[4] He is an alumnus of A Better Chance, a non-profit which assists gifted young people of color attend highly-ranked secondary schools.
[6] Luis has led a career in business, philanthropy and the nonprofit sector and has served in a range of government roles.
[citation needed] Ubiñas spent eighteen years at McKinsey & Company as a Senior Partner in the areas of telecommunications, technology and media.
The restructuring effort focused the foundation's number of program areas from over 200 to 35, and defined eight major issues, including access to education, economic opportunity and human rights, as its core objectives.
Restructuring during the 2008/9 financial crisis was not without controversy, since, a few months after announcing $22 million in budget cutbacks in spring 2009, Ford announced the closure of field offices in Vietnam and Russia and offered voluntary severance packages to some New York staff to trim an additional $14 million from the budget.
All savings were shifted to the grantee budget, to help social justice organizations in the United States and abroad survive the financial crisis.
Ubiñas has served as a board member of and/or investor in multiple privately-held companies, including GFR Media, the largest media company in Puerto Rico; Shorelight Education, which provides educational access for international students; and CommerceHub, a cloud-based e-commerce platform.
He is currently an advisor to the board of EBSCO industries, the leading provider of full text academic content to libraries, universities and private sector entities.