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María Noel Vaeza

International development leader with extensive experience in global and regional leadership and management positions within the United Nations. She served as Regional Director of UN Women for the Americas and the Caribbean from 2019 to 2025. Previously she served as Director of the Programme Division at UN Women headquarters, Director of the Global Portfolio Services Office at UNOPS, Regional Director of UNOPS for Latin America and the Caribbean, and several positions at UNDP. Prior to that, she held various positions at Uruguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She currently serves as Senior Advisor to the CEO of the PATH Foundation. She holds a Doctorate in Law and Social Sciences from the University of the Republic of Uruguay and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Johns Hopkins

Carolina Trivelli

Economist and recognized expert in development and social inclusion policies in Latin America. She currently serves as Principal Researcher at the Peruvian Institute of Economic Studies (IEP) and advises international organizations and public, private, and civil society institutions. She previously served as Peru’s Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (2011–2013), where she played a pioneering role in shaping the country’s social policy agenda. She also serves as a member of Peru’s Fiscal Council and of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics’ Advisory Commission on Poverty Measurement and is a prominent public voice through her regular opinion columns in El Comercio and Gestión. She holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Pennsylvania State University and a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Severine Deneulin

Researcher on global development and sustainability, focusing on the intersection of faith and the social sciences and on social and environmental justice in Latin America. She serves as Director of Integral Human Development at the Laudato Si’ Research Institute, Camion Hall, University of Oxford and Associate Fellow at the Oxford Department of International Development. She has published extensively on the works of economist and philosopher Amartya Sen and on social and environmental justice issues in Latin America. She holds a DPhil in International Development from the University of Oxford.

Sridhar Venkatapuram Chair

Academic practitioner in global and public health ethics and justice, with experience advising organizations including WHO, Human Rights Watch, the Wellcome Trust, and Doctors of the World. He serves as Senior Lecturer in Global Health and Philosophy at King’s College London. He holds a Master of Science from Harvard University and an MPhil in Social and Political Sciences and DPhil in Political Philosophy from the University of Cambridge.

Elizabeth Ruppert Bulmer Treasurer

Career economist at the World Bank who spent over three decades researching development challenges and integrating strategic analysis with policy advice for developing and emerging economies across the globe. Her expertise relates to labor market dynamics, informality and labor transitions, and her recent research focuses on the impact of climate change and green transition on livelihoods and household welfare. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland.

Liesbeth Carballo-Jans

Professional with extensive experience in multilateral and corporate finance in Latin America, including prior roles at the World Bank, IFC, IDB, and ING Barings. She currently serves on the Strategic Foundation Partnerships team at Save the Children. She holds an MBA from the University of Groningen.