Authors

Coletta A. Youngers is an Associate at the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC). John M. Walsh is a Senior Associate for the Andes and Drug Policy at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).

Carlos Alberto Montaner is a syndicated journalist and writer. His latest book is Latin America and the West.

Hector Morales, formerly the U.S. permanent representative to the OAS, is a consultant in the private sector and adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Latin American Studies.

Dan Rosenheck is The Economist’s bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

Sergio Leitão is the campaign director for Greenpeace-Brasil, former executive director for Instituto Sócio Ambiental and former senior assistant to the Ministry of Justice in President Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s administration.

Lance Steagall is an AQ contributing writer.

Tammy Newmark serves as president of The Nature Conservancy’s EcoEnterprises Fund. For more than 25 years she has specialized in environmental, socially responsible and renewable energy investments in emerging markets. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Carolina Pasquali is a journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil. She has published her articles in several magazines in Brazil, Spain and the United States and has worked as a corporate social responsibility consultant in Brazil.

Ralph Pentland is president of Ralbert Enterprises, acting chairman of the Canadian Water Issues Council and a member of the Forum for Leadership on Water.

Steven Sanderson, PhD, is president and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society, a global conservation organization based in New York. Since the 1970s he has worked in academia and as a conservationist throughout Latin America.

Gonzalo A. Moyano is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law.

Jaime Lerner is an architect and urban planner and founder of the Instituto Jaime Lerner. Former president of the UIA-International Union of Architects and three-time mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, he led the urban revolution that made the city renowned for urban planning in public transportation, environment and social programs.

Daniel Becker, MD, MPH, is a public health researcher and practitioner and is a director at CEDAPS, the Center for Health Promotion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Michael Sorkin is the principal of the Michael Sorkin Studio, president of the nonprofit Terreform and Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design at the City College of New York. His most recent book is Twenty Minutes in Manhattan.