Our Team

Directorate

• Luis Felipe López-Calva - Regional Director
• Linda Maguire - Deputy Regional Director
• Almudena Fernández - Advisor to the Regional Director
  
• Claudia Bresanovich - Special Assistant to the Regional Director
• Monica Sarmiento -  Executive Associate to the Regional Director
• Claudia Aguilar - Executive Associate
  
• Vladimir Domínguez - Projects Analyts 
• Camila Olate - Consultant

 

Country Support Team

• Carlos Benítez – Chief
• Paloma Morazo - Country Programme Specialist
• Gonzalo Guerra - Regional Monitoring Specialist
• Flor Bolaños -  Country Specialist
• Cynthia Valdés - Country Specialist
• Ana María Luey -  Programme Associate

 

SDGs and Development Team

• Marcela Melendez - Chief Development Economist
• Mercedes Ansotegui -  Programme Associate

 

Strategic & Analysis Team

• Diego Zavaleta - Senior Advisor on Strategy and Partnerships
• Francesca Nardini - Partnerships Specialist
• María Guallar - Regional Coordination Specialist
• Marta Pedrajas -  Policy Specialist
• María Pinedo - Consultant
• Josefina Vargas Llosa -  Consultant

 

Comunicaciones

• Ana Maria Currea - Head of Comunications

Compliance Operations

• Claudia Monzón - Management Specialist
• Graciela Basset - Management Specialist
  
• Caroline Fernándes - Regional Clustering Manager
• Viktoryia Geyler - Operations Associate
• Anish Kutamballi - ICT Associate

  

LAC - Human Resources

• Emily Chakavarika - HR Business Partner
• Svetlana Joncich - HR Specialist

 

Environment & Energy

• Emma Torres - Consultant
  

 

Safety & Security

• José Torralbo - Regional Security Advisor (Based in Panama)

 

Updated on 1 July 2020

 

Regional Center in Panamá

 

• Linda Maguire - UNDP Resident Representative and Regional Hub Supervisor
• José Cruz Osorio - Regional Hub Manager 
• Clara Arango – Executive Associate to the Director
• Itziar Gonzalez – Chief of Operations
• Vanessa Hidalgo - Communications Consultant

 

BUSINESS SOLUTIONS & OPERATIONS

 

• Itziar Gonzalez – Chief of Operations
• José Rodríguez -  Project Manager for Premises Relocation

      RH SERVICES & ADMINISTRATION

• Sugeiry Arosemena - Administrative Associate - Premises
• Edgar Navas – Driver

      HUMAN RESOURCES

• Lydabel Cabrera Regional - HR Analyst
• Bélgica Camero - HR Associate
• Noris Casas - HR Assistant
• Mitzumari González - HR Administrative Clerk
• Vanessa Mendoz - HR Assistant

      PROCUREMENT

• Ramón Chong - Procurement Analyst
• Alvaro Wong - Procurement Asociate
• Zoila Castillo - Procurement Assistant
• Yahaira Singh - Procurement Assistant 

      ICT

• Fernando Villalobos - ICT Specialist
• Fernando Navarro - ICT Assistant
• Kurt De Freitas - ICT Assistant
• Leydis Tello – Consultant - ICT Support

      FINANCE

• Donerys Ramos - Finance Analyst
• Belita Siu - Programme Finance Associate
• Ana del Carmen Ortega - Finance Associate

 

REGIONAL PROGRAMME SUPPORT

 

• Maribel Landau - Regional Programme Coordinator
• Maria Valeria Cabrera - Regional Programme Associate

 

    PROGRESAN

• Semiramis López - Programme Support

 

    RHDR

• Maylene Chiari - Programme Associate
• Francisco Andrade - Consultant

 

   INFOSEGURA (Located in El Salvador)

• Marcela Smutt - Chief Technical Specialist
• Juan Pablo Gordillo - Project Coordinator
• Ida Carola Schwarzbauer - Finance Coordinator
• Ana Isabel Santos - Administrative Assistant
• Elmer Menjivar - Regional Communications Specialist 
• Mauricio Amaya - Jr. Data Analist
• Carolina Segovia - Jr. Data Analist
• Ana Cristela Gutiérrez - ICT Analist
• Katherine Rogel - Communications and Knowledge Mgt. Assistant 
• Leonel Pérez - Information Analist Specialist 
• Karol Sánchez -  Technical Support 

