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Mariana Ángel - Lawyer from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana with more than 15 years of experience with specialization in administrative law and tax law from the Universidad Externado de Colombia. Completed specializations in international tax law at the Santiago de Compostela University and Maastricht University. Diploma from the Center for Tax Studies of Antioquia on International Financial Reporting Standards and from the Colombian Institute of Tax Law on international taxes.
Andrés Felipe Archila Téllez - Co-founder of Melonn, a Latin startup that provides e-commerce logistics and technological infrastructure services for more than 500 companies. Master in Transportation Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Mechanical Engineer from the Universidad de los Andes and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Maria Fernanda Botero Ramírez - Lawyer specializing in constitutional law from the National University of Colombia. She focuses her professional practice on the country's criminal policy. Master's degree at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Edwin Chiriví Bonilla - Economist from the National University of Colombia, Master in Management and Financing of Urban Development Projects from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Specialist in Urban Law from the Universidad del Rosario and currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Public Administration (MPA) at the London School of UK Economics. 14 years of experience in entities in the financial and union sector, working on public housing, urban and territorial planning policy agendas.
Luis Felipe González - Colombian soccer lover with the soul of an agricultural entrepreneur. He studied industrial engineering, completed a Master's degree in Business Administration in England and today is dedicated to managing a forestry project.
Sandra Paola Ibáñez Quiñones - Professional in Business Administration and Master in Popular Education and Community Development from the Universidad del Valle Colombia. Expert in project management with an ethnic focus and impact evaluation.
Adriana Mejía Reyes - Businesswoman with extensive experience in corporate governance, leadership, sales, strategic direction, and business management. Passionate about developing new businesses, focused on results and generating value.
Juan Camilo Mejía - Professor, researcher, and prominent leader in the field of marketing and business and community development in Nariño, with a doctorate in this area from the University of Valencia (Spain) and a Master's degree in Marketing from the University of Nariño (Colombia).
Lina Noscué Vitonas - Woman, mother, head of household, Nasa indigenous entrepreneur, from the Vxuu Beh Kiwe ancestral people (Toribio, Cauca), promoter of economic and environmental processes, in the Ancestral Authority of Toribio, scenarios that have allowed her to a community contact for listening and dialogue with the community. Bachelor's student in Pedagogy of Mother Earth at the University of Antioquia.
Juan Pablo Remolina - Santanderean. Master in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University. Master in Public Affairs from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). Professional in Government and International Relations from the Externado de Colombia University. Columnist for the newspaper Vanguardia and university professor in public management at the Externado and Autonomous University of Bucaramanga (UNAB).
Lorena Rodríguez Mahecha - Electronic Engineer by profession, a specialist in Senior Management, and Master in Business Administration. With a professional career of 23 years, managing technology services and permanently seeking the transformation and evolution of people and businesses.
Guillermo A. Rojas Forero - Born in Chiquinquirá (Boyacá), he is a lawyer, specialist in Public and Private Contracting, Government, Management, and Public Affairs, Master in Private Law from the Externado de Colombia University and Master in Public Affairs from the Paris Institute of Political Studies - SciencesPo. Scholarship holder from the Organization of American States-OAS and is currently studying the Comprehensive National Defense Course at the Higher War School.
Olga Lucía Romero Londoño - Economist and master's degree in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes. Master in Public Administration and International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School. More than 12 years of experience in the formulation, monitoring, evaluation, and generation of knowledge of social interventions and public policies with the public sector, cooperation, and the private sector.
Yorleydy Ruíz Moreno - Born in Quibdó – Chocó, Bacteriologist and Clinical Laboratory Scientist at the Colegio Mayor de Antioquia, Epidemiologist at the Andean Area University Foundation, and PhD in Biomedical Sciences with emphasis on Cellular and Molecular Biology at the NOVA University of Lisbon. Experience in clinical analysis, management, and experimental dedication of scientific research projects. Founder of the BioActiva Foundation.
Maria Fernanda Sierra Perea - Co-Founder and COO Propel. 10+ years leading projects that merge technology and education to develop skills in Latin America and the Caribbean. Stanford GSB graduate and Chevening Scholar with MA in Development from IDS - Sussex.
Juan Manuel Uribe - He graduated from San Carlos School in Bogotá and studied Industrial Engineering at the Universidad de los Andes. Professionally, he has always worked in the financial sector, initially working as an investment banker and later in various roles in the investment management area. Independent advisor on financial issues and manages personal projects that require financial structuring.
Simón Uribe Durán - 37-year-old trans man. He was born and raised in Bucaramanga. Undergraduate and Master's degree in Cultural Studies from the U. de los Andes. He has dedicated much of her academic and activist life to gender and sexuality studies and in particular to transgender studies. In 2012 he completed an immersive organic farming practice at the Esalen Institute in California.
Felipe Valencia - Founding partner of Veronorte, a Venture Capital firm founded in 2012. Felipe has a varied professional experience of more than 20 years in robotics, the internet, international trade, and investments. Mechanical Engineer from EAFIT University (summa cum laude), he has a master's degree in Web Communication from the European Institute of Design in Rome and an MBA from the University of Chicago with an emphasis on entrepreneurship and finance. Additionally, he has completed executive programs in Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Design Thinking at the Universities of Berkeley, Harvard, and Stanford, respectively.
Felipe Walter - Architect with a Master's Degree in City Design and Social Sciences from The London School of Economics and Political Science. He has been a scholarship recipient from the Colfuturo Foundation, the Mayor's Office of Medellín, the Ministry of Culture of Medellín, and the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD and obtained a degree with Distinction from The London School of Economics.
