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Regional Advisory Committee
Local Organizing Committee

MICROCREDIT SUMMIT CAMPAIGN COUNCIL CO-CHAIRS

Honorary Co-Chairs
Her Majesty, Queen Sofia of Spain
Tsutomu Hata, Former Prime Minister, Japan

Council of Heads of State and Government
H.E. Vicente Fox, President of Mexico

Council of Advocates
Chief Bisi Ogunleye, Vice President, Women's Environment and Development Organization, Nigeria

Council of Banks and Commercial Finance Institutions
Eugene Ludwig, Managing General Partner, Promontory Financial
Andrew Krieger, CEO, Northbridge Capital Management

Council of Corporations
Brett Begemann, Executive Vice President and International Commercial Lead, Monsanto
Robert Shapiro, Former Chair, Pharmacia

Council of Educational Institutions
Ned Hill, Dean, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University
James Gustave Speth, Dean, Yale University

Council of Foundations and Philanthropists
George Soros, Chairman, Open Society Institute

Council of International Financial Institutions
Lennart Bage, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Council of Non-Governmental Organizations
Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair ICARDA & Global Water Partnership
Mazide Ndiaye, President and CEO, FAVDO

Council of Parliamentarians
Wakako Hironaka, Member House of Councillors, Japan
Sharad Pawar, Member of Parliament, India
Michel Rocard, Chairman, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament

Council of Practitioners
Nancy Barry, President, Women’s World Banking
Ela Bhatt, General Secretary, Self Employed Women’s Association
Connie Evans, President, Women’s Self-Employment Program
John Hatch, Founder, FINCA International
Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank

Council of Religious Institutions
Dr. William Vendley, Secretary General, World Conference on Religion and Peace

Council of UN Agencies
Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM
Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Organization



REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Clara Serra de Akerman, Women’s World Banking, Colombia.
- Pedro Arriola, Caja Los Andes, Bolivia.
- María del Carmen Díaz-Amador, Office of the Secretary of the Economy, México.
- Stélio Gama Lyra Júnior, Banco do Nordeste do Brasil, Brasil.
- Anne Hastings, Fonkoze Shoulder-to-Shoulder Foundation, Haiti.
- John Hatch, FINCA International, USA.
- Mónica Hernández de Phillips, Banco Solidario, Ecuador.
- Raúl Hopkins, IFAD, Italy.
- Kurt Koenigsfest, Banco Sol, Bolivia.
- Roxana Mercado, CRECER, Bolivia.
- Maria Otero, ACCIÓN International, USA.
- Mónica Pescarmona, Grameen Foundation Mendoza, Argentina.
- Susana Pinilla Cisneros, IDESI Nacional, Perú.
- Raúl Sánchez, Katálysis Network, Honduras.
- Reynold O. Walter, REDCAMIF, Guatemala.
- Javier Vaca, Red Financiera Rural, Ecuador.
- Carmen Velasco, Pro Mujer, Bolivia.



ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Pedro Arellano, DESAFIO, Chile
Héctor Chamorro, Red de Microfinanzas, Chile.
Roberto Delmastro, Cámara Diputados, Chile.
Arturo Domínguez, Cámara Chilena de la Construcción, Chile.
Jorge Fernández, BancoEstado, Chile.
Denis Gallet, DESAFIO, Chile.
Noemi Herrera, Ministerio de Planificación, Chile
José Mena, BancoEstado, Chile
Cristián Palma, Ministerio de Economía, Chile.