Alejandra Botero is an economist and political scientist from Swarthmore College, with an MBA from Columbia University (New York).
She currently works as the Manager of Planning and Development Impact at the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), leading efforts in strategic planning, budgeting, and evaluation. From 2007 to 2011, she was an associate consultant at McKinsey & Company, and from 2014 to 2018, she served as a principal and senior executive in the Business Innovation Program and the country program management at CAF.
In 2018, she joined the Colombian government to create the Presidential Council for Management and Compliance, leading transformational projects such as the Multipurpose Cadastre and the implementation of the National Qualifications Framework, as well as coordinating migration policy with the Temporary Protected Status (TPS). From 2021 to 2022, she directed the National Planning Department of Colombia, publishing over 40 policy documents and structuring policies to include migrants with TPS in social programs.
Before returning to CAF in 2022, she co-founded and directed Impact Hub Caracas, a co-working space for entrepreneurs, and worked at McKinsey & Company on development programs for the public and financial sectors.
Transforming Urban Cardiovascular Health
At the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit, leaders from across sectors gathered to address one of the most pressing global health challenges: cardiovascular disease in rapidly growing urban environments. In partnership with
