Partners
Guilherme Lichand
Chairman of the Advisory Board
Listed as one of the top 10 Brazilian innovators under 35 and named social innovator of 2014, according to MIT Technology Review, Guilherme holds a PhD in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University. He’s also the UNICEF assistant professor of child well-being and development at the University of Zurich, and social innovation specialist at the World Economic Forum Expert Network.
Marcos Lopes
CFO
Marcos earned his doctorate degree in Public Administration and Government from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV-SP). He has worked as a researcher at the Center for Politics and Economics in the Public Sector at FGV, and as a World Bank and Interamerican Development Bank consultant on public policy issues.
Rafael Vivolo
CRO
Rafael has an MBA in Business Administration from the School of Economics, Business and Accounting at the University of São Paulo (FEA-USP) and a bachelor’s degree in Social Communication from the School of Higher Education in Advertising and Marketing (ESPM). Furthermore, he won the Itaú -Trip Transformers’ award in 2012 for his work generating awareness for social transformation initiatives.
Board
André Barrence
Member of the Advisory Board
Former Geekie Director for the public and social sectors, André currently teaches at the Public Leadership Center, and is the head of Google Campus, São Paulo.
Claudia Costin
Member of the Advisory Board
Claudia was the Secretary of State for Administrative Reform during of Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s government and former Global Director for education at the World Bank. She’s currently the Director at the Center of Excellence and Innovation in Education pPolicies at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV-Rio).
Fernando Lemos
Member of the Advisory Board
Microsoft's CTO in Brazil, has been working for over twenty years in innovation, technology, foresight, intra and entrepreneurship, operations and digital business solutions.
Laura Constantini
Member of the Advisory Board
Co-founder and partner of the technology venture capital company Astella Investimentos which, has been helping entrepreneurs create and develop their businesses since 2008.
