Hector Perez

{{Short description|American attorney}} {{other uses}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Hector A. "Tico" Perez | image = File:Perez crop (1).jpg | alt = Hector A. "Tico" Perez | caption = Perez in 2010 | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = |spouse = Donna Perez (former) | known_for = Scouting | education = {{·}}University of Central Florida<ref name="orlandoweekly2002"/><br>{{·}}Georgetown University Law Center<ref name="orlandoweekly2002"/> | occupation = Administrator, attorney at law | boards = {{·}}Florida Board of Governors<ref name="orlandoweekly2002"/><br>{{·}}National Council of the Boy Scouts of America<ref name="orlandoweekly2002"/> | awards = Distinguished Eagle Scout Award }}

'''Hector A. "Tico" Perez''' is an American attorney at law and an administrator.<ref name="BSA">{{cite web |url= http://www.scouting.org/Media/MediaKit/Bios/Commissioner.aspx |title= National Commissioner |author= |date= |publisher= Boy Scouts of America |accessdate= October 25, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> He was the 9th National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, serving from 2008 to 2016.<ref name="edge" />

==Early life and education== Perez is the son of Cuban immigrants to the U.S.<ref name="orlandoweekly2002"/> His family moved from Tallahassee, Florida, to Sanford, Florida, when he was a toddler.<ref name="orlandoweekly2002"/>

He graduated from the University of Central Florida (UCF), later graduating from the Georgetown University Law Center, located in Washington, D.C.<ref name="orlandoweekly2002"/> He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

During his years at UCF, Perez volunteered with the local Oviedo Fire Department.<ref name="orlandoweekly2002"/> He was also student-body president during his senior year.<ref name="orlandoweekly2002"/>

==Career== Perez was a partner of the law firm Baker Hostetler,<ref name="orlandoweekly2002"/> a law firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. He is currently a principal with Edge Public Affairs.<ref name="edge" />

He is a political analyst for local NBC affiliate, WESH, a commentator on the nationally syndicated Daily Buzz and hosts his own political talk radio show, Talkin' with Tico, on WDBO. Additionally, Perez has a regular weekly television program in Spanish, entitled TeleNoticiasExtra, on WTMO-CD the local Telemundo affiliate in Central Florida.<ref name="edge">{{cite web|url=http://www.edgepublicaffairs.com/ourteam |title=Our team |publisher=Edge Public Affairs |accessdate=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424045153/http://www.edgepublicaffairs.com/ourteam |archivedate=April 24, 2012 }}</ref>

==Political activities == Perez is active in the Republican Party.<ref name="ocyr">{{cite web|url=http://www.orangecountyyr.com/2010/06/june-8-2010-general-meeting-state-legislature-straw-polls-tico-pere |title=General meeting |date=2010-06-08 |publisher=OCYR |accessdate=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008232741/http://www.orangecountyyr.com/2010/06/june-8-2010-general-meeting-state-legislature-straw-polls-tico-pere/ |archivedate=October 8, 2010 }}</ref> In 2000, he ran for Congress in Florida's 8th congressional district.<ref name="campaign">{{cite web |url= http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/committees/tico-perez-for-congress-campaign.asp?cycle=00 |title= TICO PEREZ FOR CONGRESS CAMPAIGN |author= |date= |publisher= campaignmoney.com |accessdate=October 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1999-07-07-9907070009-story.html|title=FREY WEIGHS BID FOR CONGRESS|first=Tamara |last=Lytle|website=OrlandoSentinel.com|date=7 July 1999 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-54354184/orlando-attorney-announces-mccollum.html | work=Congress Daily AM | title=Orlando Attorney Announces For McCollum Seat.(Tico Perez, Bill McCollum) | date=April 12, 1999}}</ref> He also serves as a representative for the GOP.<ref name="chamber">{{cite web |url= http://www.orlando.org/mo/index.php?src=news&submenu=News&srctype=detail&category=Headlines&refno=2893 |title= Dick Batchelor, Tico Perez Mix It Up At Businessforce |author= |date= 2010-02-10 |publisher= Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce |accessdate= October 25, 2011 |archive-date= 2014-08-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054809/http://www.orlando.org/mo/index.php?src=news&submenu=News&srctype=detail&category=Headlines&refno=2893 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Civic Involvement==

===Boy Scouts of America=== As the National Commissioner of the BSA, he was also a member of the executive board of its National Council.

Perez was formerly the president of the BSA's Central Florida Council and of the BSA's Southern Region.

He is an Eagle Scout, the highest rank attainable in the BSA's Boy Scouting program, and has received Scouting awards including the Silver Beaver Award, the Silver Antelope Award, the Silver Buffalo Award, the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, the Distinguished Service Award of the Order of the Arrow and the Whitney M. Young Jr. Service Award.

===Other organizations=== Perez is also a member of the Florida Board of Governors, the governing body for the State University System of Florida; president of the Orlando Utilities Commission; and vice-chairman of the Orlando Arts Council.<ref name="orlandoweekly2002">{{cite news |url= http://www2.orlandoweekly.com/news/story.asp?id=2610|title=The Insider |last=Billman |first=Jeffrey C. |work=Orlando Weekly |date=March 14, 2002 |accessdate=November 30, 2009}}</ref>

Perez is the Past President of the Orlando Utilities Commission, Past President of the Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce, Past President of United Arts of Central Florida, Past Chairman of the Orange County Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, Past President of the University of Central Florida Alumni Association.<ref name="edge" />

==Awards== Perez has been awarded with the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award by the Boy Scouts of America. The Order of the Arrow has awarded him the Distinguished Service Award and the Sigma Chi fraternity has recognized him as a "Significant Sig." He was recognized by the University of Central Florida as the Distinguished Alumnus in 1998, and he has received numerous leadership and community service awards.<ref name="edge" />

==External links== {{Portal|Scouting|Biography}} *{{cite web |url= http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Commissioners.aspx|title= Commissioners |author= |date= |publisher= Boy Scouts of America |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.flbog.org/about/board/perez.php |title=Tico Perez |publisher=State University System of Florida Board of Governors |accessdate=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028120327/http://www.flbog.org/about/board/perez.php |archivedate=October 28, 2011 }}

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