54th Annual Washington Conference: Advancing the Business Case for the Americas

Luis Abinader Corona, President of the Dominican Republic, is a figure shaped by his multifaceted background in business and politics. Born on July 12, 1967, in Santo Domingo, Abinader comes from a family with a strong tradition of public service. He received his education at the...

Jake Sullivan is the 28th Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor). In the Obama-Biden Administration, he served as Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to then-Vice President Biden, Director of the Policy...

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations as well as the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations on January...

Brian A. Nichols became Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs on September 15, 2021. Assistant Secretary Nichols previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe from 2018 to 2021. In that role, he promoted democracy, rule of law and...

Rebecca Lissner has served as the Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President since May of 2022. Previously, served on the National Security Council Staff as the Acting Senior Director for Strategic Planning. In that role she served as the lead author of the...

Christopher Dodd is Special Presidential Advisor for the Americas, following up on his role as Special Advisor for the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Senator Dodd will help advance the implementation of key initiatives President Biden announced at the Summit of the...

Adriano Espaillat represents New York’s Thirteenth Congressional District.

Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington...

Maria Elvira Salazar represents Florida’s 27th Congressional District, passionately serving the people of South Florida. She currently serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs as well as the House Committee on Small Business.

Congresswoman Salazar is committed to acting...

Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia is the Acting Minister of Foreign Relations of Colombia. In July 2022, Murillo was nominated by president-elect Gustavo Petro to serve as ambassador to the United States.

Between 2016 and 2018, he served as the first Afro Colombian Minister of...

Marushka Chocobar leads the Secretariat of Digital Government since January 2018, which is the area responsible for leading the digital transformation in public entities that make up the National Computing System with the aim of making viable the national policy of modernization...

Jackie Davalos is a reporter at Bloomberg News based in Washington DC where she covers technology companies, startups and venture capital. She is the co-host of the Bloomberg Originals series AI IRL and has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek. Jackie is also a regular...

Dominic Delmolino is the Vice President of Field Technology and Engineering for Amazon Web Services Worldwide Public Sector. He is responsible for the oversight, strategy and definition of AWS field technical offerings and activities supporting public sector customers while...

Michelle S. Giuda is the CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, an organization dedicated to accelerating the innovation and adoption of trusted technology. As the preeminent global authority on the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates tech...

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs is Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) since September 2022.

A public policy and economic development enthusiast, Mr. Salazar brings to the position deep development knowledge and a life-long...

Russ Schriefer is a veteran political strategist, who has been shaping winning campaign messages for more than three decades. He’s held key roles in seven presidential campaigns, including the campaigns of President George H.W. Bush, President George W. Bush, and Mitt Romney, and...

Doug Sosnik is a policy and political expert who has closely advised President Bill Clinton and multiple U.S. Senators, governors, Fortune 100 corporations, foundations and universities for 35 years.

Doug has for decades advised a range of organizations and individuals on their...