    SIGOB

LOCATED IN PARAGUAY

• Miguel Cereceda - Chief Technical Advisor 
• Alejandro Genovessi - IT Project Coordinator
• Montserrat Martínez - Especialista de Operaciones 
• Ana María Ayala - Administrative Specialist 
• Liz Cañete - Messenger
• Celeste Ayala 
• Rosa Maria Scavone
• Sebastián Codas 
• Jorge Meza 
• Magali Cáceres 
• Alejandro Lamonaca
• Augusto de la Cruz
• Guennantd Cuentas Zavala
• Jorge Silva, ICA
• Marcelo Feliciangeli
• Romualdo Rijo
• Tomás Fantl

LOCATED IN BRAZIL

• Rodolfo Otalora

LOCATED IN CHILE

• Arturo Martínez

LOCATED IN COLOMBIA

• César Pérez - Especialista de Proyecto 
• Rafael Espinoza
• Alix Cortés

LOCATED IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• Laura Ureña - Especialista de Proyecto
• Laura Marcelino

LOCATED IN EL SALVADOR

• Erick Flores

LOCATED IN NY

• Maria Eugenia Boza

LOCATED IN PANAMA

• Oswaldo Montalvo

LOCATED IN PERU

• Eduardo Cayo

 

    EWS CARIBBEAN

• Almudena Montoliu - Coordinator Consultant
• Ana Carola Terrazas - Consultant

 

    CAF GENDER VIOLENCE

• Sebastian Essayag - Coordinator
• Camila Arguedas - Consultant

   

     JAPAN CARIBBEAN CLIMATE CHANGE

LOCATED IN JAMAICA

• Eltha Brown - National Focal Point
• Jeffrey James - Project Assistant
• Ayesha Constable - NAP Coordinator

LOCATED IN BARBADOS

• Sherri Frederick - Interim Project Manager
• Donna Gittens - Technical Specialist
• Neisha Manickchand - Technical Specialist
• Penny Bowen - Communications Associate
• Marium Alleyne - Technical Associate
• Shannel Blenman - Procurement Associate
• Andrea Richards-Cummins - Project Associate

LOCATED IN DOMINICA

• Vacant Assistant

LOCATED IN GRENADA

• Keturah Stanisclaus - National Project Assistant

LOCATED IN SAINT LUCIA

• Kurt Prospere - National Focal Point

LOCATED IN SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

• D’Andre Jackson National Project Assistant, SC

 

    CARISECURE

LOCATED IN BARBADOS

• Paolo del Mistro - Team Leader
• Oswald Alleyne - Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst
• Sadio Harris - Data Mgt Analysis and Reporting Specialist
• Kira Deane - Statistician
• Miguel Trim - Officer (based in Saint Lucia)

 

BMS OUTPOSTED

 

• Alfonso Buxens - Procurement Specialist
• Antonio Ortega - Regional Advisory Committee on procurement Chief
• Carmen Canales - Associate to the RACP
• Ignacio Etcheverry - OIST ERP Helpdesk Analyst
• Archana Jyoti Bali - Global Application Support Team
• Rogelio Alba - Global Application Support Tier 2
• Arturo Torres - Global Application Support Tier 2
• Jarie Herikstad - Global Information Advisor
• Keelic Seepersad - Network Analyst 2
• José Torralbo - Regional Security Specialist 

 

UNDG LAC SECRETARIAT

 

• Maria Guallar - Regional Coordination Specialist (Based in New York)

 

REGIONAL AUDIT CENTRE

 

• Guillermo Muñoz -  Chief
• Bethzifanny Carrera - Audit Administrative
• Oliver Salois - Audit Specialist
• Gonzalo Gómez - Programme Specialist
• María Rivera - Audit Specialist

 

UNV REGIONAL CENTRE

 

• Hilda Papparoni - Regional Manager
• Bart Tilkin - Regional Portafolio Specialist
• Piera Zuccherin - Programme Analyst
• Carmen Ramírez - Communications Officer
• Edwin Chipsen - Programme Analyst
• Karold Guzmán - Programme Assistant

 

RESILIENCE AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

 

• Jeannette Fernández - DRR Specialist
• Noemi La Grotta - Program/Admin Associate

 

GENDER

 

