Amalia Betanzos was the CEO of Wildcat Service Corporation. It operates one of the most successful alternative high schools in the country, providing vocational training for ex-offenders, the chronically unemployed, public assistance recipients, and high school dropouts.

Since founding Wildcat Academy (later renamed the John V. Lindsay Academy) in 1992, Ms. Betanzos had transformed it into a multimillion-dollar nonprofit. She developed a Private Industry Partnership with Solomon Smith Barney to train welfare participants, and she served as chairwoman of the National Puerto Rican Coalition.