Claudia Báez is a digital and AI innovator, as well as an executive and strategic entrepreneur. She is the creator of the Odin Project and the co-founder and former director of the Colombian media outlet Cuestión Pública.
José Antonio Parra Fandiño serves as the director of inspection and oversight at the National Electoral Council of Colombia.
Carlos Yahanny Valencia Ortiz is a Latin Grammy Winning Musician and Civil Rights Activist.
Dialogue Member Amb. Juan Carlos Pinzón is the former minister of defense of Colombia and two-time ambassador of Colombia to the United States.
Mauro Castillo is an acclaimed actor, singer, composer, music producer, and trombone player from Cali, Colombia.
Claudia Gurisatti has been General Director of NTN24, the channel of the Americas, since 2008.
Smith is the executive director of the NGO Society and Disability (SODIS) in Peru, where she coordinates advocacy actions, leads research initiatives and project implementation. She is a lawyer from the Catholic University of Santa Maria in Arequipa, Peru.
Ana María Ibáñez Londoño, a citizen of Colombia, was appointed vice president for sectors and knowledge (VPS) at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as of June 1, 2023.
Angélica Mayolo currently serves as an advisor to the mayor of Cali, Colombia and is a consultant at MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, where she leads the Afro-Interamerican Forum on Climate Change, an international network that works to highlight the critical role of Afro-descendant populations in global climate action.
Susana Muhamad is the current minister of environment and sustainable development of Colombia, serving since August 2022.
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