Secretariat

Jorge Daniel Taillant

Executive Director

Daniel has served as the CEC’s Executive Director since August 2022.

He is a life-long global advocate for environmental protection. His career spans several decades, working with international development agencies – as an advisor to governments, leading innovative civil society organizations and networks, and helping communities impacted by pollution – tackle some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.

He has spearheaded incisive global initiatives to link human rights and environmental protection, pushing for more effective public policies, stronger legislation and greater corporate accountability and respect for human rights and environmental sustainability.

During the past decade, he has turned his focus to tackling the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, advocating for immediate actions to aggressively phase out the most intense climate pollutants, such as methane, black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and tropospheric ozone (O₃), while promoting resilient adaptation for the most climate-vulnerable communities.

Nathalie Daoust

Director, Administration and Government Relations

Marcela Orozco

Director, Advisory Groups and Public Participation

Paolo Solano Tovar

Director, Legal Affairs and SEM

Orlando Cabrera-Rivera

Head, Environmental Quality

Georgina O’Farrill

Head, Communications, Outreach and Engagement

Lucie Robidoux

Head, Ecosystems

Armando Yáñez Sandoval

Head, Sustainable Living and Economies

Kakwiranó:ron Cook

Officer, Indigenous Affairs

Micaela Martinez

Officer, Community Resilience

Esteban Salcedo

Legal Officer, Legal Affairs and SEM

Cezar Anghel

Manager, Information Technology

Frantz Bernard

Manager, Human Resources

Frantzy Charles

Controller

José Antonio Casis

Advisor, Planning and Performance

Dominique Croteau

Specialist, Geospatial and Environmental Information

Samantha Gagnon

Advisor, JPAC and Private Sector Engagement

Julie Amina Jacquemin

Advisor, Outreach, Partnerships and Youth Engagement

Alaïs Nevert

Specialist, Communications

Antonia Andúgar Miñarro

Project Lead, Sustainable Living and Economies

Antoine Asselin-Nguyen

Project Lead, Ecosystems

Catherine Boyd Michaud

Project Lead, Ecosystems

Ilse Esparza Magaña

Project Lead, Sustainable Living and Economies

Natalia Andrea Restrepo Velez

Lead, Environmental Quality

Danielle Vallée

Project Lead, North American PRTR Initiative

Mónica Valtierra Brestchneider

Project Lead, Sustainable Living and Economies

Dora Alvarez

Coordinator, Social Media

Simonetta Ferrante

Coordinator, Human Resources and Administration

Liliana Paz Miller

Coordinator, Meeting Services

Marilou Nichols

Administrative Coordinator, Publications

Malika Elhadj

Executive Assistant

Natalia Cardona

Assistant, Meeting Services

Nicole Goñi

Assistant, Ecosystems

Erika Hercules

Assistant, Environmental Quality

Rocío de la Infiesta

Assistant, Government Relations, Strategy and Performance

Carmen Cimpian

File Management and Office Clerk

Michel Lafortune

File Management and Office Clerk

Linda Lee

Accounting Technician

Claudia Lopez

Assistant, Sustainable Living and Economies

Doris Millan

Assistant, Legal Affairs and SEM

Karina Morales

Assistant, Advisory Groups and Public Participation

Yadira Rodríguez

Assistant, Communications, Outreach and Engagement

Ashfak Reza

Support Technician, Information Technology