Latin America Program Advisory Board

The Latin America Program is supported by an advisory board, composed of former senior officials and private sector leaders from across the region.

Executive Committee

Woods Staton

Executive Chairman, Arcos Dorados

Marisol Argueta

Head of Latin America, World Economic Forum

Carlos “Ucho” Barrera

CEO, Atlas Renewable Energy

The Honorable Liliana Ayalde

Former US Ambassador to Brazil and Paraguay

Andrew Cummins

Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Explorador Capital Management

The Honorable John Feeley

Former US Ambassador to Panama

Patricia Grad

Partner, Arsenal Capital Partners

Mary Ann Walker

Founder, Walker Advertising

Board Members

Amb. Jeffrey DeLaurentis 

Distinguished Fellow

Ana Janaina Nelson

Senior Director for Latin America, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Augusto de la Torre

Former Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank Group

Cynthia J. Arnson

Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Estrellita Brodsky

Art Historian, Collector, and Philanthropist

Francisco Sagasti

Former President of Peru

Gabriel Rozman

Founder & CEO, Tokai Ventures

Gabriela Sakamoto

Partner, Mayer Brown

Gaela Gehring Flores

Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed

Gustavo Vollmer

Chairman and CEO, Mercantil Servicios Financieros Internacional

Iván Ontaneda

Former Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments, and Fisheries, Ecuador

Jonathan Nelson

CEO & Founder, HF Capital

Juan Esteban Orduz

Founder, Archeterra Global Advisors

Kezia McKeague

Managing Director, McLarty Associates

Lázaro Cárdenas Batel

Chief of Staff to President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico (On Leave)

Luis Rivas

Varyag Consulting Group

Margaret Crahan

Professor, Columbia University

Maria Herminia Tavares de Almeida

Professor, Universidade de São Paulo

María Vélez

Founder and CEO, Crack the Code

Marta Jara Otero

Former President of ANCAP

Richard Feinberg

Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego

Roque Benavides

Chairman of the Board, Compañía de Minas Buenaventura

The Honorable Anne Slaughter Andrew

Former US Ambassador to Costa Rica

The Honorable Antonio José Ardila

Former Colombian Ambassador to the United Kingdom

The Honorable Arturo Valenzuela

Former Assistant Secretary of State, Western Hemisphere

The Honorable Eduardo Amadeo

Former Argentina Ambassador to the United States

The Honorable Francis Rooney

Former US Ambassador to the Holy See

The Honorable Heraldo Muñoz

Former Foreign Minister, Chile

The Honorable Jaime Alemán

Former Panamanian Ambassador to the US

The Honorable Luis Alberto Moreno

Former President, Inter-American Development Bank

The Honorable Michael J. Fitzpatrick

Former US Ambassador to Ecuador

The Honorable Noah Mamet

Former US Ambassador to Argentina

The Honorable Roberto Álvarez

Former Foreign Minister, Dominican Republic

Wendy Luers

President, Foundation for a Civil Society