Alfredo Frohlich

Alfredo Frohlich is an American venture capitalist and philatelist who has won numerous medals at philatelic exhibitions for his postal history collections of Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. He is an accredited philatelic judge and has been a fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London since 2010. In 2021 he received the Luff Award of the American Philatelic Society.

His interest in psychiatry led him to join the external advisory board of the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences for which he has run fund-raising events. He has also raised funds with his wife for a school for the autistic.

Early life and family Alfredo Frohlich was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He is married to Andrea and together they live in an Aventura, Florida, condominium whose design was profiled in Luxe Interiors + Design magazine in 2019.

Career and fund-raising Frohlich moved to Miami in the late 1990s where he worked as a financial adviser and venture capitalist. He became a naturalized American citizen in 2007.

He has a long-standing interest in psychiatry and is a member of the external advisory board of the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences where he has raised funds and taken a particular interest in depression, anxiety, and suicide prevention.

Collecting

Selected publications The Lansa Story. Colombian Philatelic Research Society, 2005. (With Dieter Bortfeldt) ISBN 958-33-9206-5 Private Mail Carriers of Colombia. Colombian Philatelic Research Society, 2006. (With Dieter Bortfeldt and Carlos Valenzuela) ISBN 958-33-9208-1 150 Years of Colombian Philately. Alfredo Frohlich, 2009.