Eleanor Dorfman is a senior revenue leader and operator in the enterprise software and AI ecosystem. She currently leads sales for Industries, Commercial, and Private Equity at Anthropic, where she focuses on bringing AI safely and effectively into large organizations through verticalized go-to-market strategy and customer-led growth.

Leland Lazarus is founder and CEO of Lazarus Consulting LLC and a leading expert on China’s engagement in the Western Hemisphere, combining academic research with frontline policy experience. He has testified before Congress, taught U.S.-China relations at Florida International University, served as a State Department diplomat, and advised U.S. Southern Command on counter-China strategy. His work has appeared in NBC News, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Univision, Telemundo, The Miami Herald, and Foreign Policy Magazine.

Claudia Acosta is country manager for Mastercard in Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname and an expert voice in financial innovation and payment solutions.

She holds a degree in systems engineering from Universidad Metropolitana and has more than two decades of experience in technology and consumer goods, having worked for global companies such as Procter & Gamble.

Ximena Rincón González is a lawyer and the minister of energy in the government of President José Antonio Kast. She has had an extensive career in the public sector, serving as minister of labor and heading the Ministry of the General Secretariat of the Presidency in 2014, 2015, and 2016. She was a senator representing the Maule Region, during which time she served as president of the Senate of the Republic. She became the first woman to serve as governor of Santiago during the administration of President Ricardo Lagos Escobar.

Carlos "Charly" Arguindegui is the executive vice president and general manager for Latin America at Salesforce. He leads the company's growth in the region and helps businesses of all sizes adopt AI and cloud technologies to power their digital transformations. He joined Salesforce in 2019 with extensive experience in the technology sector. During his time at the company, he was responsible for the expansion of Salesforce in Latin America (excluding Mexico and Brazil), achieving sustained growth.

Ángel Cárdenas Sosa is CAF’s infrastructure development manager. In this unit, he leads a portfolio of more than USD $12 billion in operations in transport, energy, tourism, regional integration and digital transformation, in the 23 member countries of the institution. Mr. Cárdenas is an economist with master’s degrees in public management, territorial planning and environmental Management, as well as Business Administration. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in political science. Mr.

Arturo Marroquín is global director of technology and cybersecurity at Softtek, where he leads the company's internal technology strategy and security across its global operations. He started at Softtek in 2002 as a developer and worked his way up through infrastructure and support roles. Since then he has served as IT manager, global HelpDesk & IT innovation manager, and global IT director, and he took on cybersecurity leadership in 2025.

Ambassador Kevin Marino Cabrera was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate on April 9, 2025, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Panama.

Brian Fonseca is vice provost for Defense and National Security Research at Florida International University (FIU), director of FIU's Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, and a research professor. He is the founding executive director of Cybersecurity@FIU and teaches in FIU's Department of Politics and International Relations and Honors College. Fonseca is a fellow with New America's Future Security program and a visiting professor at Argentina's National Defense University.

Peter Schechter is a Latin Americanist, global policy expert, political strategist, and business leader. Peter is an innovative international strategic thinker who has launched organizations that today are leaders in communications, policy, public affairs, and hospitality.