Dr. Victor Castillo
Victor Raul Castillo Mantilla is a Cardiovascular Surgeon and Chief Executive Officer of Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia. He Studied Medicine at Juan M. Corpas University of Bogotá and realized postgraduate studies in General Surgery at Universidad del Valle and Cardiovascular Surgery at Universiad Pontificia Bolivariana of Medellin. He worked as General Surgeon in the Ramon Gonzalez […]
Francisco Santos
Francisco Santos Calderón (1961) was elected Vice President of Colombia on the same national ballot as Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Vélez in May 2002. They both were re-elected for a second period in May 2006. As Vice President, Mr. Santos is the head of the Presidential Programs for Human Rights, Transparency and Fight of Corruption, Action Against Landmines and […]
Kris Balderston
Kris Balderston leads FleishmanHillard’s Washington, D.C., office, bringing 30-plus years of communications and government experience. His deep background in politics includes serving as Special Representative for Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, where he led the Global Partnership Initiative within the Office of the Secretary of State. Balderston also has held various roles […]
Tomas C. Miller
Joined the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) at the Inter-American Development Bank in 2000, where he has worked on investments related to microfinance as well as SME financing. He currently heads the MIF’s Access to Finance Unit, overseeing a loan and equity portfolio related to microfinance, venture capital, early-stage equity, small business financing, and financial services […]
Justin W. van Fleet Ph.D
Justin van Fleet is Chief of Staff to Rt. Honourable Gordon Brown in the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Global Education. van Fleet graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in international education policy and holds a Master degree from Harvard University in the same field. Dr. van Fleet also serves […]
Dr. C. Michael Smith
Dr. C. Michael Smith has served as President of the American University of Afghanistan since September 2009, during which time enrollment has expanded from 330 to a total enrollment of 2,000. He previously served as President of American University of Nigeria, Director of the Commission on Academic Accreditation in the United Arab Emirates, Associate Commissioner/Director […]
Sara Perea Sigrist
Sara Perea Sigrist is a legal consultant in Pubic-Private Partnerships (PPPs) for the World Bank. She advises governments on structuring of PPP transactions and the legal and enabling environment for PPPs. She developed the PPP in Infrastructure Resource Center, a website focused on tools to structure PPPs (www.worldbank.org/pppirc). Ms. Sigrist is a lawyer with experience […]
William Robinson
William Robinson is the executive director of the Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education. Robinson is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Education Pioneers alum. Prior to joining the Darden/Curry Partnership, he completed consulting work for various education organizations including the DC Public Education Fund, the Center for Better Schools and Stand for Children. Robinson began his […]
Rev. Joseph P. Parkes, S.J.
Fr. Parkes has over 30 years of experience in teaching, administration and supervisory roles in secondary education in the Philippines, Micronesia, Nigeria and the United States. He has been President of Cristo Rey New York high School (CRNYHS) since it opened in 2004. The school serves only students from low-income families. It employs a unique […]
Michael Metzler
Michael Metzler is the Director of USAID’s Development Credit Authority (DCA), a U.S. government credit guarantee program that unlocks private financing in support of USAID development priorities worldwide. To date, DCA guarantees have mobilized over $3.8 billion of new financing for development projects in over 72 countries. Prior to his DCA work, Mr. Metzler served […]
Rashid Ferrod Davis
Rashid Ferrod Davis opened P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) P-TECH as the Founding Principal after more than 15 years of experience working in the New York City Department of Education as a teacher, assistant principal, and, most recently, the Principal of Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy (BETA). Rashid is a 2012 Cahn […]