Valeria Merino

• Vice President at Earth Day Network;
• Columnist for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, AP Perspectives and Advancing Philanthropy.
• Senior Manager at the Skoll Foundation, leading Community Engagement of systems entrepreneurs;
• Vice President and Leadership Group Member of Ashoka, leading the Global Venture, Fellowship and Integration; Rural Innovation and Farming Program in Africa and Asia; and constructed AshokaHub.
• International Director at the Pan American Development Foundation.
• Founder and CEO of the Latin America Center for Development, an organization that served as the leading national voice for democracy and the rule of law in Ecuador.
• Board Member of Transparency International, coordinator of TI’s Latin American network and leader of a national chapter.
• Board member of The United Nations University and Corporación Participación Ciudadana.

Education:

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, BA in Juridical Sciences and Doctorate of Jurisprudence.

The University of Pennsylvania, LL.M. – Master of Laws.