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Mr. Claudio Volonté | Dr. David Michael Todd | Ms. Siv Tokle | Dr. Aaron Zazueta | Dr. Lee Alexander Risby | Mr. Juan Portillo | Ms. Divya Nair | Ms. Anna Viggh | Mr. Neeraj Kumar Negi
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Dr. Aaron Zazueta, Senior Evaluation Officer
Dr. Zazueta, a social anthropologist, has worked on issues related to civil society participation, governance and environmental policy for over 20 years, with a specific focus on Latin America.
Prior to joining the GEF, Dr. Zazueta was a consultant to the Operations and Evaluation Department of the World Bank.He was a member of teams that evaluated the World Bank's 1991 Forest Policy and the application of the Bank's Indigenous People's Safeguard.He has conducted many project evaluations, with specific focus on stakeholder participation.He played a key role in helping to develop the Inter American Development Bank's (IADB) "Strategy for Citizen Participation".Between 1992 and 1996, Dr. Zazueta was Regional Director for Latin America at the World Resources Institute, where he led a team of professionals that carried out innovative work with community groups, NGOs and governments in the formulation of environmental policies in Latin America.He served as the strategic and policy advisor to the Central American Commission for Environment and Development, the Tropical Forest Action Program in Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala, the Ministry of Sustainable Development in Bolivia and the National Commission of the Environment in Chile, Peru and Ecuador.Subsequently, he was appointed by Vice President Al Gore on to a Special Commission to assist the Bolivian President to incorporate sustainable development into the policies and programs carried out during his administration.He co-chaired the technical commission that drafted the Hemispheric Agenda for Sustainable Development, ultimately adopted by thirty two heads of state of the Americas in December 1996.Dr. Zazueta has published more than 20 books and articles on issues related to citizen participation, environmental policy and sustainable development.