Cristofer Pereyra is the Chief Executive Officer for Tepeyac Leadership, Inc., a non‐profit organization dedicated to civic leadership development for lay Catholic professionals. Through its signature program TLI, the organization provides a catalyst development experience which equips professionals to become virtuous leaders, influencing the culture and serving the common good.
Pereyra is a native of Peru, where he lived until the age of 15. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Arizona State University and a Master of Business Administration from Grand Canyon University.
Pereyra’s professional career started in media, in the year 1999 when he worked for Univision Communications. For five years he was a television news reporter for Univision’s local station KTVW Channel 33. He then left media to go into business for himself. Pereyra successfully ran a real estate brokerage and insurance firm for a period of 14 years.
In 2014, Pereyra was asked by Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix to run the Hispanic Mission Office, office which he still holds simultaneously with his work for Tepeyac Leadership, Inc.
Pereyra has travelled extensively through Latin America and is a consultant for many organizations on how to best engage the Hispanic community, understanding its history, values, hopes and challenges.
For 6 years, Pereyra was a radio show host for En Familia radio, a Spanish Catholic radio station focused on family values, faith and community. In Pereyra’s words “success in life is measured by the number of lives we touch while pouring ourselves entirely into the service of others.”
