PNUD
About us
Our Team
Directorate
- Luis Felipe López-Calva - Regional Director
- Lenni Montiel - 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
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
- 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