Paul Simons
Paul Simons serves as a senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, teaching and mentoring students in the clean energy transition.
Paul Simons serves as a senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, teaching and mentoring students in the clean energy transition.
Jane Nakano is a senior fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Carlos Díaz-Rosillo is the founding director for the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom.
Dialogue Member Amb. Juan Carlos Pinzón is the former minister of defense of Colombia and two-time ambassador of Colombia to the United States.
Dr. Tonija Hope is the Director of the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center at Howard University.
Carrie Filipetti currently serves as the executive director of the Vandenberg Coalition. Prior to this role, Filipetti served as deputy assistant secretary for Cuba and Venezuela in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs and the deputy special representative for Venezuela at the US Department of State.
Eddie Bocanegra assumed his role as senior advisor for Community Violence Intervention at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in early 2022, working closely with the assistant attorney general for the Office of Justice Programs.
Hedley Lawrence-Apfelbaum was an intern at the Inter-American Dialogue in 2024 for the Asia and Latin America program.
Kurt K. Lunkenheimer is a member at Cozen O’Connor. He is an experienced white collar litigator and former federal prosecutor who defends companies and individuals in the context of government or internal investigations, enforcement actions, and civil or criminal trials.
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.
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