Claudia Duran

REGIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, ENDEAVOR MIAMI, Miami

Since 2019, Duran has led Endeavor Miami, the local affiliate office of Endeavor, a global nonprofit organization focused on empowering entrepreneurship. Her team of 13 provides business support, mentorship and access to capital and strategic resources. Endeavor Miami’s entrepreneurs have generated more than $1 billion in annual revenues and employed more than 7,000 people. This year Duran expanded her oversight to the organization’s North American offices.

EDUCATION: Penn State University (BS), Instituto de Empresa (MBA)

IF I WERE GOVERNOR: My top priority would be to address the housing crisis by investing in creating affordable homes and implementing policies that benefit our communities.

MENTOR: Ernest Bachrach, our chairman of the board at Endeavor Miami. He’s been guiding me since day one. He has extensive experience in private equity and supporting companies in developing growth strategies.

READING: Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon, by Dr. Joe Dispenza, and The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century’s Greatest Dilemma, by Mustafa Suleyman.

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN: Gloria Estefan is an incredible musician and entrepreneur, humble, and overall an amazing person. Her kindness, honesty, and huge heart make it a pleasure to know her personally. She’s a role model to women everywhere who shows that achieving your dreams is possible.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Never give up. Keep trying. Change is an opportunity to keep growing and learning.