Stace Lindsay

Stace Lindsay is an independent advisor, entrepreneur, advocate and educator committed to helping entrepreneurial leaders and organizations increase their impact in the world. He has been a strategic advisor to senior business, government and non-profit leaders throughout the world, having held senior positions at both Monitor Company and the OTF Group, where he worked closely with Michael Porter to adapt his work to emerging markets. He also has significant start-up, turnaround and operating experience with companies, having been CEO of New England Portable Storage and VP Business Development for Merrimack Pharmaceuticals.  He has also been a Managing Partner in the Latin American focused venture capital firm, Explorador.net. Stace is the co-founder the Central American Leadership Initiative, part of the Aspen Institute’s Global Leadership Network where he is also a Senior Moderator.  Stace serves on the Executive Committee of the Aspen Network For Development Entrepreneurs as well as the Board of Directors of TechnoServe, a non-profit organization dedicated to building competitive businesses in rural Africa and Latin America.  He has also been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Business School as well as the University of Adolpho Ibanez Business School in Chile. He is the co-author of Plowing the Sea: Nurturing the Hidden Sources of Growth in the Developing World.  He is also author of "Culture, Strategy and Prosperity" in Culture Matters. Stace is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and earned his degrees in International Relations from Georgetown University and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.  He and his family make their home in Cambridge, MA.

Carmen Irene Alas

Carmen Irene assumed the position of Executive Director of CALI in July, 2010. She is also Founder and Executive Director of Estrategia & Negocios, the leading business magazine for Central America and the Caribbean. She is responsible for planning and directing Estrategia & Negocios’ editorial content, the Business Intelligence Unit, and Electronic and Specialized Products. She has coordinated forums and roundtables to promote political debate and social dialogue in Central America, managing to place Estrategia & Negocios as the main reference for decision makers in the region. She has interviewed prominent leaders such as Bjorn Lomborg from the Copenhagen Consensus, Donald Trump, David Rubenstein, David Lovegrove from the Irish Miracle, Roger Noriega, Michael Chu from IGNIA Fund, and media personalities such as Andrés Oppenheimer, and Carlos Montaner. In partnership with other investors, she acquired E&N products in February 2006 She graduated in Economics and Business Administration from Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado in El Salvador with honors, and belongs to the second promotion of the Central American Leadership Initiative (CALI). She is part of INCAE’S National Council and Fepade´s board, and leads Vital Voices as President for El Salvador´s chapter. She was named “Distinguished Professional 2008” by Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado. Carmen Irene is a Fellow of the Central America Leadership Initiative and the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Outside of her profession, she shares her free time with her three children, Maria Jose, Juan Diego and Javier, who live with her in San Salvador. She has a first-degree black belt in Kenpo Karate.