Board of Directors

The Board of Directors at the Inter-American Dialogue oversee policy and program direction, offering crucial financial and administrative oversight. With a primary role in defining the Dialogue’s substantive agenda, shaping our institutional development strategies, and selecting candidates for Dialogue membership, board members help push our mission forward. Comprised of representatives from across Latin American and Caribbean nations, as well as from the United States and Canada, the board reflects a diversity of political and professional perspectives all sharing a commitment to democratic rule, social equity, and economic cooperation across the Americas.

Laura Chinchilla

Dialogue Co-Chair Laura Chinchilla was president of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014....

Gary Doer

Dialogue Board Member Gary Doer was the 23rd Canadian Ambassador to the United States and...

Sylvia Escovar

Dialogue Board Member Sylvia Escovar is the president of Organización Terpel. She has also served...

Enrique García

Dialogue Board Member Enrique García is the Former Executive President of CAF - Development Bank...

Donna Hrinak

Dialogue Board Member Donna Hrinak served as US ambassador to Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, and the...

Earl Jarrett

Dialogue Board Member Earl Jarrett is the deputy chairman and chief executive officer of The...

Peter McPherson

Dialogue Board Member Peter McPherson is the president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant...

Kellie Meiman Hock

Dialogue Board Member Kellie Meiman Hock has managed some of the most challenging issues confronting...

Brian A. Nichols

Dialogue Board Member Brian A. Nichols currently serves on the boards of First Quantum Minerals...

Anthony W. J. Phillips-Spencer

Dialogue Board Member Anthony W J Phillips-Spencer is retired brigadier general, a distinguished soldier, scholar,...

Alfonso Prat-Gay

Dialogue Board Member Alfonso Prat-Gay is the Former Minister of Treasury and Finance of Argentina...

Todd D. Robinson

Dialogue Board Member Todd D. Robinson served as U.S. Ambassador and as Assistant Secretary of...

Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.

Dialogue Co-Chair Tom Shannon spent over 30 years in the foreign service, most recently as...

Maria Fernanda Teixeira

Dialogue Board Member Maria Fernanda Teixeira is a Brazilian businesswoman with over thirty years of...

Priscila Vansetti

Dialogue Board Member Priscila Vansetti is the Director of Global Strategy & Business Development at...

Emeritus Board Members

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Dialogue Member Fernando Henrique Cardoso was president of Brazil from 1995 to 2003. Currently, he...

Carla A. Hills

Dialogue Member Carla A. Hills is chair and CEO of Hills & Company. She served...

Enrique Iglesias

Dialogue Member Enrique Iglesias was the first secretary general of the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB)...

Ricardo Lagos

Dialogue Member Ricardo Lagos served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During his...

Ernesto Zedillo

Dialogue Member Ernesto Zedillo served as president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000. Presently, he...

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