Germán Trejo

German Trejo is a Mexican-American political consultant and president of Battleground Solutions. The company serves Democratic candidates and progressive non-profit organizations.^[1][2]

Trejo was born in Morelia, Mexico.^[2] He moved to the US in 1998,^[3] and attended Ohio State University, at first majoring in architecture,^[4] and later in political science and international studies.^[2] He graduated in 2004.^[3] At Ohio he was vice president of its Council of Hispanic Organization,^[5] an unsuccessful candidate for vice president of the Undergraduate Student Government,^[6] and co-chair of its Underrepresented Constituency Committee.^[7]

After graduating Trejo was appointed, from 2006–2009, to an unpaid position as consejero (adviser) to the Mexican government's Institute of Mexicans Abroad.^[8][9] He has worked in three presidential races: Wisconsin in 2004, Ohio in 2008, and Florida in 2012.^[2] In 2004 he served as the Hispanic Outreach Director in Wisconsin for the Kerry-Edwards campaign.^[10] As of 2007 he was the southeastern Ohio director of the Ohio Democratic Party.^[3]

Trejo was involved in 2009 in Centro Mexicano, a proposed community center in Columbus, Ohio. Trejo promoted the center's plans to house a Mexican consulate, a training center for Latinos, and a business services center targeting the Hispanic community.^[11] He presented the center as a nonprofit organization while trying to secure funding, though he had not incorporated it as a nonprofit with the state,^[9] and allegedly told investors that it was financially secure. Seven months after it was supposed to have opened, the center filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, listing $615 in assets and over $168,000 in debts.^[3]

In 2011 Trejo founded G&T Consulting, a political-consulting firm catering to Latino Democratic candidates.^[12][2] Since 2013 he has served as the president of Battleground Solutions.^[1] In 2013 he joined the board of Democracy Win.^[13]