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Early leadership
Vice President of the Bureau of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2008–09.[71]
Member of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the UNEP Risoe Centre, Denmark.
Member of the Carbon Finance Working Group of Project Catalyst, initiated by Climateworks, a new foundation endowed by the Packard, Hewlett and McKnight Foundations, and supported by McKinsey & Co. 2008
Board of Directors of the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), 2008.[105][106]
Energy Program Advisory Committee of Green Cross International, founded by Pres. Gorbachev, 2008[107][108]
Representative of Latin America and the Caribbean to the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2007.[83]
International Member of the Academy of Sciences, Dominican Republic. 2007.[109]
Board of Directors and Trustee, Winrock International, a mission-driven international NGO with a budget of $50 million and an endowment of $60 million. 2005–present. Chair of the Governance Committee and Member of the Executive Committee, 2007–present.[110]
Advisory Senate of the ICE Organization Limited, first credit card to neutralize carbon emissions of user's purchases. 2007–present
Board of Trustees of the Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Cordillera Volcánica Central (FUNDECOR), Costa Rican organization with an endowment of $15 million and which received the 2001 King Bauldwin Award. 1999–present[111]
Board of Directors,;[112] International Institute for Energy Conservation, 2006–2008[113]
Member of the Development Dividend Task Force, International Institute of Sustainable Development, Canada. 2005–2008[114]
Invited member of the Clinton Global Initiative, 2005–2006[115]
Member of the Global Roundtable on Climate Change, led by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs at Columbia University. 2005–07
Selection panel for the Yale World Fellows Program, 2003 – 2006.
Hero for the Planet Award by the National Geographic Magazine and the Ford Motor Company, March 2001, in recognition of international leadership in sustainable energy.
Technical Advisory Board of the Prototype Carbon Fund of the World Bank, 1999–2001[116]
Board of Directors of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC), 1999–2003[117]
Advisory Board of the Organization of Tropical Studies (OTS), Duke University 1998–2000
Vice President, Foundation for Central American Management Education (INCAE), in association with Harvard University. 1998–2001
Member, Inter-American Dialogue[118] |