Ambassador Luis C.deBaca has achieved legislative and policy success in a time of political gridlock. He is a proven diplomat and manager who has negotiated law enforcement, labor, and human rights advances and managed multi-million dollar grant portfolios combating modern slavery and sexual abuse. One of the country’s most decorated Federal Prosecutors, he built his litigation record into policy, transforming U.S. anti-trafficking efforts and including voices of victims, workers, and advocacy community in decision-making. He is working to ensure exploitation-free supply chains and financial flows, and to establish information-sharing that makes communities, college campuses, and industry safer. Ambassador C.deBaca retired from federal service in 2017. He serves as Senior Advisor for Justice Initiatives for the Grace Farms Foundation, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado to Receive Concordia’s 2026 Leadership Award for Public Sector
The Concordia Leadership Council is proud to announce María Corina Machado, leader of Venezuela’s democracy movement, as the third and final recipient of the 2026 Concordia Leadership Award, recognized for

