Authors

Usman Ahmed is counsel at the eBay Public Policy Lab.

Anna Levy is a researcher and consultant focused on innovation, accountability politics and human rights.

Rushda Majeed is a consultant on institutional and policy reform. She has worked as a senior research specialist at Princeton University’s Innovation for Successful Societies (ISS).

Frank Mora is director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center and a professor at FIU.

Dr. Emily C. Saunders is a research coordinator with the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) at Vanderbilt University.

Jessica M. Brunelle is a Vanderbilt alumna and works in management consulting in Dallas, Texas.

Fred Ehrsam is cofounder and president of Coinbase. Previously, he was a foreign exchange trader at Goldman Sachs and has also analyzed portfolios at BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world.

Jackie Hyland is senior investment analyst at Accion Venture Lab, a seed stage investment fund within Accion International.

Erik Stettler is the director of Socialatom Ventures, a seed fund that invests in global startups from Latin America.

Diego Molano Vega is Colombia’s Minister of Information Technology and Communications.

Aaron Oliker is cofounder and chief innovation officer at BioDigital, Inc. and adjunct faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Jaime Hamre is a freelance journalist based in Panama City, Panama and a former fellow at the Center for Democracy in the Americas.

Nicolas Albertoni is an M.A. candidate at Georgetown University and professor at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay. He has authored two books: “Instrucciones para inventar la rueda. Qué tienen los países que progresan y cómo aplicarlo a Uruguay?” (Taurus, 2014) and “Entre el Barrio y el Mundo ¿Mercosur o el Modelo Chileno?” (Taurus, 2011).

Perla López is a DREAMer and a Youth Power Project member of Make the Road New York.