Raul "Danny" Vargas is an American businessman, media personality, U.S. Air Force veteran and political activist.

His mother was a poorly educated woman who grew up in Arecibo, Puerto Rico in indentured servitude, never finished the first grade and never learned to read or write.

He decided to join the US Air Force after graduation and scored well enough on entrance exams to choose the career field he would follow.

He worked for Sprint International which was later merged with France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom to create a joint venture called Global One.

After the joint venture was dissolved, he worked for France Telecom as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Americas region for their wholesale division.

He founded and chaired a Hispanic Advisory Group for then Congressman Frank Wolf and was actively engaged in efforts to reduce gang-related violence in the Herndon area as well as solutions to the day laborer and immigration issues.

In 2009, Vargas was appointed by Congress to serve on a bipartisan commission to study the creation of an American Latino Museum under the Smithsonian Institution.

In 2013, Vargas was appointed Chairman of the Board and has since taken a national leadership role in the transformation of the workforce system into one that is employer-oriented and demand-driven.