ACADEMIC CONGRESS

Sectors
Entrepreneurship – Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainable Financial Development - Environmental Services
Sustainable Tourism - Green Communication
» Entrepreneurship

José A. Zaglul
With his leadership and vision, Earth University (Agricultural School of the Humid
Tropical Region) by its acronym in Spanish, has turned into an important
sustainability administrator, from Costa Rica to the world; with an unique educative Ph.D.
model, based on values, social commitment, environmental conscience, excellence President Chancellor
and entrepreneurship spirit. Earth University
He was also specialist in Animal Production at CATIE (Tropical Agriculture Center of San José-Costa Rica
Investigation and Learning) in Costa Rica; president of Global Consortium of
Superior Education and Agricultural Investigation (GCHERA) between 2005 and 2007
and Co President of the series of international seminars at SEMCIT (Sustainability,
Education and Administration of change in the Tropics).

Place of Birth: San Jose, Costa Rica

Education: B.S. in Agricultural Economy and M.S. in Animal Science from the
American University from Beirut (Lebanon). Master Degree in Florida University with
specialization in Food Processing and Human Nutrition; Ph. D in the same university
in Animal Production.
» Entrepreneurship

Alejandra Londoño
Alejandra posses an important experience of more than 11 years in marketing, 6 of
them of massive consumption at Unilever, for Latin America and North America
Markets. The last 5 years she has being working as Corporative Marketing Director at Engineer
PROCAFECOL/ Juan Valdez, managing the innovation areas, trade marketing and Corporative Marketing
communications. Director
Juan Valdez
Juan Valdez is characterized by its high level of social-environment responsibility,
Colombia
being a model of sustainable management by incorporating in its product’s line,
coffees which are environmentally and community friendly. Practices include the
substitution of artificial chemical supplies for organic compost, fair treatment with
employees, responsible use of natural resources, appropriate waste management,
among others. This has permitted that the farms where coffee is originated be
endorsed by Rainforest Alliance and other international sustainable certifications.

Place of Birth: Bogota (Colombia)

Education: Industrial Engineering by the Pontificia Javieriana University (Colombia);

Marketing Integrated Certificate by Chicago University (USA).
» Entrepreneurship

Elisa Tonda
Elisa is in charge, of PNUMA, of supporting the initiatives applications of the
resources efficiencies and of facing sustainable consumption and production in Latin
America and the Caribbean. These initiatives go from regional application of the Engineer
Marrakech Process about Sustainable Consumption and Production, Sustainable Regional Officer
from the United Nations, Life Cycle Initiative, to sustainable acquisition, cleaner and PNUMA
safer production. Division of Technology,
Economy and Industry
She has lead projects in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
Peru, Uruguay (in Latin America), Egypt, Tunez and South Africa (in Africa), and
Armenia, Azerbaiyan, Ancient Republic of Yugoslavia, Moldavia, Uzbekistan (in
Central and Oriental Europe). In Latin America, she has been developing a
coordination mechanism based on a Management Knowledge System, to facilitate
good practices diffusion and successful cases from the Centers of Cleaner
Production from the region and other interested parts of Cleaner Production.

Place of Birth: Panama City, Panama

Education: Environmental Engineering by Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy.

» Entrepreneurship

Luis A. Montoya
President of the Beverages Division of PepsiCo Latin America, Luis A. Montoya
recently received the Steve Reinemund Leadership Award, the highest leadership
reward of PepsiCo, due to an admirable leadership and commitment with diversity Master
and inclusion. President
PepsiCo Beverages
PepsiCo has as a sustainable strategy “Performance with a purpose”, which means
Latin American
to have a sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and for the
Lima-Perú
planet. PepsiCo is committed on keeping building a portfolio delicious and healthy
drinks and foods, finding innovative forms to reduce energy, water and raw material
consumption used to make the packaging, and providing an excellent workplace for
collaborator. As well as respecting, supporting and contributing to the development
of communities where they operate.

