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Ramona Carey, Presidential Management Fellow and special assistant to Alice Hill, contributed to this article.

Alice Hill, a retired judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court, is the senior counselor to the secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

General Douglas Fraser is commander of U.S. Southern Command

Genaro García Luna Mexico’s Secretary of public security.

Sérgio Cabral is governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He assumed office in January 2007.

William Andrews has worked with Mr. Bratton for 20 years in police agencies and in police consulting and served as special assistant to Mr. Bratton at the NYPD.

William J. Bratton has served as New York City Police Commissioner and chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, is vice president and global lead of the Healthcare Practice.

Frances Dare, MBA, is director of the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) Healthcare Practice.

Diana Orcés is a research assistant for the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). She will receive her PhD from Vanderbilt University this summer.

Fabiano Cruz works at the Science and Technology Division of the Inter-American Development Bank, in charge of the use of modern ICT for development, including health

Walter H. Curioso, MD, MPH, PhD, is a Research Professor at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, and a specialist in biomedical and health informatics.

Beatriz Leão, MD, is a cardiologist from São Paulo, Brazil, and a world authority on health ICT standards.

David K. Aylward, JD, is executive director of the mHealth Alliance, hosted by the United Nations Foundation.

Marta Linares de Martinelli is the first lady of the Republic of Panama.