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Under the direction of its founder and executive director, prof. Ricardo Ernst, the Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) develops regionally-focused experiential executive education programs that aim to educate, connect, and inspire business, public, and social leaders to create impact networks with a positive multiplier effect across Latin America and the Caribbean. 

These programs, which pursue the university’s mission of teaching and service for the common good and engage faculty, program teams, alumni, and students across the university as well as external experts, are possible thanks to the generous support of:

Executive Director

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Ricardo Ernst

McDonough School of Business

Executive Director of the Latin America Leadership Program, Baratta Chair in Global Business, McDonough School of Business

Program Management Team

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Cristina Ruiz

McDonough School of Business

Senior Associate Director, Latin America Leadership Program

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Michael Guarino

McDonough School of Business

Program Manager, Latin America Leadership Program

LALP Student Fellows

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Ana Gomez Garces

McDonough School of Business

Program Assistant, Latin America Leadership Program

Georgetown University Faculty Experts

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Robert Bies

McDonough School of Business

Professor, McDonough School of Business

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Carol Blymire

School of Continuing Studies

Interim Faculty Director and Adjunct Lecturer, School of Continuing Studies

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Matthew Carnes

School of Foreign Service & College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Government

Associate Professor

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Leslie Crutchfield

McDonough School of Business

Business for Impact Executive Director & New Strategies Managing Director

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Ricardo Ernst

McDonough School of Business

Executive Director of the Latin America Leadership Program, Baratta Chair in Global Business, McDonough School of Business

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Shye Gilad

McDonough School of Business

Professor of the Practice, McDonough of School of Business

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Jeff Reid

McDonough School of Business

Professor of the Practice, Georgetown University Entrepreneurship Center

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Diana Kapiszewski

College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Government

Associate Professor

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Mike Malloy

McDonough School of Business

Adjunt Lecturer, McDonough School of Business

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Juan Luis Manfredi

School of Foreign Service

Prince of Asturias Distinguished Visiting Professor BMW Center for German and European Studies (CGES)

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Douglas M. McCabe

McDonough School of Business

Emeritus Faculty, McDonough School of Business

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Sam Potolicchio

Center for Intercultural Education and Development (CIED)

Adjunct Professor, Center for Intercultural Education and Development (CIED)

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Alvaro Santos

Law Center

Director, CAROLA,Anne Fleming Research Professor and Professor of Law

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Hector Schamis

School of Foreign Service

Adjunct Professor, Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)

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Michael Shifter

School of Foreign Service

Adjunct Professor - Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)

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John Trybus

School of Continuing Studies

Academic Director and Assistant Professor of the Practice, Center for Social Impact Communication

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Jeanine W. Turner

McDonough School of Business

Annette N. Shelby Chair in Business & Leadership Communication, Professor of Management, McDonough School of Business

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Ella Washington

McDonough School of Business

Professor of the Practice, McDonough of School of Business

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Evelyn Jean Williams

McDonough School of Business

Teaching Professor and Academic Director, Master’s in Management Program Academic Director, Master of Science in Management Program