, HR, and system-wide enrollment.

Luis has a Bachelor in Business Administration from the Business Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Business.