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Brazil Institute Advisory Council

The Brazil Institute's Advisory Council includes former ambassadors and other high-level officials, noted scholars recognized for their contribution to bilateral understanding, and leading US and Brazilian enterprises. Contributions from Advisory Council members ensure that we can continue to support Brazilian scholarship and promote key bilateral issues in the United States and Brazil.

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Membership in the Advisory Council enables your organization to be an active participant in the ongoing dialogue between Brazil and the United States, and provides access to a marketplace of ideas where we convene the brightest minds to discuss the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the policy community. 
 

Advisory Council Members

Co-Chairs

Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Jr

Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil; Senior International Policy Advisor, Arnold & Porter
Ambassador Anthony Harrington

Anthony Harrington

Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil; Founding Principal, Albright Stonebridge Group

Board Members

Ambassador Liliana Ayalde

Ambassador Liliana Ayalde

Advisory Council Member;
Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil
Luis Bitencourt

Luis Bitencourt

Advisory Council Member;
Professor of International Security at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University; Visiting Professor, Georgetown University
Stanley Gacek

Stanley Gacek

Senior Advisor for Global Strategies, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
Maria Herminia Tavares de Almeida

Maria Herminia Tavares de Almeida

Professor, Universidade de São Paulo 
Nelson Jobim

Minister Nelson Jobim

Chairman of the Board, BTG Pactual
Maria Alice Setubal

Maria Alice Setubal

President, Tide Setubal Foundation
Ricardo Zúñiga

Ricardo Zúniga

Founding Partner, Dinámica Americas

Corporate Circle

Jennifer Prescott

Jennifer Prescott

Director, International Trade and Tax Policy; Director, Latin America Public Policy, Amazon Web Services
Ryan Hill

Ryan Hill

Director, International Government Affairs, Amgen
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Eduardo Mufarej

Founder, Good Karma Partners; Co-founder, RenovaBR    
Joel Velasco

Joel Velasco

Advisory Council Member;
Senior Vice President of International Relations & Head of Latin America, UnitedHealth Group
Gabrielle Trebat

Gabrielle Trebat

Managing Director, Brazil & Southern Cone, McLarty Associates
Alexandra Veitch

Alexandra Veitch

Lead, Public Policy, Americas and Emerging Markets, YouTube. Brazil Institute Advisory Council Member.

About our Corporate Members and Supporters

  • Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology innovator since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

  • Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon's expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, delivering results faster and at a lower cost. Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. With data center locations in the US, Europe, Singapore, and Japan, customers across all industries are taking advantage of our low cost, elastic, open and flexible, secure platform.

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  • UnitedHealth Group is a diversified health and well-being company headquartered in the United States. A leader worldwide, UnitedHealth Group is committed to introducing innovative approaches, products and services that can improve personal health and promote healthier populations in local communities. The company's core capabilities lie in clinical expertise, advanced technology and data and health information. 

  • Google LLC is an American multinational technology company focusing on artificial intelligence, online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, and consumer electronics.

  • Open Society Foundations financially supports civil society groups around the world, with the stated aim of advancing justice, education, public health and independent media.

Having spent seven years of my professional life in Brazil, I am committed to the US-Brazil relationship, but I also believe deeply in the importance of Brazil as one of the most dynamic and interesting democracies in the world. 

Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Co-Chair of the Brazil Institute Advisory Council; and former US Ambassador to Brazil

We are grateful to our generous supporters, who have a powerful impact in fostering research and dialogue on critical foreign and public policy issues.

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