Place of Birth: Lima (Peru)

Education: Industrial Engineering Graduate Degree by Peru’s Catholic University; MBA

from Krannert School at Purdue University
» Entrepreneurship

Alberto Alemán
Under Alberto’s leadership, the vision of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is to
become in the worldwide leader in the service of maritime industry, cornerstone of
the global transportation system, and excellence, integrity and transparency model. Engineer
At the local level, Alberto has being a key element to promote the pride sentiment CEO
among the Panamanians. At the international level, the maritime industry has Panama Canal (ACP)
recognized his leadership in transform the Canal in a successful operation model. For Panama City
this reasons, he is invited to participate in forums to expose and share his thoughts
and good practices.
He is member of several international and local organizations, such as the
International Assessor Board at Texas University A&M, the World Business
Counseling for the Sustainable Development, the Chief Executive Organization
(CEO), the Panamanian Chamber of Production and the Panamanian Society of
Engineers and Architects (SPIA), among others.

Place of Birth: Panama City (Panama)

Education: Civil and Industrial Engineer by the Texas University A&M

» Entrepreneurship

Roberto Artavia
Roberto is president at Viva Trust and at the Latin America Possible Foundation. He
was Chancellor at INCAE Business School, also Founder-Director of the Latin
American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development. Member of the Ph.D.
Directive Counseling, of the Board of Directors from World Resources Institute in President
Washington, Co-Founder of the Digital Strategy Project and member of the Viva Trust
Competitiveness Commission from the Chamber of Commerce in Costa Rica. Costa Rica
He is author of many books and a dozen of articles and case studies in topics such as
sustainable development, management strategy, non profit organizations’
strategies, agro industry and companies’ social responsibility.
Roberto has been consultant at companies, ONG’s and governments of Argentina,
Paraguay, Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador, including all Central American
nations, Dominican Republic and Mexico. He has been an invited lecturer in the main
forums of related topics with the sustainable development in every Latin American
country, as well as in forums at USA, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Place of Birth: Costa Rica

Education: Naval Engineering from the Unites States Merchant Marine Academy,
Kings Point; MBA by INCAE, Doctor in Business Administration by Harvard University.
» Corporate Social Responsibility

Nelson Nuñez
Nelson is an international expert consultant in Corporate Social
Responsibility. Analyst of economic and political disagreements, he is Master
responsible of Local Development and International Relations at different International
institutions in Chile and Spain, specialized in Corporate Social Responsibility Consultant
RSC-BSD Consulting
and Sustainability.
Santiago - Chile
Since 2007, he offers his services to companies and organizations from BSD
Consulting.

Place of Birth: Santiago (Chile).

Education: Graduate Degree, Chilean University, Local Development
Certificate, CEMCI (Granada-Spain); and Master in Corporate Social
Responsibility, Regiomontana University (Monterrey- Mexico)
» Corporate Social Responsibility

Paulo Itacarambí
Paulo is the actual Executive Director of the enterprises and social
responsibility Institute ETHOS. He is member of the Counseling at CBCS- Master
Executive Director
Brazilian of sustainable construction. He served as Professor at the
ETHOS Institute
Federal University of Sao Carlos, consultant in administration and Sao Paulo- Brazil
planning, consultant director of the company workshop Consultores
Ltda., public enterprise; and President and CEO of Anhembi tourism and
events of Sao Paulo City.
He was director and founder of the non governmental organization, Polis
Institute.
Place of Birth: Sao Paulo (Brazil).
Education: Civil Engineering, Master in Public Administration, and
specialist in Strategic Planning and Organizational Coaching.
» Corporate Social Responsibility

Christian Bakker
Christian is the Corporate Responsibility Director at National Food Processor
(PRONACA) by its acronym in Spanish. He is part of the Management Master
Counseling Directory for the sustainable development of Ecuador (CEMDES) Corporate
and is a member at the Ecuadorian Counseling of Social Responsibility (CERES). Responsibility
Director
He is expert in topics about Local Development and Globalization,
PRONACA
Management Strategies and Strategies to create Social Values in businesses.
Quito-Ecuador
Christian has also been invited as an expositor and panelist of important
entrepreneurship forums to share the Corporate Responsibility role model as a
strategy from PRONACA.

