Jose Isasi
José Antonio Isasi (born in Havana, August 14, 1944) is a Cuban-American businessman. He is the owner of the Que Pasa Media Network, the largest Hispanic Media company in North Carolina, which comprises three newspapers in Charlotte Metro, Raleigh Metro, and Greensboro/Winston-Salem, seven AM radio stations reaching across North Carolina, Makin’ It Work–Pronto!, a Hispanic marketing and communications company serving clients internationally, nationally and regionally, and other related Hispanic businesses located in North Carolina. Overview and business. Jose Isasi was born in 1944 in Havana, Cuba, and migrated to the US in 1960. Isasi  became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1971. In 1965, he married Flora Maria Appel and they had four sons: Jose II, Domingo, Fredrick, and William. Isasi has lived and worked in the US, Cuba, Venezuela, England, Japan, Germany, and Switzerland and has been a resident of North Carolina since 1976. Isasi's company consists of the following components: Que Pasa radio stations 1000 AM Raleigh 1530 AM Durham–Chapel Hill 1220 AM Reidsville, Greensboro 1590 AM High Point, Winston-Salem 1470 AM Greensboro/Burlington 1380 AM Winston-Salem 1040 AM Winston-Salem/Lexington Que Pasa newspapers Winston -Salem / Greensboro edition Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill edition Charlotte Metro edition Community involvement. Member of the Board of Directors of the Forsyth County United Way Member of the Board of Directors of the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Arts Council Member of Board of Directors, BB&T Triad Region Member of the CRA Advisory Group for BB&T Bank–Forsyth County Founding member of the Board of Forsyth Health, Inc. Member of Regional Board of the Maya Angelou Institute for Minority Health, Inc. Member of Board of Directors–Accion Hispana, Forsyth County Education. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Bachelor of Science in  Engineering 1962–1966 University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, –Master of Science in Engineering 1966–1968 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, postgraduate work 1975–1976 Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh - executive program, Westinghouse 1981–1982 The Quality College, Crosby & Associates 1988–1989 Patents and publications. Granted two US patents for manufacturing technology with turbine components Authored / co-authored two technical books Authored / co-authored 26 technology papers in science and engineering literature Numerous national and regional keynote presentations Author / co-author of 11 papers in strategic product and marketing planning Community and other awards. Salvation Army Excellence in Leadership Award The "Winston-Salem Chronicle" Community Service  Leadership Award Hispanic Business Person of the Year for North Carolina Award North Carolina Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence Piedmont Triad Technology Gold Award Japan’s MITI Leadership Award Benjamin B. Lanme Fellowship Award (the highest award in The Westinghouse Company for outstanding employee achievement) In the media. Selected as one of fifty national Hispanic media executives who has made significant contributions to the Hispanic community by San Antonio based On The Edge Promotions organization May 2007 Featured on Bill Friday’s "North Carolina People", UNC-TV, 2005 Featured on Chris Matthews’ "Business Carolina Show", UNC-TV, 2005 and  2006Named as one of the ‘50 Most Influential People’ in the Triad by "Triad Business Journal", December 2004Named, along with his Que Pasa Media Network, as a ‘Fast 50’ company by "Triad Business Journal" in 2004 Appeared on the cover and in the main story in the premier edition of the national "Marketing y Medios" magazine in September 2004 Featured, along with his Que Pasa Newspapers and Radio Stations, in the December 2003 edition of "Southern Living" magazine Named by the "Triad Business Journal" as one of the Ten People To Watch in 2003, 2006 Featured, along with his Hispanic  marketing and communications company, Makin' It Work - Pronto!, on the cover and as the feature story in the June 2003 issue of "BizLife"