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Our Team

Board of Directors

Chair of the Board
Kasim Reed, Mayor, City of Atlanta

President and Chair of the Executive Committee
José Ignacio Gonzalez, President, Hemisphere Trade Services

Secretary
Axel Leblois, Senior Special Fellow, UNITAR

Treasurer
Luz Borrero, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, City of Atlanta

Ex-officio member
Alexander A. Mejia, Director, UNITAR-CIFAL

Trustees

The Honorable Ana Vilma de Escobar, Vice President, Republic of El Salvador
The Honorable Portia Simpson Miller, Member of Parliament, Jamaica
Sam Williams, President, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Ambassador Andrew Young, President, Goodworks International
Mack Reese, General Partner, Gateway Development Services
Craig Lesser, Managing Director, McKenna, Long and Aldridge

Advisory Committee

The Honorable Gerald C. Weller, U.S. Congressman; Chair of the Advisory Committee
The Honorable Celso Jaque, Gobernor of Mendoza, Argentina
The Honorable Andre Zacharow, Federal Congressman, Brazil
The Honorable Tomas Peribonio, Minister of Trade, Ecuador
Her Excellency Claudia Uribe, Ambassador to the WTO, Colombia
Jorge Duran, Senior Manager, Organization of American States
Sonia Roca, President, Universidad del Pacifico
Javier Ortiz, President, Cramer & Cramer LLP
Robert Kennedy, Assistant General Manager, Atlanta Airport
Joffre Campana, President, Goberna Institute
Natalia Corralez-Diez, President, Avant Gardist Inc.

Staff

Estrella Merlos, Director of Programs
Viviana Montenegro, Program Manager, Economic Development
Francesca Cesa Bianchi, Program Manager, Social Development
Manuel Ortiz, Graphic Designer
Freddy Alas, ICTs Advisor