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We count on a Chilean Board of advisors that is essential for the proper development of all the Conservation, Economic and social development programs that the Foundation is encouraging. It is also a permanent support in general guidelines and strategies. |
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Rodrigo, an avid mountaineer, was the first South American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He is a strong advocate for environmental education and social equality in Chile and helped found La Fundación para la Superación de la Pobreza en Chile. Rodrigo is also president of Vertical, a company devoted to teaching leadership and group dynamics through excursions in the outdoors. Jordan, included in Time magazine’s 100 Young Leaders of the 21st Century, has a Doctorate in Philosophy and Innovation Management from Oxford University. He currently teaches at Chile’s Catholic University in Santiago where he lives with his wife and three children. |
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| For nearly two decades, Steve has worked on international education, negotiation and development issues at Harvard University. From 1996 to 2002, he served as the Executive Director of Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS). In August 2002, he and his family moved to Santiago where Steve set up the DRCLAS Regional Office which manages all of Harvard’s student programs in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru, as well as coordinates Harvard faculty research projects in these countries. He is one of the founding partners of the Patagonia Sur LLC. In the early 1980s, he lived and worked for two years at a small orphanage in Santiago, and published a book about his experiences, “Santiago’s Children: What I Learned about Life at an Orphanage in Chile”, Steve earned a Master in Public Policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, a Master in Print Journalism from Boston University, and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. |
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| Felipe is the co-founder and CEO of Tiaxa, a Santiago-based rating and billing service provider to telecoms in Latin America. Since graduating as an aerospace engineer from Princeton University in 1993, Felipe has been involved in several successful technology start-ups in Latin America, as well as numerous social and conservation initiatives. From 1991 to 1993, he was COO of Climb for the Cure, a student initiative to foster AIDS awareness among college students. The project raised $1,000,000 for AmFAR and culminated in a successful summit of Mount McKinley. He is a founding partner in the Patagonia Sur LLC. Felipe was also an associate editor of "The Future at Risk,” an analysis of primary public education in Chile, for the Chilean think tank Centro de Estudios Públicos and is the author of "Energy Conservation Potential in Chile" for the Natural Resources Defense Council and the International Institute for Energy Conservation. |
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| In June 2007 Franco joined the Patagonia Sur team as General Manager of Patagonia Sur LLC. Previously he had particpated in the development of renewable energy projects in Latin America with Econergy, an international corporation with a branch in Boulder, Colorado. Franco’s passion for Patagonia began more than ten years ago when he helped build infrastructure for rural communities in Aysen with Raleigh International. He later became head guide at Explora Lodge in Torres del Paine National Park and in 2004 he joined Explora’s management team, helping design new expeditions and assisting with administration set-up in new destinations such as Easter Island, Uyunni, Salta, and Chalten. Franco graduated top in his class from the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business in Boulder. |
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Francisca joined the Board of Directors in early 2010. She is the President of the Caserta Foundation, an organization that promotes the integral development of at-risk children through physical education, nutrition, and art. She is also the Director of Corso Investments Ltd.
Francisca loves nature, mountains and all outdoor sports. She has enormous respect for the earth that has led her to learn about different Indigenous Traditions and their connections with the Earth.
Francisca believes in the preservation of the Patagonian culture in addition to the protection of its unique natural environment. She sees a need to preserve and protect the traditions of local communities. Therefore, throughout this year she has had a large presence in the Rescuing Local Traditions program in the Foundation, particularly the pilot project with local weavers and knitters which seeks to rescue a tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. |
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