Team

Directive Board
Composed by nineteen recognized experts, the Directive Board collaborates with the vision and tasks of the Network, acting as a permanently consultant in the raising themes and the courses of action, constituting an important source of advisory during the researches undertaken by RESDAL.

Members of the Directive Board
Gabriel Aguilera - Guatemala - azuga2004@hotmail.com

Raúl Benítez Manaut - México - manaut@servidor.unam.mx

Adrián Bonilla - Ecuador- abonilla@flacso.org.ec

Roberto Cajina - Nicaragua- cajinar@yahoo.com

María Celina D'Araujo - Brazil - mariacelina@daraujo.net

Margaret Daly-Hayes - United States - mdhayes@ebrinc.com

Marcela Donadio - Argentina - marcela@resdal.org.ar

Jaime Garreta - Argentina - jaime@ser2000.org.ar

Hal Klepak - Canadá - klepak_h@hotmail.com

Alejandra Liriano - Dominican Republic - alejandraliriano@hotmail.com

Ernesto López - Argentina - ernestojustolopez@gmail.com

Johanna Mendelson-Forman - United States - johanna@jmendelsonforman.com

Juan Rial - Uruguay - rial43@yahoo.com

Francisco Rojas Aravena - Chile - frojas@flacso.org

Héctor Saint-Pierre - Brazil - hector.sp@uol.com.br

Leticia Salomón - Honduras - lsalomon@cedoh.org

Gustavo Suarez Pertierra - Spain - guadaluperj@r-i-elcano.org

Loreta Tellería - Bolivia - loretatelleria@yahoo.es

Alejo Vargas - Colombia - avargasv@cable.net.co

Members of the Network
The network works in permanent contact between all of it´s members. Through an electronic list of communication, where updated information and articles are disseminated, opinions and ideas are exchange, consultancies are carried out and different debates are generated. In the same line, in the framework of the programs of RESDAL, the members are called regularly to perform different investigations.

Executive Secretariat
The Network counts with an Executive Secretariat based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A full-time team of professionals carries out the different activities of RESDAL: Coordination and execution of the research programs, centralization of communications between its members, receiving the users’ inquiries, updating the website, organizing the visits to the different countries, administrating the resources, formulating and elaborating new projects, researching for potential donors and other activities inherent to the daily functioning of the Network. This team, is constituted by young professionals of different nationalities and disciplines coordinated by the Executive Secretariat of the Network.

Executive Secretary
Marcela Donadio
marcela@resdal.org.ar

Coordinators, Researchers, and Assistants:
Samanta Kussrow
samanta@resdal.org.ar

Gonzalo Serra
gonzalo@resdal.org.ar

Paz Tibiletti
paztibi@resdal.org.ar

System’s Director
María Teresa Vera
teresa@resdal.org.ar

Technical Assistants
Paula Ocampos
paula@resdal.org.ar

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Gabriel Aguilera Country: Guatemala Institution / Position: Ambassador of Guatemala in Germany. E-mail: azuga2004@hotmail.com

CURRICULUM Bachelor in Juridical and Social Sciences, Master in Political Science and PhD for the Albert Ludwig University in Germany. Also has a Diploma in Administration for Development. Has been a professor in several universities in Guatemala and abroad, and has a qualified experience as a consultant for diverse international organizations. At the public sector, he has been an Advisor on security and defence issues at the Chancellery, and was part of the Belize Comission. He has been Vice-Minister of Foreign Relationships. He has extensively publish on the field of social sciences, focus mainly on international relationships. Has published in Latin America, the Caribbean, United States, Canada, Spain, France, Norway and Japan.

