Authors

 *Elizabeth J. Zechmeister is Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) and Daniel Montalvo is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Jennifer L. Merolla is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Politics and Policy at Claremont Graduate University. Merolla and Zechmeister … Read more

Orlando J. Pérez is a professor and department chair of political science at Central Michigan University; John A. Booth is Regents Professor in political science at the University of North Texas; and Mitchell A. Seligson is Centennial Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. Seligson is also director of the Latin … Read more

Javier Corrales and Mario Pecheny are professors of political science at Amherst College and the University of Buenos Aires, respectively.   They are co-editors of The Politics of Sexuality in Latin America:  A Reader in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010).

Donna Hrinak heads the Latin America/Caribbean Public Policy shop at PepsiCo and represents the company at the Partners Forum. She is a former U.S. Ambassador in the region.

Janice K. Brewer is the governor of Arizona.

Bill Richardson is serving his second term as governor of New Mexico.

Fabiola Córdova is a program officer for Latin America and the Caribbean at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Washington, DC, and has worked extensively in Haiti.

Jean-Marie Simon is a photographer and author of Guatemala: Eterna Primavera, Eterna Tiranía.

Germán Lodola is at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and the University of Pittsburgh and Margarita Corral is at Vanderbilt University.

Frank Moya Pons is a consultant for institutional development in the Dominican Republic. He has taught at Columbia University and the University of Florida.

Adam Isacson is a senior associate in the security policy program at the Washington Office on Latin America.

Stephanie Hepburn is an independent journalist and co-author of the forthcoming book Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking the World Over.

María de la Paz Vela is an economic analyst at Consultora Multiplica and an economic editor with Gestión.

Juan Blyde is a senior economist and Mauricio Mesquita Moreira is a principal economist in the Integration and Trade Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank.

Amanda Glassman is the Principal Technical Lead for Health at the Inter-American Development Bank and works on CCTs in the region.