ADEL Bios

Fatma Ahmed is currently the Capacity Building Specialist at UNDP Regional Program for Africa, based in Addis Ababa where she implements flagship projects on conflict prevention, peacebuilding, political transitions, climate security and other emerging development challenges and priorities with the African Union and regional

Marianna Albuquerque is the Deputy Director of Projects at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI). She was a substitute professor at the Institute for Strategic Studies (INEST-UFF) between 2017 and 2019, a consultant for projects in Think Tanks, and coordinator of the South American Political Observatory (OPSA/UERJ).

Macarena Ayelen Acuipil is currently an advocate for gender equality. She is a Program Coordinator for the Women's Democracy Network in Argentina, where young female candidates are empowered to step in and take decisive roles in the political arena. She is also working as Chief of Advisors to the Senator of her hometown province of Chubut and as a professor in Gender Studies at the Siglo XXI University.

Pauline Batista works at the United Nations in New York, where she serves as a Media Production Assistant for the Global Communications Division. Her research interests include UNESCO’s influence over educational curricula in Latin America and also the exploitation of Paulo Freire’s Socratic method to reinforce standards for Heritage Studies in schools located in Latin American towns seeking UNESCO Heritage Site titles.

Deborah Braide is the Nigeria Research Coordinator for University of Massachusetts-Amherst/e-GUIDE on a project to support sustainable electrification of over 250,000 small and medium scale enterprises.

Christina Caouette is a public policy and foreign affairs analyst with the Government of Canada. Currently, she contributes to developing Canada’s energy resources with the Petroleum, Gas and LNG Division at Natural Resources Canada. Her cross-departmental federal government experience has enabled her to strengthen Canada's bilateral relations with countries in Europe, Asia and South America.

Salim Dehmej is an economist in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the IMF. Since he joined the international institution in 2018, he covered several topics and countries (Iraq, Lebanon, Russia, and the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa - CEMAC) from different departments.

Amine Derj is a 31 years old Moroccan & French national with an industrial engineer background. Amine came back to his home country Morocco to start two businesses. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of a consulting company and an Agritech Startup called Jodoor.

Nusrat Farooq is currently Technology and Programs Associate at Global Internet Forum to Counterterrorism (GIFCT) in Washington DC, United States. She is an engineer turned investigative researcher and practitioner with six years of work experience in diverse fields such as academia, think tanks, development, human rights and conflict mediation organizations both in India and the United States.

Martina Ferracane is passionate about policy-making and technological innovation. She is a Research Fellow at the European University Institute, where she manages the Digital Trade Integration Project. Her research covers digital trade, data governance, and digital education.

Nallely Garza has been a strong player in both the public and private sector in promoting Mexico as a destination of FDI. Her previous experience includes Political Advisor at the State Congress of Nuevo León and senior advisor to the Ministry of Economy in the State of Nuevo Leon (which is the second most wealthy State in Mexico with a GDP of $92.3 billion dollars).

Jevanic Henry is a climate change and development professional with experience leading and supporting the development of environmental projects at multi-levels.