Iván C. Rebolledo
Executive Committee Chair - Iván C. Rebolledo is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at TerraNova Strategic Partners LLC, a geo-political/strategic advisory firm specializing in the Andean region of Latin America. He is also a Partner at BRAQ CorpAffairs and Strategic Communications in Bolivia. In addition, he co-founded Emergo Partners in 2013, a venture capital firm dedicated to emerging and frontier markets, where he was a Partner and then became a member of its International Advisory Council. Previously, he has served with the United Nations and UN Development Programme in various capacities and countries. Prior to joining the UN system, he served as Deputy Director for Latin American Affairs at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas. Intermittently, he continues to consult for the UN and the OAS.
Since 2003, he has been President of the Bolivian-American Chamber of Commerce, which was established in 1983 and aimed at fostering and promoting trade, commerce and investment between Bolivia and North America. He pursued his undergraduate degree in International Relations from New York University (NYU) and a graduate degree in Latin American Economic and Political Development in a joint program with the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at New York University. In addition, he has studied at the University of Vienna and the American College of Switzerland.
Currently, he is a non-resident Senior Associate with the Americas Program at the Center for International and Strategic Studies (CSIS) and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has lectured and published articles on international drug policy, inter- American relations, and Andean politics. He has appeared on/in numerous national and foreign media outlets. He is a regular contributor to the Latin American Advisor and Latin America Energy Advisor of the Inter- American Dialogue. He has also testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on issues pertaining to Latin America, the Andes, and Bolivia.