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    Panel: Political Renewal and New Leadership in Brazil

    In partnership with RenovaBR, the BrazilFoundation, and the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, AS/COA hosts a panel on May 16 on eliminating the gap between Brazilians and their elected officials in Congress.

    Registration: 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

    Panel: 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.

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    Overview

    Siga a discussão ao vivo no Twitter: #CouncilBR | @ASCOA

    RENOVAÇÃO POLÍTICA E NOVAS LIDERANÇAS NO BRASIL

    Americas Society/Council of the Americas, em parceria com RenovaBR, BrazilFoundation e Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, organizará o painel Renovação Política e Novas Lideranças no Brasil no dia 16 de maio, em Nova York.

    Selecionados dentre 4.000 candidatos, três bolsistas da RenovaBR, representantes da nova geração de líderes do setor público, irão apresentar suas perspectivas para o setor público brasileiro com vistas a eliminar a distância entre o cidadão e os políticos eleitos para o Congresso.

    POLITICAL RENEWAL AND NEW LEADERSHIP IN BRAZIL

    Americas Society/Council of the Americas, in partnership with RenovaBR, BrazilFoundation, and Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, will host the panel discussion Political Renewal and New Leadership in Brazil on May 16.

    Selected among a group of 4,000 candidates, three RenovaBR scholars from Brazil's next generation of public-sector leaders will share their vision on how to eliminate the gap between the average citizen and their elected officials in Congress.

    Follow the discussion on Twitter: #CouncilBR | @ASCOA

    Speakers:

    • Eduardo Mufarej, Cofounder, RenovaBR @Renova_BR @edumufarej
    • Carlos Gomes, RenovaBR Scholar 
    • Felipe Rigoni, RenovaBR Scholar  @rigoni_felipe
    • Juliana Cardoso, RenovaBR Scholar 
    • Brian Winter, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly; Vice President of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (moderator) @BrazilBrian
    • Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas @s_segal

     

    This program is part of the 2018 AS/COA Brazil Series.

    Online registration for this event is now closed. You may register at the door, space permitting.

    Simultaneous translation to English will be available.

    Event Information: Marcelo Barretta | mbarretta@as-coa.org | 212-277-8378
    Sponsorship Opportunities: Ana Calderon | acalderon@as-coa.org | 212-277-8358
    AS Individual Membership: Beckie Bintrim | bbintrim@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8342
    COA Corporate Membership: Mila Fontana | mfontana@as-coa.org | 212-277-8331
    Note: To view a list of COA corporate members, please click here.
    Press Inquiries: mediarelations@as-coa.org
    Cancellation: Please contact Juan Serrano-Badrena at jserrano@counciloftheamericas.org before 3:00 p.m. on Monday, May 15

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    Speakers

    Juliana Cardoso
    RenovaBR Scholar

    Juliana Cardoso, 29, from São Paulo, holds a BS in environmental engineering, an MBA from EAESP FGV/Babson College, an MPA from Columbia University SIPA and is coursing a masters degree in public law at FGV. She has worked in the private sector in the area of environmental...

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    Carlos Gomes
    RenovaBR Scholar

    Carlos Gomes, 28, born in Rio Branco, Acre is a social worker and a student of economics at the Federal University of Acre. He has worked in various government agencies in Acre and was Rio Branco's youngest mayor candidate in 2016, where he came in third, finishing behind the...

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    Eduardo Mufarej
    Cofounder, RenovaBR

    Eduardo Mufarej is one of the founders of RenovaBR, an initiative created with the purpose of preparing Brazilian citizens to become political leaders. He has been a partner of Tarpon Investimentos, a leading Brazilian investment firm, since 2004. He was the CEO of Somos Educação...

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    Felipe Rigoni
    RenovaBR Scholar

    Felipe Rigoni, 26, from Espírito Santos holds a BS in production engineering and works with coaching and human development. He has been visually impaired since he was 15 years old. Rigoni is coursing a master's degree in public policy in Oxford, England. He was chairman of the...

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    Susan Segal
    President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

    Susan Segal was elected president and CEO of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas in August 2003 after working in the private sector with Latin America and other emerging markets for over 30 years. A passionate supporter of Latin America, she joined the organizations...

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    Brian Winter
    Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly; Vice President of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

    Brian Winter is editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and the vice president for policy at Americas Society/Council of the Americas. A best-selling author, analyst, and speaker, he has been living and breathing Latin American politics for the past 20 years. Winter spent a decade...

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