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Christian Asinelli is a political scientist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), has a Master's degree in Public Administration and Policy from the Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA) and postgraduate degrees in Urban Economics (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and in Sociourbana Management (FLACSO). In 2019, he received his Ph.D in Political Science from the National University of San Martín (Argentina). During the last sixteen years he has been appointed in different roles in the public sector and the international arena: Alternate National Director of the State Modernization Project at the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2005); Deputy of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (2007-2010); Undersecretary of Evaluation of Projects with External Financing of the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2011-2014); Corporate Director of Institutional Development of CAF (2014-2017); President of the Fundación Banco Ciudad (2019) and Undersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs, Presidency of the Nation. He was a Fellow of the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program (2010), the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies-MIT (2011) and the Singularity University Executive Program (2017). He is the author of the books Buenos Aires: The city we have, the city we want (Buenos Aires, 2009); Modernization of the Argentine State: policies, management and professional scene (Buenos Aires, Edition, 2015) and Financing Development: The role of multilateral banking in Latin America (Buenos Aires, 2021).

President and CEO of the Inter-American Dialogue. She is a member of the Truman Center for National Policy Board of Directors, the Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS) Steering Committee, the Princeton University Institute for Regional and International Studies Advisory Board, and the Foreign Policy for America Advisory Board. Chavez served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs from 2013 until 2016 where she prioritized Women, Peace, and Security initiatives, combatting the militarization of law enforcement, and expanding defense institution building programs

Serving his third term as Denver's 45th mayor and is the second African American to hold the position. He is a member of the US Conference of Mayors, where he chairs the Communications and Transportation committee, is Vice President of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors and is a member of the African American Mayor’s Association. He earned a BA from Hastings College and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Colorado, Denver.

Nació en Nuquí (Chocó, Colombia) y asegura que busca, en la naturaleza y el amor, lo necesario para conseguir el bien común. Defensora de derechos humanos y actualmente Directora de la Corporación Mano Cambiada, desde donde encara un particular proyecto de ecoturismo que intenta, entre otras cosas, sacar del lugar de pobres y víctimas a aquellas comunidades que crecieron bajo ese estigma. Ganadora del premio Mujer Cafam 2015 y reconocida por el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos con el premio Mujeres de coraje 2022, que exalta el liderazgo extraordinario para mejorar las vidas de otras personas y sus comunidades.

He is an information systems administrator from Purdue University, Indiana, United States. He has a master's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance, from the Madrid Business Institute, Spain. He was secretary of Economic Development of the Atlantic and general manager of the Puerta de Oro Caribbean Events Center, one of the largest infrastructure projects in the city. He has been Secretary of Mobility of Barranquilla and Manager of City Development, where he was in charge of projects of great impact, such as Siembra Barranquilla. In 2017 he was appointed Minister of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia and in 2019 he was elected as Mayor of Barranquilla.

He has a degree in Law from the Federal University of Ceará, a specialist in Tax Law from the University of Fortaleza and a Master's degree from Harvard University in the United States. He began his political career in the municipality of Sobral, where he was Head of the Mayor's Office and Secretary of Education. In 2002, he was elected state deputy for the first time and reelected to the position in 2006, 2010 and 2014. In 2007 he assumed the chief of staff of the Government of Ceará, a position he held until 2012. He was also Municipal Secretary of Education and Secretary of State of Cities of Fortaleza. He is currently prefect of Sobral, a position for which he was reelected in 2020.

President and CEO of the Inter-American Dialogue. She is a member of the Truman Center for National Policy Board of Directors, the Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS) Steering Committee, the Princeton University Institute for Regional and International Studies Advisory Board, and the Foreign Policy for America Advisory Board. Chavez served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs from 2013 until 2016 where she prioritized Women, Peace, and Security initiatives, combatting the militarization of law enforcement, and expanding defense institution building programs

Christian Asinelli is a political scientist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), has a Master's degree in Public Administration and Policy from the Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA) and postgraduate degrees in Urban Economics (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and in Sociourbana Management (FLACSO). In 2019, he received his Ph.D in Political Science from the National University of San Martín (Argentina). During the last sixteen years he has been appointed in different roles in the public sector and the international arena: Alternate National Director of the State Modernization Project at the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2005); Deputy of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (2007-2010); Undersecretary of Evaluation of Projects with External Financing of the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2011-2014); Corporate Director of Institutional Development of CAF (2014-2017); President of the Fundación Banco Ciudad (2019) and Undersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs, Presidency of the Nation. He was a Fellow of the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program (2010), the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies-MIT (2011) and the Singularity University Executive Program (2017). He is the author of the books Buenos Aires: The city we have, the city we want (Buenos Aires, 2009); Modernization of the Argentine State: policies, management and professional scene (Buenos Aires, Edition, 2015) and Financing Development: The role of multilateral banking in Latin America (Buenos Aires, 2021).

Christian Asinelli is a political scientist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), has a Master's degree in Public Administration and Policy from the Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA) and postgraduate degrees in Urban Economics (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and in Sociourbana Management (FLACSO). In 2019, he received his Ph.D in Political Science from the National University of San Martín (Argentina). During the last sixteen years he has been appointed in different roles in the public sector and the international arena: Alternate National Director of the State Modernization Project at the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2005); Deputy of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (2007-2010); Undersecretary of Evaluation of Projects with External Financing of the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2011-2014); Corporate Director of Institutional Development of CAF (2014-2017); President of the Fundación Banco Ciudad (2019) and Undersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs, Presidency of the Nation. He was a Fellow of the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program (2010), the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies-MIT (2011) and the Singularity University Executive Program (2017). He is the author of the books Buenos Aires: The city we have, the city we want (Buenos Aires, 2009); Modernization of the Argentine State: policies, management and professional scene (Buenos Aires, Edition, 2015) and Financing Development: The role of multilateral banking in Latin America (Buenos Aires, 2021).

He is an information systems administrator from Purdue University, Indiana, United States. He has a master's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance, from the Madrid Business Institute, Spain. He was secretary of Economic Development of the Atlantic and general manager of the Puerta de Oro Caribbean Events Center, one of the largest infrastructure projects in the city. He has been Secretary of Mobility of Barranquilla and Manager of City Development, where he was in charge of projects of great impact, such as Siembra Barranquilla. In 2017 he was appointed Minister of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia and in 2019 he was elected as Mayor of Barranquilla.

He has a degree in Law from the Federal University of Ceará, a specialist in Tax Law from the University of Fortaleza and a Master's degree from Harvard University in the United States. He began his political career in the municipality of Sobral, where he was Head of the Mayor's Office and Secretary of Education. In 2002, he was elected state deputy for the first time and reelected to the position in 2006, 2010 and 2014. In 2007 he assumed the chief of staff of the Government of Ceará, a position he held until 2012. He was also Municipal Secretary of Education and Secretary of State of Cities of Fortaleza. He is currently prefect of Sobral, a position for which he was reelected in 2020.