Using Data to Fight Corruption and Alleviate Poverty

Join us for an engaging and informative conversation with our esteemed speakers:

William Jorge Dau Chamat, Mayor of Cartagena (Colombia)
Ana María González-Forero, Director of International Cooperation in the Mayor's Office of Cartagena, and 2018-2019 Obama Foundation Scholar

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William Jorge Dau Chamat: 69-year-old from Cartagena. Anti-corruption overseer and current Mayor of Cartagena for the period 2020 - 2023. He completed elementary school in Cartagena and high school in New York. He studied Law at the Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, where he did a postgraduate degree in Tax Law. In Cartagena he worked 13 years as a lawyer. During this time, he created the Corporación Cartagena Honesta oversight body. In 2004 he left the country due to threats against his life and isolated himself in the United States thanks to an invitation from Columbia University. In New York he created another oversight unit called Salvemos a Cartagena and was Legal Vice President at the Blackstone finance company.

Ana María González-Forero: For more than 25 years, Ana Maria Gonzalez-Forero has worked in Colombia organizing and advocating for the rights of vulnerable communities. Through her work with FEM, Ana helps rural ethnic communities secure the land ownership, self-governance, and resources guaranteed in Colombia's National Development Plan. She has impacted more than 8,000 people who are now collective land title holders; an additional 7,000 that she has worked with are waiting for the state's response. As a social entrepreneur, Ana Maria founded two companies, Volunteer Hostel Cartagena and Cartagena Insider Tours, and is incubating other projects such as Cafe Stepping Stone and Ninha. She also leads TRAKTI, a consulting firm and incubator for diversity and inclusion. Ana received her bachelor's degree in political science from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and her master's degree in education from Universidad Pedagógica Nacional in Colombia. Ana Maria was awarded a scholarship by the Obama Foundation (2018-2019). She currently serves as Director of International Cooperation of the Mayor's Office of Cartagena.

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Economic and Political Development Concentration
Co-hosted with: Latin American Student Association, Urban and Social Policy Concentration, DA/QA Specialization

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