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LALP team with the GCL 2024 cohort, pitch presentations judges, guest lecturers and alumni

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Under the leadership of its founder and executive director, prof. Ricardo Ernst, Georgetown University's Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) develops regionally-focused experiential executive education programs that aim to educate, connect, and inspire regional leaders to create impact networks with a positive multiplier effect across Latin America and the Caribbean. For its various programs and initiatives, LALP collaborates with Georgetown University faculty, staff, students, and alumni across campus, as well as regional experts, guest lecturers, and other collaborators. LALP flagship programs are possible thanks to the generous support of donors and sponsors, such as:

Executive Director

Ricardo Ernst

McDonough School of Business

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

LALP Management Team

Cristina Ruiz

McDonough School of Business

Senior Associate Director, Latin America Leadership Program

Peter O'Donnell

McDonough School of Business

Program Manager, Latin America Leadership Program

Guadalupe Ramirez

McDonough School of Business

Public Relations and Events Manager, Latin America Leadership Program

LALP Student Fellows

Ana Gomez Garces

McDonough School of Business

Program Student Fellow (2022-2025), Latin America Leadership Program

Georgetown University Faculty Experts

Heather Berry

McDonough School of Business

Dean’s Professor of Strategy and International Business

Robert Bies

McDonough School of Business

Professor, McDonough School of Business

Carol Blymire

School of Continuing Studies

Interim Faculty Director and Adjunct Lecturer, School of Continuing Studies

Kerrie Carfagno

McDonough School of Business

Associate Teaching Professor and MS-ESM Program Director

Leslie Crutchfield

McDonough School of Business

Business for Impact Executive Director & New Strategies Managing Director

Robin Dillon-Merrill

McDonough School of Business

Professor and Operations and Information Management Area Chair

Ricardo Ernst

McDonough School of Business

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

Shye Gilad

McDonough School of Business

Professor of the Practice, McDonough of School of Business

José Luis Guerrero-Cusumano

McDonough School of Business

Associate Professor, McDonough School of Business

Jeff Reid

McDonough School of Business

Professor of the Practice, Georgetown University Entrepreneurship Center

Diana Kapiszewski

College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Government

Associate Professor

Mike Malloy

McDonough School of Business

Adjunt Lecturer, McDonough School of Business

Andres Marquez-Lara

McCourt School of Public Policy

Adjunct Lecturer

Douglas M. McCabe

McDonough School of Business

Emeritus Faculty, McDonough School of Business

Antonio Ortiz Mena

School of Foreign Service

Adjunct Professor - Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)

Rachel Pacheco

McDonough School of Business

Assistant Teaching Professor of Management

Sam Potolicchio

Center for Intercultural Education and Development (CIED)

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

Mario Ramirez

McDonough School of Business

Professor of the Practice and Managing Director of the Dikran Izmirlian Business and Global Affairs Program

Alvaro Santos

Law Center

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

Hector Schamis

School of Foreign Service

Adjunct Professor, Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)

Michael Shifter

School of Foreign Service

Adjunct Professor - Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)

Debora V Thompson

McDonough School of Business

Professor and Marketing Area Chair

John Trybus

School of Continuing Studies

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

Jeanine W. Turner

McDonough School of Business

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

Ella Washington

McDonough School of Business

Professor of the Practice, McDonough of School of Business

Evelyn Jean Williams

McDonough School of Business

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

Wendy Zajack

School of Continuing Studies

Faculty Director and Associate Professor of the Practice

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Executive Director

LALP Management Team

LALP Student Fellows

Georgetown University Faculty Experts

LALP Guest Lecturers