Expert Bio

Facundo F. Robles is the Program Coordinator of the Wilson Center’s Latin America Program in Washington, D.C. Prior to this position, Facundo served as the President of the Latin America and Caribbean Policy Association (LAPA) at Georgetown University and co-founded Red Omnia, the network of Latin American public policy students in the United States. He was also a Research Assistant at the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, where he gained experience in policy research and event coordination.

Before his time at the Wilson Center, Facundo worked at the Investment and Foreign Trade Promotion Agency (InvestBA) under the Ministry of Economic Development of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he supported foreign investment and trade initiatives. He also served as a Teaching Assistant at the School of Business and Economics at Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), and as an Economic Advisor at the Center for Economic and Urban Studies (CEEU). Currently, he is a professor of public management at the National Defense University of Argentina.

He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Young Professionals of the Americas (YPA) at the Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and serves on the Advisory Board of the Latin American Leadership Program (LALP) at Georgetown University. In addition, Facundo is the co-founder of the Iberoamerican Council of Political Leadership (ICPL), which convenes monthly meetings with regional leaders to discuss public policy.

Facundo is a former Fulbright scholar and holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s in Business Management from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. His academic interests include the study of elections, democratic transitions and the role of the international community in Latin America.