Authors

Demetrios G. Papademetriou is President of the Migration Policy Institute and a former director for Immigration Policy and Research at the U.S. Department of Labor.

Sergio Muñoz Bata writes a weekly syndicated column published in 18 newspapers across11 countries in the hemisphere. He is also both a former Los Angeles Times editorial board member and Executive Editor of La Opinión.

Tamar Jacoby is president of ImmigrationWorks USA, a federation of state-based business coalitionsdevoted to advancing immigration reform.

James Travers, based in Ottawa, is the senior political columnist for The Toronto Star.

Alejandro Bailléres is Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of Grupo Nacional Provincial (GNP). He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

Leonel Fernández is serving his second term as president of the Dominican Republic.

Viviana Krsticevic is co-director of the Center for Justice and International Law in Washington DC.

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is a partner at the Rohatyn Group and the former prime minister of Peru.

Cristiana Chamorro is a Nicaraguan journalist and executive director of the Fundación Violeta Barrios de Chamorro.

José Miguel Insulza is secretary-general of the Organization of American States.

Casimira Rodríguez, Bolivia’s Minister of Justice from 2006 to 2007, was the first woman and first indigenous person to hold the position.

Kyffin Simpson is CEO of Interamericana Trading Corporation, The Simpson Group of Companies and the SOL Group, the first Caribbean company in the energy industry.

Alberto C. Vollmer is CEO of Ron Santa Teresa, Venezuela’s leading rum producer, and founder of Proyecto Alcatraz, a rehabilitation program for criminals.

Celso Amorim was Brazil’s foreign minister from 1993-1995 and from 2003-2011.