Speakers

OECD Local Development Forum 2025 Annual Meeting

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Ana Aljure

Alcaldía de Barranquilla

Gerente de Ciudad

@AnaMariaAljure

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-mar%C3%ADa-aljure-reales/

Alejandro Char

Alcaldía de Barranquilla

Alcalde de Barranquilla

Lamia Kamal-Chaoui

OECD

Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs,...

Yoshiki Takeuchi

OECD

Deputy Secretary - General

Eduardo Ignacio Verano de la Rosa

Gobernación del Atlántico

Gobernador

@veranodelarosa

Paola Amar Sepulveda

Alcaldía Distrital de Barranquilla

Secretaría Distrital de Educación

Sonya Anderson

United Way Worldwide

Executive Vice President of International Network

linkedin.com/in/andersonsonya

Kyla Bolden

Wiz Learning

CEO & Founder

https://x.com/kylabolden

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylafbolden/

Alberto Cappato

Porto Antico di Genova - AIVP Association...

Vice President AIVP

www.linkedin.com/in/alberto-cappato-1924886

Amal Chevreau

OECD

Acting Head of the Social Economy and Innovation...

Angelo Cianci Díaz

Alcaldía de Barranquilla

Secretario de Control Urbano y Espacio Publico

Lucia Cusmano

OECD

Acting Head of the SMEs and Entrepreneurship...

Natalia Julieta Fenizi

Ministerio de Desarrollo Humano, Gobiernos...

Secretaria de Género

https://twitter.com/nataliafenizi

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliafenizi

Ana Maria Fergusson Talero

CESA

Decana CESA Empresarial

www.linkedin.com/in/ana-maria-fergusson

Edinson Fonseca Correa

Junior Chamber International

Presidente JCI

https://co.linkedin.com/in/edinsonfc

Dell Gines

International Economic Development Council

Chief Innovation Officer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dellgines/

Sérgio Guerreiro

Turismo de Portugal

Senior Director, Strategy & Knowledge Management

@Serg_Guerreiro

https://pt.linkedin.com/in/sergioguerreiro74

Donna Harris

Builders + Backers

CEO

https://x.com/dharrisindc

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dharrisindc/

Sindy Hernández Bonilla

Fundación Avina

Coordinadora Proyecto

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sindy-hern%C3%A1ndez-bonilla-3030763a/

Juan Jaramillo

Carnaval de Barranquilla

Director

https://x.com/jjaramillob?s=21

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-jos%C3%A9-jaramillo-buitrago-42414035a/

Christine Juen

AMS - Public Employment Service Austria

Head of Communications

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-juen-781239103?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp

OECD

Acting Head of the Local Employment and Skills...

Denis Leamy

Cork Education and Training Board, Ireland

Chief Executive

Norman Loayza

World Bank

Director, Global Indicators Group, Development...

https://x.com/NormanLoayza

https://www.linkedin.com/in/norman-loayza-5b31aa120/

Karen Maguire

OECD

Head of Division, LEED Programme

Ambassador Luis Fernando Medina Sierra

Permanent Delegation of Colombia to the OECD

Permanent Representative of Colombia to the OECD

Nathan Ohle

International Economic Development Council

President and CEO

linkedin.com/in/nathan-ohle-066b782

JUAN FELIPE PINTO CASTELBLANCO

YOUTH CONGRESS MANAGER

Jimmy Porras Barrantes

CoopeTarrazú

Gerente de Innovación y Sostenibilidad

www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-porras-barrantes-b0097730

Anna Rubin

OECD

Manager of the Local Development Forum

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-rubin-34577739/

Ximena Torres

Fundación Avina

Responsable País para Colombia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-ximena-torres-jaramillo-94b70834?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

Ekaterina Travkina

OECD

Coordinator - Culture, Creative Industries and...