Place of Birth: Quito (Ecuador)

Education: Food Engineering by Georgia University, United States; Master in

Business Management from the Entrepreneurship Development Institute
(IDE).
» Corporate Social Responsibility

Roberto Manrique M.
Actor de cine, teatro y televisión, es el artista ecuatoriano más reconocido a
Actor
nivel internacional. Representante de
Roberto es representante de ACNUR (Alto Comisionado de las Naciones ACNUR
Unidas para los Refugiados), institución que supervisa y coordina la acción Guayaquil-Ecuador
internacional a favor de la protección de los refugiados y vela por salvaguardar
sus derechos y bienestar.

Lugar de Nacimiento: Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Educación: Licenciatura en Comunicación Social en la Escuela de Comunicación

Mónica Herrera de la Universidad Casa Grande (Guayaquil-Ecuador).
» Corporate Social Responsibility

Luis Varese
Luis is a journalist and an anthropologist, he is a specialist in Regional Micro
Anthropologist
Development and International Refugee Law. UNHCR
Nowadays he is Representative in Ecuador of the High Commissioner for Representative
Refugees. Before he held the same position in Brazil and Chiapas, Mexico. Quito - Ecuador
He was the head of the Quick Impact Projects in Nicaragua and in Peru he was
the Director of the NGO for Development and Regional Self-Management.
He was also a journalist and war correspondent in Nicaragua and Panama.

Place of Birth: Peru

Education: Journalist, Anthropologist.

» Environmental Services

Marcela Aguiñaga
Marcela is the current Minister of the Environment. Se has developed previously as:
Aquaculture Sub secretary; Fishing Resources Sub secretary; juridical assessor at the
National Fishing Institute; Legal Consultant at the Administrative Financial Lawyer
Management Unit of the Ugafip-Project-Interamerican Development Bank; and Legal Minister of the
Consultant at the Galapagos National Park. Environment
She has a lot of experience as assessor in topics such as Food Security of Fishing and Republic of Ecuador
Aquiculture; consultant at multidisciplinary equipment in law projects about legal- Guayaquil-Ecuador
environmental themes; Legal Consultant at BID (UGAFIP), at the Direction of the
Galapagos National Park; Legal Assessor in the process of Participative Management
of the Marine Reserve of Galapagos, with permanent participation in the meetings
of Participative Management Board and of the Interinstitutional Management
Authority.

Place of Birth: Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Education: Lawyer by the Guayaquil’s Catholic University; Specialization in

Environmental Law and Sustainable Development by the University of Guayaquil.
» Entrepreneurship

Gustavo Baroja
Gustavo is the Prefect of the Pichincha Province (Ecuador) since 2006. He has a lot of
experience leading institutions and social projects from the public sector and as a Economista
consultant on human development. Prefect
From his charge he is leading the environmental management of the province Pichincha Government
towards a “Greener Pichincha”. This program is focus on promoting the Quito-Ecuador
participation of the citizens through mass movilization of reforestation projects and
forestation of the province's emblematic places, and the awarness of the citizens in
order to participate more actively on the rescue of the natural icons of his province.
He has performed on higher education as an university teacher and has realeased
some publications specially related with micro entrepreneurship.

Place of Birth : Cotacachi (Ecuador)

Education : Economist, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

» Environmental Services

Jaime Zaldumbide
The Jurisprudence Doctor Zaldumbide is Founder-Partner of the Juridical Study
PEREZ BUSTAMANTE & PONCE, with a wide professional trajectory in the Doctor
international law field in environmental topics. He is member at RIELA Partner
(Interamerican Red of Specialists in Environmental Legislation) and was the Pérez Bustamante &
Chair Professor of Environmental Law at USFQ. Ponce
Quito-Ecuador
He has taken courses of Sustainable Development and he is currently
practicing his career and is an international lecturer in environmental areas,
commercial, corporate and civil law.

