Orlando Salazar is the National Vice Chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. He graduated with a BA in Marketing from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1980. He played Varsity Football for two years. Orlando currently resides in Dallas, Texas. He is married to Janet and has one son, Luke. Orlando is the owner of JLO Properties, LLC, a Commercial Real Estate Development. He is also co-owner of 44 Farms, providing Black Angus seed stock operation and beef production. In addition, he is also co-owner of Cornerstone Achievement Center, a school for children with special needs. He is the founder and Chairman of the Golf Fore Life Charity golf event benefiting Thrive Women’s Clinic, Dallas crisis pregnancy center, since 2010. He is a member of the Advisory Council of Verified News, an alternative news outlet that competes with the AP. He is co-founder of Hispanics United for America, a super PAC that is reaching Hispanic Business owners with conservatism, and which seeks out and develops conservative Hispanic candidates to run for public office in Texas. Orlando enjoys golf and fly fishing, and is fluent in Spanish.