Marta Costanzo Youth joined the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) as deputy assistant secretary in November 2020. Marta assumed the role of principal deputy assistant secretary in April 2022 and has responsibility for overseeing the Office of the Executive Director, the Office of International Migration, and the Office of Assistance for Western Hemisphere.
Laura Lochman is the principal deputy assistant secretary for energy diplomacy in the Bureau of Energy Resources.
David Talbot is associate director for economic policy at the Milken Institute.
Odynn is the executive director and chief AI officer of the Digital Finance Institute (DFI), a global technology think tank.
Luz María de la Mora is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, where she supports the Center’s Mexico work.
Elizabeth Whitsitt is an associate professor at University of Calgary, where she teaches various courses in international law and dispute resolution in the Faculty of Law.
As a principal consultant, Pillai-Essex provides project management and consulting services for clients in the banking, energy, retail, and manufacturing sectors.
Gilles Rivard is currently a governor of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), former ambassador of Canada to Haiti, and former ambassador of Canada to the UN.
Patrick Springer served as a program associate for the Migration, Remittances, and Development program as well as program assistant for Think Tank Haiti.
Michael Grant is the Assistant Deputy Minister for the Americas for Global Affairs Canada.
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