Place of Birth: Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Education: Degree in Political Science by the PUCE; Masters in Environmental

Law and Jurisprudence Doctor (Quito- Ecuador).
» Environmental Services

Rodney Martínez
Expert at the Climate Change and Oceanography fields, Rodney is the current
Msc.
sub director of OPACE (Open Area Programme for Climate Experts) and Scientific Coordinator
Scientific Coordinator of the CIIFEN (International Center for the Investigation CIIFEN
of the “El Niño” phenomenon). Guayaquil-Ecuador
He participated also in the program of the Antarctica Exploration for
Ecuadorians.

Place of Birth: Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Education: Maritime Science Degree; Master in Design, Administration and

Assessment of International Projects, ESPOL (Guayaquil, Ecuador).
» Environmental Services

Edmundo Castro
Edmundo has a great experience as an investigator and consultant for the
design and development of projects of Neutro Carbon and sustainable Ph.D.
development. He is an investigative professor at Earth University and Investigation and
investigation project assessor of master degree students. Development
San José-Costa Rica
He has published several articles and books about sustainable use of the land
policies and water basins for his country, Costa Rica.

Place of Birth: San Jose (Costa Rica)

Education: Agronomy Engineering by the Technological Institute from Costa

Rica, Master in Agricultural Economy and Natural Resources in the New Mexico
State University (USA) and Doctor in Education with specialization in
pedagogy mediation for the economy emergent teaching by La Salle
University (San Jose, Costa Rica).
» Environmental Services

Jorge M. Tarasuk
Jorge is in charge of the operations and supply chain at SAF. In his actual
position, he is the responsible of Purchasing, Production, Planning SC, Logistic Engineer
and Distribution, Engineering, Productivity and the Health, Security and Operations
Environmental areas. Vice President
PepsiCo South
He has a great experience in the manufacturer industry and supply chain. America Foods
Before joining PepsiCo, he worked at Sabritas in Mexico and at Quaker Oats in Sao Paulo- Brazil
Brazil and Bongrain Group, always in the operations zone.

Place of Birth: Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Education: Mechanic Engineer by the Federal University of RGS- Brazil; He has

also taken high level courses as product development and fabrication
strategies (Stanford Business School, USA), Advanced Management
(Monterrey Technology, Mexico), and the seminar for high executives of
PepsiCo by Steve Reinemund in Darden from University (Pennsylvania, USA).
» Environmental Services

Carlos Rossin
Carlos is the responsible of the Sustainable Practice at PwC in Brazil. He has made
sustainable projects in every related industrial sector, among others, with Climate
Change-MDL (energy, mining, steel fabrication, forestall and others), and developed MBA
Projects in unity with Kyoto Protocol, as well as, the supervision of the validation Director
process and commercialization of carbon bonds. Sustainable Practices
PRICEWATERHOUSE
In the Corporate Social Responsibility field, he works as an assessor for companies COOPERS
on how to administer their relation with society and the environment and to spread São Paulo Brazil
out the goals and results through the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), as well as
AA1000 (Stakeholders Engagement-Render accounts). He has also great experience
in Environmental Auditor Sector and Due Diligence, also in supply chain risk
management, analyzing providers’ traceability and their sustainability and ethic
behaviors.

Place of Birth: Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Education: Civil Engineering by Maryland University (USA) and MBA by George

Washington University (USA).
» Environmental Services

José Javier Guarderas

He is the vice president at the Guayaquil’s Commerce Chamber and Member of the
National Environmental Fund Directory (FAN). Jose Javier has an important
professional trajectory in the design, development and implementing of ecological Engineer
projects and environmental impact studies. General Manager
Currently, he is the General Manager at the consultant SAMBITO (Total Total Environmental
Solutions
Environmental Solutions) by its acronym in Spanish. He has counseled a SAMBITO
representative number of private and public institutions in Ecuador in the Guayaquil-Ecuador
achievement of the environmental norms, the development of friendly
environmental projects, Social Responsibility programs from the environmental
perspective and the design of sustainable development strategies with a special
perspective in the consolidation of local communities’ capacities from participative
and commercially including perspective. He has also led some entrepreneurship
projects about sustainable businesses.

