Mr. Luis E Garcia de Brigard is the Chief Executive Officer at Educas Americas, an international investment firm that specializes in K-12 education. He previously served as Deputy Minister of Education of Colombia where he led efforts to reform the teaching profession, create effective measures of learning and promote school accountability.

Before joining the Ministry, Mr. Garcia de Brigard was the founder and chairman of OBA, an organization that partners with schools to promote global education and leadership through outdoor and international travel programming. He is also a committed social entrepreneur and has advanced the cause of educational opportunity in his country by co-founding Enseña por Colombia (partner of the Teach for All Network) and Volunteers Colombia (partner of WorldTeach). He has served as board member for numerous international organizations including Harvard University’s Global Education Innovation Initiative, LASPAU, Varkey Foundation’s Atlantis Group and SOS Children’s Villages.

Mr. Garcia de Brigard earned his Law degree from Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, completed an exchange program in politics and economics at the University of Notre Dame and received his Master’s of Education from Harvard University.

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