This week's speaker is Rafael Goyeneche - Metropolitan Crime Commission
Posted
on Jan 20, 2016
Rafael Goyeneche is a New Orleans native. He graduated from De La Salle High School, received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and his juris doctorate from Loyola Law School. Upon graduation from law school, Rafael served as an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish between 1980 – 1986. During his tenure in the D.A.’s office Rafael worked in trials, screening and was appointed chief of the Economic Crime Unit, a unit responsible for investigating and prosecuting white collar crime.
Rafael joined the staff of the Metropolitan Crime Commission in 1986. He was named president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission in 1989. He is responsible for managing all aspects of MCC operations.
Rafael was the award recipient of the U. S. Marshal Director’s Citizen of the year Award in 2010; U. S. Attorney General William French Smith Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cooperative Law Enforcement in October 2011; the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s Galvez Cup in November 2011, and the Crimestoppers Community Partner Award in March 2012.
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