YPA Panel: U.S.-Latin American Links in Business, Tech, and Civil Society

Felipe Marin is a global markets & corporate advisory associate at Eurasia Group. His role focuses on leading the firm’s expansion in Latin America as well as engaging existing corporate clients with interest in the region. Previously, Felipe worked for prominent international brands such as the Foreign Policy Association, Human Rights Watch, and Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA). At AS/COA, Felipe managed the organization’s individual membership programs and worked alongside the corporate relations team in identifying and securing new corporate members and sponsorship opportunities. Felipe also led the team within YPA responsible for membership and financials, as well as the expansion of the initiative to other cities in the United States and Latin America. In his free time, Felipe is an advisor to BUNNYMONEY, which is a mobile-app & marketplace empowering people to save money while donating and investing for a better world. He holds a bachelor’s of liberal arts with a concentration in government from Harvard University and is originally from Cali, Colombia.

Alana Tummino is senior director of policy at Americas Society/Council of the Americas and a senior editor of Americas Quarterly magazine. Among her roles, she heads the AS/COA Cuba Working Group and is executive director of the organization’s Young Professionals of the Americas network.

With over a decade of experience working with Latin America, Tummino collaborates with public- and private-sector leaders, NGO’s, foundations, and academics throughout the Western Hemisphere on a range of business and policy issues. She leads work on Cuba’s changing economic and political landscape and relations with the United States, and helps businesses navigate investment opportunities and the changing regulatory framework. Tummino also focuses on issues of social inclusion, entrepreneurship, and women. She has published policy and opinion pieces in numerous outlets, and has appeared as an expert on CNN, CNN en Español, NPR, BBC, and PBS, among others. Tummino has been quoted as an expert in publications including The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Agencia EFE, Politico, NBC News, The Miami Herald, and Foreign Policy. Prior to joining AS/COA, Tummino worked with various international development organizations on microfinance and women’s economic empowerment. She was a foreign language and area studies fellow for Portuguese and Latin America from the U.S. Education and State departments, and the Financial Women’s Association graduate scholar for microfinance. She received an MA in economic and political development from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and received her BA in political science and Spanish from the George Washington University.