Named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” in both 2012 and 2018, and awarded the 2015 National Humanities Medal, José Andrés is an internationally-recognized culinary innovator, New York Times best-selling author, educator, humanitarian, and chef/owner of ThinkFoodGroup. A pioneer of Spanish tapas in the United States, he has been recognized as “Outstanding Chef” and “…
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Dr. Eduardo Stein is a regional leader on peace building and conflict management. Dr. Stein was Vice President of Guatemala, serving from 2004 to 2008. During the late 1980s and early 1990s Dr. Stein was actively involved in the Esquipulas peace process in Central America, as well as in the San José Dialogue between Central America and the European Union. As Foreign Minister under President…
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The Honourable Maryam Monsef is a dedicated community organizer, former Peterborough mayoral candidate, and co-recipient of the YMCA’s Peace Medallion. She has served as a minister since 2015, and is currently the Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality. Minister Monsef is widely recognized as one of Peterborough’s most influential people and represented…
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RIchard Maritinez Alvarado graduated from Universidad Católica del Ecuado r with an Executive MBA from IDE Business School, a Master’s in International Economics at University of Barcelona in Spain and a Diploma in Negotiations and International Trade at University Miguel de Cervantes in Chile. President of the Ecuadorian Business Committee (2015- 2018). President of the National Federation of…
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Alberto Carrasquilla is Colombia’s current Minister of Finance, a position he had held in Álvaro Uribe’s government (2003-2007). Previous positions held include that of: Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (2002-2003); Dean of the Faculty of Economics of the Universidad de los Andes (2000-2002), and; Economic Adviser in the Comptroller General of the Republic (1999-2000).…
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David Katz is the founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank. He is globally renowned for The Plastic Bank’s solution to make plastic waste a currency that transcends poverty while stopping the flow of plastic into our oceans. David has been named one of the world’s most compassionate entrepreneurs. He is the recipient of the United Nations Lighthouse Award for Planetary Health and of the Paris Climate…
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Peter Thomson is a Fijian diplomat who served as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations from September 2016 until September 2017. He was Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 2010 and 2016. For the year 2014, he was elected President of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United…
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Roberta Barbieri is PepsiCo’s Vice President for Global Sustainability with over 20 years of experience in environmental sustainability. In her role with PepsiCo, Roberta is accountable for executing PepsiCo’s Performance with Purpose sustainability strategy, with specific responsibility for integration of sustainability into core business processes, and for delivery of PepsiCo’s goals on Climate…
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Alejandra Bravo Hidalgo currently serves in the Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Chile, Mr. Sebastián Piñera Echenique, as Undersecretary of the Ministry of National Assets. From this position she leads the National Plan for the Regularization of the Small Fiscal, Indigenous and Agricultural Root Property "Chile Propietario", through which Domain Titles are delivered that allow…
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Carlos Urzúa is the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico. He served as Secretary of Finance of the government of Mexico City from 2000-2003 and founded the Graduate School of Public Administration at Tecnológico de Monterrey, which he directed from 2003-2013. He was previously a professor-researcher at El Colegio de México from 1989-2000 and was a visiting professor in various…
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