Place of Birth: Ecuador

Education: Agronomy Engineering, Degree in Agricultural Science and Natural

Resources by Earth University (Limon- Costa Rica), Management Diplomacy in
Sustainable by INCAE (Alajuela).
» Environmental Services

Ivonne A-Baki
Ivonne A-Baki, currently Chairman of the Negotiating Team of the ITT Yasuni, is an
artist, painter, diplomat, negotiator for peace, humanitarian and political. A
multifaceted woman who has always been driven by their ideals. Master
Chairman of the
In 1990 he was artist in residence and professor at Harvard University. His art, social Negotiating Team of the
awareness and responsibility, seeks to promote peace, unity and social equity. At ITT Yasuni
Harvard, A-Baki creates the foundation "Art for Peace“. In parallel, sets the Guayaquil-Ecuador
foundation "Sin Fronteras" which is dedicated to the promotion of health in
Ecuador, through prevention and education.
Following the ship's oil spill in the Galapagos Jessica, A-Baki, compared to the
international environmental crisis, sees the need and urgency to create the
foundation "Galapagos Conservancy, which is the current president. The foundation
has helped to create environmental awareness among the people and protecting
endangered animals like sea cucumbers, sharks, turtles and penguins.
Place of Birth: Guayaquil-Ecuador
Education: Architect for the University of Beirut, Lebanon; Master in Public Policy
and Master in Public Administration from John F. School Kennedy of Harvard
University.
» Environmental Services

Valentine Nzengung
Professor Nzengung (Georgia University, USA) has a great recognition in the Ph.D.
development of multiples technologies to the cleaning of land and water. He CEO
accumulates a wide experience in the design, development and PLANTECO INT.
implementation of environmental consulting projects. Georgia-EEUU
He is an Academic, investigator and current president at PLANTECO
International Company (Gerogia, USA).

Place of Birth: Athens (USA)

Education: Degree in Geology by Georgia State University; Geo Chemistry
Doctorate by Georgia Tech University; Environmental Engineering Degree by
Georgia Tech University.
» Environmental Services

Muhammad Ibrahim
Muhammed is an Investigator Professor of the Agronomic Tropical Center of
Teaching and Investigation (CATIE) by its acronym in Spanish, as well as
Ph.D.
Coordinator of the Cattle Program and Environmental Management in the Professor Investigator
Investigation and Development Division from the same institution. CATIE
He has a wide experience in assistance, development and investigation project Turrialba-Costa Rica
implementation and in activities about forest shepherding, cattle and
environmental systems. Also in technical trainings of Central America and
other countries of Latin America and South America, and consultant of the
investigations proposal development and other activities in the member
countries of CATIE.

Place of Birth: British Guyana

Education: B.Sc. in Agriculture by Guyana University; Master by CATIE in Animal

Production with an emphasis on Ruminant Nutrition; Ph.D. Agriculture
University from Wageningen (Holland).
» Environmental Services

Braj K. Singh
B. K. Singh has been working for EARTH University in Costa Rica since 1990. During
this period he has held different positions:
Ph.D.
Professor of Soil Science: 1990-Present, Co. Associate Professor: 2005 - Present in
Professor
Soil & Water Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, Project
of Soil Science
Coordinator of Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project
Earth University
(SANREM), 1994-1996, and Secretary of ChagaSpace Project, 1994-2007. He has
Costa Rica
been principal investigator of US Department of Energy (DOE) funded EARTH
University Foundation Biofuel Project, Multinational Project on structure- based drug
design for Chaga's Disease, and Lemelson Foundation supported Hub and Spoke
model to promote Invention and Innovation at academic institutions and rural
communities. Has developed, registered, and established entrepreneurial base for
over 20 products. He has advised over 50 theses research in soil fertility, plant
nutrition & environmental health.

