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Mirei Endara de Heras served as Minister of Environment (2014-2017) and as Administrator of the Panama Environmental Authority (1994-1999), leading important institutional transformations in each term, most recently elevating the environment to a cabinet level position. Mirei is a Fellow of the inaugural class and was the first Executive Director of Fundación CALI (Central America Leadership Initiative), helping create the Central American program of the AGLN (Aspen Global Leadership Network) in 2005. From 2000 to 2003 she established and directed the Nature Conservancy’s Panama Program. She is chair of the Marea Verde board, a nonprofit addressing global plastic pollution through local action - for which she is a 2023 McNulty Prize Winner. She is also on the Fundación Smithsonian board, a nonprofit that supports the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s work in Panama. She has also held board positions in other local environmental and education nonprofits, including director of the Fondo de Promoción Turística a public-private destination management organization for Panama (2018-2022). She has an undergraduate degree from Wellesley College and a master’s in environmental studies from Yale School of Environment. She is married to Miguel Heras and has 2 children, Miguel and Sofia.
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