Aaron Puna is currently chief executive officer of Anglo American Chile since August 1, 2019. Prior to this he was the executive head of technical for base metals. He has over 20 years of experience in the mining industry having worked in a range of commodities in both open pit and underground mines. He joined Anglo American in Australia in 2008 and has been fulfilled general manager roles for Capcoal and Dawson as well as corporate roles focused on performance.

Kevin Michael O’Reilly became deputy assistant secretary of state for Western hemisphere affairs after having served as director of the Office of Brazil and Southern Cone Affairs. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Panama City, Panama, from July 2014 to July 2017, and as the embassy’s chargé d’affaires from June 2015 to February 2016.

Hugo de Zela is a career diplomat with 42 years of service. He has served as permanent representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Peru's ambassador to Brazil and Argentina, Peru's national coordinator in the Rio Group, as well as a member of Peru's delegation in border negotiations with Ecuador from 1997-1998. He has also served as chief of staff of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States on two occasions, from 1989 to 1994 and 2011 to 2015.

James M. Lambert is a former diplomat and ambassador (1982-2015). He is a Canadian thought leader on multilateral diplomacy, and relations with Latin America and Caribbean. Lambert currently provides multilateral stewardship at the Organization of American States. As a member of Secretary General's Cabinet, the Secretary for Hemispheric Affairs oversees OAS programs addressing democratic governance and open government, as well as Summits of the Americas Process.

Roberto Marques is a business administration graduate from the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo who majored in marketing and strategic planning. Marques also holds post-graduate degrees from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Marques was executive vice president and president for North America at Mondelez International.

Jim Hemerling is a senior partner and managing director at Boston Consulting Group as well as a BCG fellow with a focus on transforming organizations to deliver and sustain breakthrough performance. He is a leader in BCG’s People & Organization and Transformation practices, as well as the firm's behavior and culture topic. With over 30 years of experience as a senior advisor, he has widespread experience leading large scale transformation programs and cultivating high performing cultures to bring holistic, sustainable performance to organizations.

H.E. Epsy Campbell Barr is the vice president of Costa Rica, the first Afro-descendant woman to hold this position in the Americas. In her role as vice president, Campbell heads the Northern Zone Development Program, which promotes human development in the Huetar Norte region of Costa Rica. She also directs the National Plan for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Leadership, whose goal is to reduce gender gaps and create better opportunities for women. Previously, she served for two terms in congress and as minister of foreign relations.

Hiran Gonçalves was born in the city of Tefé, in the state of Amazonas and graduated with a degree in medicine from the Federal University of Amazonas. He moved to Roraima in 1982, where he developed his career. For over 25 years he worked as a coroner at the Instituto Médico Legal (IML) of Roraima, while also working as an ophthalmologist, becoming a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Jihan Zoghbi is CEO and founder Dr. TIS, president of ABCIS and CIO Ameplan Saúde. She holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (2002), master's in computer science from USP (2011) and PhD in computer science from USP (2016). She has over 20 years of experience in the field of computer science applied on health field, with an emphasis on computer graphics and medical image processing.

Shirley Meschke Mendes Franklin de Oliveira joined Pfizer in 2006 and holds the position of director of legal division for Brazil and legal lead in South Latin America. She also performed other roles in Pfizer, as compliance officer, global product counsel of rare disease (Tafamidis) and Latin America cluster legal lead for Pfizer Innovative business.