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Managing Program Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Marcos Moreno

Marcos Moreno is a managing director in Latin America and the Caribbean, leading a diverse portfolio of people-centered justice, youth-at-risk and violence prevention, and gender-based violence prevention projects in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, El Salvador, and Guatemala. He is a versatile agribusiness and youth development expert with over 35 years of experience, including 23 years at senior management levels, creating sustainable economic opportunities for the next generation via agribusiness development projects in East Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Throughout his career, he has combined agricultural knowledge with innovative business expertise, linking private and public sector resources to benefit target populations, including youth and women; creating viable, market-driven economic opportunities along key value chains; and promoting sustainable skills and strengthening livelihoods. He has extensive experience identifying ways to integrate female and young farmers to add value to agricultural sectors and key value chains in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Bangladesh, East Timor, Bolivia, Mexico, Panama, and Colombia. He is a creative, entrepreneurial, and motivating leader with a record of managing diverse teams and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders and partners, including host-country governments and USAID.