Education: Soil scientist, obtained his M.Sc. from PFU, Moscow, in agro- chemistry
and his Ph.D. from department of soil and water science, University of Florida in
1990.
» Sustainable Tourism

Mauricio Ferro
Mauricio is the director of the Smart Voyager Program, a certificate program with
great prestige about sustainable tourism in South America and Conservation and
Development Certified Manager. In 2002, Smart Voyager was recognized by Master
UNESCO, as an example to be implemented in every natural human kind heritage. Director
SMART VOYAGER
His expertise is focused in promoting environmental practices in touristic operations Program
of every size, from big chains in principal cities until eco friendly (eco-lodges) in Quito-Ecuador
communities and remotes mountains; facilitating the education of touristic
operators to reduce negative impacts to the environment that their businesses have
and how to give support to near communities.

Place of Birth: Chile

Education: Bachelor in Exact Sciences by P.U.C.E. (Ecuador) with specialization in

pure Biology: Post Grade Project Management at INCAE (Costa Rica); Master in
Environmental Management at EOI (Spain); Master in Environmental Management
by National Polytechnic (Ecuador).
» Sustainable Tourism

María Belén Páez

Maria Belen leads since the year 2000, the Pachamama Foundation, where she
works to promote an alternative and innovative development model based on the
good living with emphasis in the recognition and respect of human rights and nature Master
rights. In that way she seeks to generate the necessary conditions for nationalities Executive Director
and original towns from the Amazonia, as well as other social sectors from the Pachamama
Andean Region, to strengthen their auto-determination processes, government, Foundation
territorial defense and ways of life. Quito-Ecuador
She has wide experience as a consultant in eco-touristic projects and sustainable
development projects with Amazonic and indigenous towns from Ecuador,
Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Place of Birth: Quito, Ecuador

Education: B.Sc., Natural Resources Management at San Francisco University Quito;

M.Sc. Conservation and Natural Environment Management at Andalucia
International University (Sevilla, Spain); Diplomacy in Entrepreneurship for Social
Development, Planning and administration of development projects at ITESM,
Monterrey Technological: Diplomacy in Climate Change and Mechanism of Clean
Development at the Andean Simon Bolivar University, Quito.
» Sustainable Tourism

Roque Sevilla
Roque is one of the Ecuadorians with largest trajectory and importance in the
environmental conservation field being President at Metropolitan Touring, the biggest
tourism operator from Ecuador; President of Tourism Chamber in Pichincha and President
Master
of the Tourism Federation Chambers from Ecuador. He was one of the founders of the
President
Natura Foundation and its president for 10 years. During his management, he led the Metropolitan Touring
design and implementation of the first doubt exchange for nature for $ 10 millions.
Quito-Ecuador
He has being Vice president and Director of the Charles Darwin Foundation, Director of the
Esquel Foundation; and member of the Worldwide Nature Fund board from the USA
(WWF-USA).
He has occupied several public charges, as: Quito Mayor, member of the Negotiating
Commission of Ecuadorian External Debt; National Forestall Director and member of the
National Constituent Assembly of 1987. Until January 2010 he was President of the
Presidential Commission of the Yasuni ITT Initiative.
For his services in the Environmental Field, Roque was awarded with the Golden Arc Order
by Prince Bernardo from Holland, the decoration “Global 500” from the United Nations
and the Isabel La Catolica Order by the King of Spain.

Place of Birth: Quito, Ecuador

Education: Economist; Master in Public Administration by Harvard University (USA).

» Green Communication

Sebastián Bustamante
Sebastian is the Director and cofounder of VERDEate.com, the online platform
through which people and organizations take Green Challenges: specific Engineer
actions to reduce CO2 emissions modifying their daily habitual consumption. By Director
taking the challenge, users visualize and understand CO2 emissions that they Verdeate.com
stop generating. Colombia
He has great experience in Communication and Social Networks Management.
His working experience revolves around Sustainability, Social Communication
Networks, Internet, Education, Human Resources and Organizational Strategy.
With VERDEate.com he seeks to support the Iberoamerica Green Movement
for CO2 reduction and that the stakeholders of the environmental sphere
would be hand in hand with citizens that wish to do something extra for the
environment.

Place of Birth: Medellin, Colombia

Education: Management Engineering by National University of Colombia.

