COA Board of Directors

FOUNDER
David Rockefeller

OFFICERS 
Andrés Gluski
Chairman

Susan L. Segal
President and CEO

Sergio J. Galvis
Secretary

George B. Weiksner
Treasurer 

CHAIRMEN EMERITI 
William R. Rhodes
John D. Negroponte 

DIRECTORS   
Luciana Abreu  
Regional President LATAM  
Mars Pet Nutrition 

Marco Antonio Achón  
Head of Santander Corporate & Investment Banking;   
CEO and U.S. General Manager of New York Branch   
Santander Investment Securities, Inc.

Sarah Aiosa   
President of Latin America for Human Health,   
Merck

Nicolas Amaya    
President   
Kellogg Latin America

Jorge Arce   
CEO   
HSBC Mexico

Andrew Biles   
Executive Board Member and former CEO   
Chiquita

Dan Bryant   
Executive Vice President, Global Public Policy and Government Affairs   
Walmart, Inc.

Álvaro Cárdenas   
President for Latin America   
Diageo

Luis Felipe Carrillo   
President & CEO, Central Area Latin America (CALA)   
General Electric Company

Terrence J. Checki    
Former Executive Vice President   
Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Bruno Costa Gabriel   
International Vice President   
Janssen Latin America

Nick Cotts   
Senior Vice President for External Relations   
Newmont Mining Corporation

S. Todd Crider   
Partner & Head of Latin America practice   
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Antonio Del Pino   
Partner   
Latham & Watkins LLP

Dirk Donath   
Senior Partner   
L Catterton Aimara Latin America

Alfonso Eyzaguirre   
CEO, Head of Latin America Investment Banking   
J.P. Morgan Latin America & Canada

Martín Fernández Romero   
Managing Director, Regional Head of Latin America   
Moody's

Juan Franck    
Managing Partner    
Softbank Latin America Funds 

Sergio J. Galvis    
Partner    
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Guillermo Garza Martinez    
Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer    
Arca Continental

Andrés Gluski     
President and CEO    
The AES Corporation

Susan Greenwell    
SVP & Head of Global Government Relations    
MetLife, Inc.

Erika Herrero    
Chief Executive Officer    
Belcorp

Yosbel Ibarra    
Co-Managing Shareholder Miami office    
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Jorge Juantorena    
Coordinator of Latin American Practice    
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Rodrigo Kede Lima  
President for Microsoft Latin America and Corporate VP    
Microsoft

Craig Kelly  
Senior Director, International Government Relations 
Exxon Mobil Corporation

Adriano Koelle    
Chairman of Latin America; Country Executive, Brazil    
BNY Mellon

Jeffrey Kratz    
General Manager & World-Wide Public Sector Partners & LATAM, Canada & Caribbean Sales    
Amazon Web Services

Landon Loomis    
VP Global Policy and Managing Director Brazil    
The Boeing Company    

Brian Malnak    
Vice President, Government Relations Americas    
Shell

Andrew Martin    
President, Latin America Cluster    
Pfizer Inc

Mario Masseroli    
President, Latin America & Canada    
PMI

Thomas F. McLarty, III    
Chairman    
McLarty Associates

Bruce Niemeyer     
President, Americas Exploration & Production    
Chevron

Manuel A. Orillac     
Partner     
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Christopher A. Padilla     
Vice President, Governmental Programs     
IBM Corporation   

Cristina Palmaka   
President   
SAP Latin America and Caribbean

Gustavo Pupo-Mayo     
Chairman     
Television Association of Programmers Latin America

Kathleen Quirk     
President and CFO     
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

Daniel Rachmanis      
President, Latin America     
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

Soraya Saenz de Santamaria 
Partner 
Cuatrecasas

Paula Santilli     
CEO of Latin America     
PepsiCo

Susan L. Segal     
President and CEO     
Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Armando Senra     
Head of Americas Institutional business and oversight for BlackRocks' businesses in Canada and Latin America     
BlackRock

Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.     
Senior International Policy Advisor     
Arnold & Porter

Ernesto Torres Cantú     
CEO     
Citi Latin America

Luiz Vasconcelos     
SVP/President, Latin America and the Caribbean     
FedEx Express

Carlos Viana     
Partner, Miami     
White & Case LLP     

Hugo Villegas     
Senior VP and President, Global Regions-RLM Americas, Canada & Latin America     
Medtronic Plc.     

Roberto Walker     
Executive Vice President & President Latin America     
Principal Financial Group

Abraham Zamora     
SVP and Chief External Affairs Officer     
Sempra Infrastructure


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Updated March 24, 2023

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