• Eugenia Piza-Lopez - Gender Regional Team Leader
• Guillermina Martín – Gender Policy Specialist
• Marta Ponce - Programme Admin. Associate

CONSULTANTS AND PROJECT PERSONNEL

• Diana Gutierrez- Gender and Private Sector  
• Sebastián Essayag - Consultant
• Vivian Souza - Consultant
• Andrea Castaño - Gender and Private Sector
• Carolina Cornejo - Communications 
• Ana Nieto Robles - Consultant
• Iria González -  Consultant
• Camila Arguedas - Consultant
• Natalia Duarte -  Intern

 

GOVERNANCE

 

• Jairo Acuña-Alfaro - Team leader
• Marisol Palma - Programme and Administrative Associate
• Luqman Patel - Regional Programme Specialist
• Emanuele Sapienza - Policy Specialist
• Gloria Manzotti - Rule of Law, Citizen Security & Human Rights Specialist
• Juliet Solomon - Programme Specialist
• Lorena Mellado - Programme Specialist
• Rosana Pineda - Administrative Assistant
• Gabriela Nones - Programme Officer – Electoral Specialist Consultant
• Ehrior Sanabria - Research Assistant in Governance, Consultant
• Mirna Cuentas - Conflict Prevention and Dialogue Specialist Consultant
• Julie Guardian – Administrative Assistant
• David Khoudour – Advisor for Migration & Development

 

HIV, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

 

• Karin Santi - Polocy Specialist 
• Juana Cooke - Programme Specialist 
• Kandra Gómez - Administrative & Finance Specialist

 

POVERTY/SDG INTEGRATOR

 

    INCLUSIVE GROWTH

• Rita Sciarra - Team Leader, Advisor Poverty & Inclusive Growth
• Ivan González - Programme Specialist, Poverty Reduction 
  
• Marta Álvarez - Specialist in Sustainable Development

    SDG FINANCE SECTOR HUB

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ENVIRONMENT

 

• Lyes Ferroukhi - Team Leader

    ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY

• Santiago Carrizoza - Technical Advisor
• Alexandra Fischer - Technical Specialist
• María Pinto - Programme Associate
• Fernando Pinel - Programme Associate

    WATER AND OCEANS GOVERNANCE

• Ana María Nuñez - Technical Specialist

    CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

• Ludmila Diniz - Technical Specialist
• Ernesto Kraus - Programme Associate

    CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

• Claudia Ortiz - Technical Specialist
• Joana Troyano - Programme Associate

    MONTREAL PROTOCOL UNIT

• Kasper Koefoed - Technical Advisor
• Paloma Somohano - Programme Analyst 
• Carlos Andrés Hernández - Analyst
• Christopher Hawkins - Programme Assistant         

    CLIMATE AND FORESTS

• Leticia Guimaraes - Sr. Global Tech. Advisor
• Marco Chiu - Sr. Reg. Technical Advisor
• Bruno Guay - Technical Specialist
• José Santos - Reg. Programme Specialist
• Noelia Jover - Consultant

    ENERGY

• Lucia Cortina - CC & Energy Specialist

    ENVIRONMENT

• María Cruz González 

    EXTRACTIVES

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• Gisselle Ríos - Programme Analyst
• Lorena Lee - Admin/Fin. Associate
• Gisselle Bonini - Admin Clerk

    GREEN COMMODITIES PROGRAMME

• Andrew Bovarnick - Global Head, Green Commodities Programme & Lead Nautral Resource Economist
• Pascale Bonzom - Global Project Manager - Green Commodities Programme
• Vanessa Briceño – Programme Administrator of the Green Commodities Programme
• Laura Acuña - Project Finance Specialist
• Cristina Baeza - UNV Community Resilience for Env. and DRR
• Andrea Bina - Monitoring & Evaluation & Learning Specialist
• Johanna Durget -  Intern
• Aline da Silva - Support
• Matias Ferreira - Consultant

    GLOBAL ABS PROJECT

• Alejandro Lago - Global Manager - UNDP-GEF Global Project on ABS 
• José Rayos - Project Associate
• María A. Rato - Communications Officer
• Maricarmen Hernández - Web Content & Communications Office

• Mateo Salomon - Project Manager

    NDC SUPPORT

• Gianluca Merlo - Climate Change Specialist