AS/COA is tracking the U.S. president's actions toward the region, including on migration, trade, and security.
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A build-up of military assets in the region and a series of fatal strikes on alleged drug boats enflame relations between Washington and Caracas.
Michael Shea
Michael Shea serves as managing director and global head of Capital Solutions at Atlas Renewable Energy, where he leads the company’s Structured Finance, M&A, and Capital Planning activities. With more than two decades of experience in international finance and renewable energy, Michael has been instrumental in developing and executing Atlas’ capital strategy across Latin America and beyond.
Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Solutions Atlas Renewable Energy
Top officials from Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru visited our Washington Office to share their countries' economic prospects with COA members.
Alexandre Staufacar Correia
Alexandre Staufacar Correia is the current senior director of operation for Latin America at Equinix. Prior to this role, he held the finance director for LatAm position at the same company. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in business, with a specialization in finance and accounting, and an MBA. Alexandre has over 30 years of experience across finance, operations, value chain & logistics, process control, project management, and transformation, in leading global companies such as Nestlé, Ford Motor Company, Itaú-Unibanco, Vinci Energies, and Equinix.
Senior Director of Operation for Latin America, Equinix
Vanessa Molina
Vanessa Molina is a dynamic supply chain leader, human centric design practitioner and strategic program manager. Inspired by technology, sustainability and innovation, Vanessa’s passion is driving business growth and the adoption of emerging technologies. As a Global Program Director for Sustainability at SAP, she oversees strategic planning and go-to-market programs. She has two decades of supply chain experience leading global programs, market strategies and strategic alliances for large multinationals such as SAP and Fujitsu.
Global Director, Partner Ecosystem Success, Digital Supply Chain, SAP
Héctor José Marroquín
Deputy Minister of Integration and Foreign Trade of Guatemala
Maria Lourdes Teran
Maria Lourdes Teran is vice president of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas and head of the AS/COA Miami office. With over 25 years of experience working with Latin America, she leads business-relevant public policy programs in Miami engaging public- and private-sector leaders, NGOs, foundations, and academics on a range of business and policy issues as well as C-level leadership forums for CEOs and CFOs of major multilatinas and multinational companies across the Western Hemisphere.
Vice President, AS/COA Miami
Indiana Trejos
Indiana Trejos holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and economics from Tufts University and a master’s degree in political economy from the University of Essex, where she received a scholarship from the UK government. Prior to becoming deputy minister of foreign trade, Trejos developed an extensive career in public service. At the Ministry of Foreign Trade, she served as coordinator for North America and inclusive trade, coordinator for world trade organization affairs, advisor on trade facilitation, and negotiator for market access and textiles.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and President of the National Trade Facilitation Council of Costa Rica