» Green Communication

Tatiana Pagés
Tatiana, with more than 20 years experience in the communications area in
Latin America and the United States, studies the consumers as cultural citizens CEO
in a contemporary work where art, literature, the environment and pop culture Greencard Creative
plays a preponderant role in identity redefinition. New York - USA
Her experience has formed in the multinationals Leo Burnett, BBDO, Y &R, and
Select Communications in Chile, Chicago, Dominican Republic, and New York,
working for clients like Procter & Gamble, Diageo, Swarovski, Unilever, Dannon
and Bayer, among others.
She was a key element in the conception and organization of the Designers
Seminar organized by Chavon Foundation in 2001.

Place of Birth: Chile

Education: Communications at Illinois University.
» Green Communication

Juan Carlos Barahona

Juan Carlos is professor at INCAE Business School. His general academic interest is
about the role of the digital technologies and social structures in the diffusion of ideas,
behaviors and artifacts. Ph.D.
He was member of the “Human Dynamic Group” from the Medium Laboratories at the Professor
Technologic Institute of Massachusetts. Previously he was the Deputy Director at the INCAE
Latin American Center for the Competitiveness and Sustainable Development from Business School
INCAE, and consultant of the World Bank for the strategy development and business Costa Rica
plan elaboration at Mesoamerican Biologic Corridor. He is co writer of the educational
policy in Costa Rica and one of the pioneers in digital design form that country.
Professor Barahona is consultant of companies and governments in several Latin
American countries in the strategy and organizational fields. He is author of studies of
entrepreneurship cases, articles, books and chapters of books in sustainable
development, port reform, commercial logistic and information technology for
development and social networks analysis topics.

Place of Birth: Costa Rica

Education: Degree in Administration with specialization in Computer Science at UIA;

Master in Business Administration at INCAE Business; Doctorate in Communication
Media, Arts and Science, Technology Institute from Massachusetts School.
» Financial Development

María Teresa Szauer

Currently Director of CAF’s Environmental Department, she is responsible for Master
developing its environmental and social programs. Director
Environment
She has previously worked as a consultant in sustainable development and Department
environmental impact assessment for projects in the private sector, urban CAF
infrastructure, in international agencies such as the World Bank, UNDP and Colombia
the IDB. Ms. Szauer also participated in the creation of Colombia’s Ministry
of Environment, as well as, in the preparation and editing of the final chapter
of human and environmental rights in the preparatory stages of the 1991
Colombian Constitution.

Place of Birth: Colombia

Education: She holds a Master of Science degree from the University of

London and also a degree in biology from the University of Los Andes in
Colombia.
» Financial Development

Luis Jiménez
Luis posses a wide international experience in microcredit for sectors Agronomist Engineer
which are traditionally excluded from conventional markets. He is expert Executive Director
in management and organization of microfinance and has a large FINCA Foundation
professional trajectory in the expansion and consolidation of the San José-Costa Rica
methodology of Communal Credit Enterprises in rural communities, as
well as strategy’s transfers at international levels.

Place of Birth: San Jose (Costa Rica)

Education: Agronomist Engineer, Degree by Earth University (Costa Rica),
Master in Business Administration, INCAE (Managua-Nicaragua).
» Financial Development

Jack Carter
Jack Carter (US Senator in 2006) has over 30 years of experience in
business and finance. After leaving law school, Mr. Carter contributed to Doctor
the successful US presidential campaign of his father, Jimmy Carter. Director
Alternative Petroleum
He is currently the Director of Petroleum Alternative Technologies. APT's Technologies
technology creates an emulsion with water, fuel, and a surfactant which USA
increases fuel combustion efficiency and substantially reduces emissions.
In some applications fuel savings more than offset costs.
Mr. Carter remains involved in humanitarian organizations including The
Carter Center
Lugar de Nacimiento: Portsmouth, Virginia (USA)
Educación: Mr. Carter holds a degree in Physics from the Georgia Institute
of Technology and a Law Degree from the University of Georgia School of
Law.
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