Anthropologist and political scientist with 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and social scientist, working on the challenge of inequality, climate change and sustainable practices. She was an advisor to the High Counseling for the Post-Conflict, Director of Avina and Director of CSR of the Editorial House El Tiempo.

As a business administrator, in Alisos, more than working for the future, we live through the management of ideas made projects. As a business administrator, my job at Alisos is to coordinate for over than 8 years the administrative and financial processes with criteria of transparency and care for people, nature and financial resources.

As a biologist and microbiologist working for the protection of biodiversity, I seek the implementation of strategies that arise from dialogue in the territory, understanding it as a dynamic space composed by complex networks between humans and non-humans, to encourage care activities in the community, between species, with the environment. I have knowledge about public policy instruments for the fulfillment of environmental agendas and SDGs, experience in research and data analysis of biodiversity, scientific tourism, climate change and sustainable production systems.

As an intern at Alisos and a student of Anthropology and Political Science at the Universidad de los Andes I am learning and helping to weave networks of intercultural trust, between institutions and local knowledge, to establish long-term alliances for a sustainable future for all.

Thanks to my previous experience in International Cooperation, I contribute to the establishment of alliances with different actors in the country, while providing accountability of our initiatives. My goal is to transform realities, environments and create new opportunities in Colombia with a sustainable approach.

Agricultural Engineer, Master in Rural Development, with more than 20 years of experience in organizational planning; planning, management and environmental governance at national and international levels. Experience in the formation and coordination of teams committed to achieving shared objectives and results. Experience in the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of social and environmental projects, construction and analysis of indicators.

I decided as a vehicle of service and to give purpose to my life to become an environmental engineer. Through my work I open paths in the midst of unknown until it becomes one of certainty that spark other human beings to action, thus influencing the environmental public policy of our country, in the restoration of our forests and the implementation of agroecological systems.

Anthropologist and business administrator, lover of field experiences. In Alisos, I focused on the identification, construction and management of rural development opportunities with indigenous and peasant communities, in the strengthening of scientific and nature tourism, as well as sustainable agricultural projects.

Biologist with a master’s degree in Biodiversity Conservation. I seek to promote the appropriation of the territory in rural communities, through the strengthening and development of local capacities aimed at sustainable management, scientific research and biodiversity conservation.

Anthropologist and political scientist with 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and social scientist, working on the challenge of inequality, climate change and sustainable practices. She was an advisor to the High Counseling for the Post-Conflict, Director of Avina and Director of CSR of the Editorial House El Tiempo

Current President of Alisos. Rafael has a B.A. in Economics from Williams College (United States) and has studied in this area at Queen Mary College (London) and the Free University of Brussels (Belgium). He is also a PhD candidate in Political Economy and Government at Harvard University (United States). He is a founding partner of Ágora Corporate Consultants Ltda. and Economía Consultores.

Margareth is an architect and urban planner from the Federal University of Brazil and Master’s Degree and Specialist in Planning and Development from the University of the Andes – CIDER in Colombia. She is currently the Executive Director of RedAmérica. She coordinated and participated in various publications on social development issues and on several boards of directors of civil institutions and networks at the national and international level.

Felipe is an artist, working in commerce and international logistics. He is the CEO of Cargomaster S.A., a company with offices in Medellin, Quito, Miami, Buenos Aires and Lima.

Rafael is a journalist. He studied at the universities of Kansas and Stanford (United States). His first works were in The Miami Herald (United States) and then he moved to EL TIEMPO where he has had a long career including co-director of the newspaper. Today he is the rector of the Central University.

Felipe is an architect from Universidad Piloto de Colombia and has studies in business administration, human resources and philosophy from Michigan State and Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He is the founder and General Manager of Estrategia Humana.