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Julio Vaqueiro
Julio Vaqueiro is an award-winning journalist and anchor of Noticias Telemundo, the network’s flagship newscast.
Vaqueiro, who leads Noticias Telemundo’s special reports, breaking news and political coverage, was named main anchor in 2021. He co-anchored Noticias Telemundo’s 2024 presidential election night coverage after reporting extensively from the campaign trail. Vaqueiro appears regularly on Meet the Press to discuss U.S. politics.
Anchor, Noticias Telemundo
Juan Cruz
Since 2019, Juan Cruz has served as a non-resident senior adviser to the Center for Strategic & International Studies. Currently, he works as a senior advisor at Dinámica Américas advising companies and organizations. In 2025, he joined the Inter-American Dialogue’s Citizen Security Task Force.
Non-Resident Senior Adviser, Americas Program, CSIS. Former Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Special Assistant to the President, U.S. National Security Council (2017–2019)
Cristina Kessel
Cristina Kessel is the director of sustainability and the Sempra Infrastructure Foundation. In this role, she is responsible for implementing Sempra Infrastructure's sustainability strategy, focusing on the commitment to drive the energy transition in North America.
Cristina began her career at the Sempra family of companies in 1998, contributing to the development of natural gas storage, transportation and distribution projects in Mexico.
Director of Sustainability & the Sempra Infrastructure Foundation, Sempra Infrastructure
Aissa Boudadi
Aissa Boudadi is a core member of BCG's Corporate Finance & Strategy practice and a leader in the Center for CFO excellence. He has over 18 years of experience advising finance functions on large-scale finance transformations and tech-enabled change. He has worked with clients in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Aissa's specific finance expertise includes operating model and organization redesign, shared services optimization, end-to-end process redesign, and modernizing finance tech stacks.
Partner and Associate Director, Miami Center for CFO Excellence, BCG
Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez is the CFO for Xerox’s Global Print business, where he oversees all aspects of financial strategy, forecasting, and performance management across hardware, services, and post-sales operations worldwide. He plays a key role in driving Xerox’s transformation and integration initiatives, including the Lexmark acquisition, while advancing margin improvement, cost discipline, and cash optimization.
CFO, Global Print, Xerox Corporation
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