Lourdes Melgar
Lourdes Melgar is a research affiliate at MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence and a non-resident fellow at the Center of Energy Studies of the Baker Institute.
Michael Kerns
October 9, 2024
Lourdes Melgar is a research affiliate at MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence and a non-resident fellow at the Center of Energy Studies of the Baker Institute.
Carolina Trivelli is a senior researcher at the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP). She is a former minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru and has worked as managing director of Pagos Digitales Peruanos and director general of the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos.
Rosanety Barrios Beltrán is one the most recognized energy experts in Mexico. Her professional experience spans 15 years in the Mexican financial sector and more than 20 in the energy sector, in which she worked as a public servant for the Energy Regulatory Commission and for the Secretary of Energy between 2000 and 2018.
Francisco J. Monaldi, PhD, is the director of the Latin America Energy Program and a fellow at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
David Gumbs serves as the Director of RMI’s Islands Energy Program, advising governments, utilities, and the private sector on renewable energy strategies to enhance cost-efficiency and resilience.
Rechsteiner is a partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth whose practice concentrates on the development, financing, acquisition, and disposition of energy.
Saul Kattan is one of the most recognized business executives in Latin America. He is a top strategist and corporate turnaround specialist. He is also an expert in growth and transformation, and, in his 25 years of experience, has served as a board member for a wide range of companies.
Erin Bromaghim is the deputy mayor of international affairs for the City of Los Angeles.
Juan Manuel Rojas Payán has been since 2021 president of Promigas, one of the oldest private companies in the Latin American natural gas sector and a pioneer in the mass use of natural gas in Colombia.
David Goldwyn is president of Goldwyn Global Strategies, LLC (GGS), an international energy advisory consultancy, and Chairman of the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center’s Energy Advisory Group. He is a globally recognized thought leader, educator and policy innovator in energy security and extractive industry transparency.
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