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SUMMITS OF THE AMERICAS SECRETARIAT

María Celina Conte
Director, Summits of the Americas Secretariat
Organization of American States

María Celina Conte has headed the Summits of the Americas Secretariat at the Organization of American States (OAS) since September 2017. The Summits Secretariat is the technical secretariat and institutional memory of the Summits of the Americas Process.

In this capacity, María Conte advises and assists the Chair of the Process and member states in all matters related to the Summits Process. She also serves as the technical secretary of the political and technical bodies that comprise the Summit Process and the Summit of the Americas. Previously, Mrs. Conte served as Senior Specialist at the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) for almost nine years, managing the OAS Gender Program and leading efforts aimed at the advancement of gender equality and women’s rights in the member states.

Earlier, for fourteen years, as specialist at the OAS Secretariat for Integral Development, she managed regional technical cooperation programs and advised on science, technology, and innovation policy. In her over 25-year career at the international and multilateral level, she has managed and implemented hemispheric, institutional, and regional cooperation programs involving governments, multilateral organizations, the productive sector, civil society, and social actors. She has advised and facilitated political and technical dialogue, as well as negotiations leading to the adoption of the hemispheric agenda within the framework of the Summit of the Americas and sectoral ministerial meetings.

Mrs. Conte holds two Master's Degrees, one in International Public Policy (MIPP) from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Master's Degree in International Trade and Policy from George Mason University. She also has a university degree in Business Administration from the Universidad del Pacífico from her native country, Peru.

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Maria Florencia Fernandez: Specialist

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Jennifer Molina-Vrolijk: Specialist

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Catalina Torres: Specialist

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Manuel Fazioli: Consultant

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Maria Fernanda Salgado: Consultant

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David Marin: Consultant

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Organization of American States
1889 F Street NW Washington, DC 20006
Email: [email protected]

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