Omar Awapara is the Secretary General of Peruvian civil society organization Transparencia. He is a political scientist by training and previously served as Director of the Political Science department at the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.
María Paula Ruge has over 10 years of experience managing social projects with international, multilateral, and public organizations.
Carolina Barco has devoted her professional career to diplomacy and public policy, serving as Colombia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and as ambassador to the United States.
P. Michael McKinley was U.S. Ambassador to Peru, Colombia, Afghanistan, and Brazil, where he led some of the largest U.S. embassies and advanced major agreements on trade, security, and cooperation.
David Smolansky, former Mayor of El Hatillo in Caracas, has been internationally recognized for defending democratic values and for his leadership as OAS Special Envoy on the Venezuelan refugee crisis.
Adriana Garcia is a lawyer and legal scholar specializing in the rule of law, human rights, reparations, and judicial independence.
Brian Fonseca is director of the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and an adjunct professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University’s (FIU) Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs.
Richard M. Sanders is Senior Fellow for the Western Hemisphere at the Center for the National Interest and a former U.S. senior diplomat.
Jessica L. Bedoya is the founding partner of LARA Fund, a private equity investment firm focused on buy-out and growth opportunities across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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