The Participants
Global and Regional Leaders Selected to attend
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES MEMBER STATES PARTICIPANTS
Argentina
Virginia Avila
Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Government of Tucuman
ACE Ambassador
Victor Di Rienzo
Under Secretary of Systems and Connectivity
Municipality of Córdoba
Barbados
The Honorable Sandra Cheryl Husbands
Minister
Ministry of Energy and Business
Government of Barbados
Misha Lobban Clarke
Executive Director
Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Belize
Brazil
Dr. Celio Costa Vaz
CEO
Orbital Engenharia S.A.
ACE Ambassador
Alan Senra
Strategic Advisor for Green Investments
Government of the State of Minas Gerais
Canada
Diane Gray
President
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Government of Canada
Michele Evans
Assistant Deputy Minister
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Government of Canada
Chile
Colombia
Juan Carlos González
Vice President for Competitiveness
Chamber of Commerce of Bogota
Tatiana León
Entrepreneurship and Open Innovation Director
Connect Bogotá
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Laura Del Castillo
Technical Director
National Competitiveness Council
David Abreu
Director of Industrial Development
Ministry of Industry, Trade, and SMEs
Ecuador
Ambassador H.E.
Mauricio Montalvo
Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the OAS
Government of Ecuador
Ernesto Kruger
CEO (Serial entrepreneur)
Kruger Corp
Pedro Meneses
CEO
Aerialoop
Guatemala
The Honorable
Francisca Cárdenas
Vice Minister of Investment and Economic Competences
Government of Guatemala
Natalia Samayoa
Trade Commissioner
Consulate General of Guatemala in Miami
Diego Meneses
Commercial Counselor of Guatemala in Los Angeles
Government of Guatemala
Haiti
Jamaica
Ambassador H.E.
Audrey Marks
Ambassador of Jamaica to the United States
Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the OAS
Panama
The Honorable Yill Otero
Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government of Panama
Ethazel Gómez
Head of Planning
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Government of Panama
Saint luica
The Honorable
Emma Hippolyte
Minister
Ministry of Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs,
Government of Saint Lucia
Sophia Michelle Alfay-Henry
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs, Government of Saint Lucia
Mexico
Carla Bustillos
Under Secretary of Trade and Investment
State of Tabasco
Betsabé Rocha
Secretary of Economic Development
Municipality of Monterrey
Enrique González
Director General of Industry, Foreign Investment and Commerce
Government of the State of Mexico
Regina Gándara
Executive Director
Mexican Business Council
Juan Ostolaza
CEO
Center of Competitiveness in Mexico
Alonso Huerta
CEO
Aracnia
David Fortoul
Director of Economic Affairs and Innovation for North America
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs,
Government of Mexico
Ana Laura López
General Coordinator
General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine. Secretary of the Navy. Mexico.
Alejandro Juraidini
Institutional Relations Director
Bitso
United States
Joe McKinney
Executive Director
National Association of Development Organizations
Danielle Casey
President & CEO
Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance
Kris Khalil
Executive Director
New Orleans BioInnovation Center
ACE Ambassador
Dr. Cynthia Warrick
President
Stillman College
Dr. Jay Walsh
Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation
University of Illinois
Leandra Hayes-Burgess
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Benedict College
Bob Metzger
Strategic Engagement Director
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Sarah Tennant
Senior Sector Development Director and Cyber Advisor
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Lauro Arias
Assistant Director
Office of Trade and Investment
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Uruguay
Enrique Topolansky
Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ORT University
Federico Penino
Director of Budget Planning
Government of Montevideo
OAS PERMANENT OBSERVERS - PARTICIPANTS
Germany
Dr. Ole Janssen
Deputy Director General
Innovation and Technology Policy,
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
ACE Ambassador
Dr. Bastian Alm
Head of Division, Regional Economic and Structural Policy
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Armenia
Ambassador H.E.
Lilit Makunts
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of Armenia to the United States
Artur Grigoryan
Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of Armenia to the United States
Norway
MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES AND NGOs - PARTICIPANTS
Nathan Scott Ohle
President & CEO
International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
Joe Kapp
Special Advisor to the President
International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
Bernie Fructuoso
Senior Director of Finance and Risk
Pan American Development Foundation
Sowmya Krishnamoorthy
Director, Partnerships and Sustainable Finance
Pan American Development Foundation
David Cabrera
Executive Director
Center for SMEs Regional Promotion (Cenpromype),
Central American Integration System (SICA)
Sofia Potes
Research and Public Policy Manager
United States Mexico Foundation
