Name:
Alan Franco
AIPAC Role:
Member of AIPAC's Board of Directors
Professional Profile/Associations:
Alan Franco is an AIPAC national board member from New Orleans and a major donor to Republican political causes, contributing over a million dollars in political money, including $272,675 in the 2020 election cycle. A Partner at Magnolia Marketing LLC, the beverage alcohol holding company founded by the Goldring and Woldenberg families who own the Sazerac Company, Franco is married to Diane Goldring, daughter of Sazerac Chairman and billionaire William Goldring. Franco serves as President of the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana, is former President of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, and sits on the Executive Committee of the National World War II Museum. He is also a trustee of the Goldring and Woldenberg Foundations. In 2016, he served on the Board of Trustees for Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv's leading defense think tank. He has traveled extensively to Israel, including trips to Israeli towns struck by Hezbollah rockets.
Accountability:
As a member of AIPAC's Board of Directors, Alan Franco bears individual legal responsibility for the organization's conduct. Under U.S. nonprofit law, board members hold fiduciary duties to ensure organizational compliance with applicable legal standards, implement oversight systems for core activities, and respond to credible information about organizational wrongdoing. In Stern v. Lucy Webb Hayes (1974), the federal district court held that nonprofit directors who fail to supervise organizational decisions breach their fiduciary obligations. In In re Lemington Home for the Aged (3d Cir. 2015), the Third Circuit upheld $2.25 million in damages against nonprofit directors who ignored red flags and failed to exercise reasonable oversight.
The information in these profiles is drawn primarily from AIPAC's most recent IRS Form 990, supplemented by publicly available sources including news reports, official announcements, and public records. As a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, AIPAC is legally required to file Form 990 annually with the Internal Revenue Service, and these filings are public documents.
However, IRS regulations allow organizations up to eleven months after their fiscal year ends to submit these forms, meaning publicly available data typically lags by approximately one year. This inherent delay underscores why AIPAC—like most major organizations of its size and influence—should maintain a current, public-facing leadership page identifying its board members and senior executives. The absence of such transparency from AIPAC necessitates this project. We are committed to accuracy and will update these profiles as new information becomes available. If you have corrections, updates, or additional sourced information, please contact us at advocacy@dawnmena.org.