Raúl Benitez Manaut Country: México Institution/Position: President of the Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia. E-mail: manaut@servidor.unam.mx

CURRICULUM Bachelor in Sociology, Master in Economics and Internacional Politics, and PhD in Latin American Studies. He’s a full-time researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Has been a professor in diverse Mexicans academicals institutions, and has a highly qualified experience as a lecturer at an international level. He’s author of books, essays, and articles about national security and Mexico foreign policy; Central American crisis, militarization and peace process, geopolitics at the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico; narcotraffic and hemispheric security, military theory; and conflict resolution and peace negotiations.

Adrián Bonilla Country: Ecuador Institution/Position: Director. FLACSO-Ecuador. E-mail: abonilla@flacso.org.ec

CURRICULUM PhD and Master in International Studies. Bachelor in Public and Social Sciences. Has a post graduated title on Political Sciences, specializing in Latin American matters. Has been a Visiting Professor at the PhD program in International Relationships at the Universidade Católica de Río de Janeiro. He has also worked as a consultant for several foundations ant international organizations. Was co-academical director of the Academia Diplomática Ecuatoriana. He has extensively publish on subjects related with the security and defence in Ecuador and Latin America.

Roberto Cajina Country: Nicaragua E-mail: cajinar@yahoo.com

CURRICULUM Civilian advisor on security and defence. Historian, has studies on Social Sciences and on history and Latin America. Has worked as an history advisor for the Ejército Popular Sandinista. From 1994 to 1997 worked as a researcher of the Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (CRIES). He has also worked as an external consultant for the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Governability. He has been a professor at the Academia Militar Nicaragüense. Has published several articles, books, and books chapters, has a proof experience as a consultant and lecturer in Latin America.

María Celina D'Araujo Country: Brasil Institution/Position: Pontificia Universidad Católica (PUC – Rio). Profesor. E-mail: mariacelina@daraujo.net
CURRICULUM Bachelor and PhD in Political Science. Has been a Senior Researcher at the Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil de la Fundação Getulio Vargas (CPDOC-FGV). Has published several books about armed forces, authoritarian processes, and civil-military relationships in Brasil. She has also wrote a lot of articles on different books, journals and magazines.

Margaret Daly-Hayes Country: Estados Unidos Institution/Position: EBR Associates. President. E-mail: mdhayes@ebrinc.com

CURRICULUM Bachelor in Journalism. Master in Spanish Literature and Political Science, and PhD in Political Science. She is Associate lecturer at Georgetown University, and Vicepresident of EBRINC. She’s a well experience consultant on subjects related with politics, defence and security. Between November 1997 and march 2004, was the first Director of the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University. Shes a specialist in political economy and security of the United States and Latin American. She has been an advisor on external relationships of the IDB, Director of the Washington Office of the Council of the Americas, and Superior Advisor for the Western Hemisphere at the Committee of Foreign Relationships at the US Senate. Has been a lecturer on Latin American subjects in several forums in the Unites States and Latin America; and has widely published on civil-military relations, inter-governmental and NGOs relations on peacekeeping operations, among other defence related subjects.

Marcela Donadio Country: Argentina Institution/Position: RESDAL. Executive Secretary. E-mail: marcela@resdal.org.ar

CURRICULUM CURRICULUM PhD in Political Science, Master in Social Sciences (with a Sociology mention), and Bachelor in Political Science. She’s the Executive Secretary of RESDAL. Has been a professor in several Argentinean Universities, and has directed several research projects. Has participated in many courses and seminars about security and defence in Latin America and other parts of the world. She has published extensively about security and Defence issues.

Jaime Garreta Country: Argentina Institution/Position: Senado de la Nación E-mail: jaime@ser2000.org.ar
CURRICULUM Bachelor in Social Communication. Founding member of SER en el 2000. Has been an advisor at the Defence Committee of both Senate and Deputy Chamber of Argentina. He was Secretariat of Military Affairs of de Ministry of Defence in Argentina. He is actually an Advisor of the Provisional President of Senate of Argentina.

Hal Klepak Country: Canada Institution/Position: Royal Military College - Canadá E-mail: klepak_h@hotmail.com

CURRICULUM Professor of Latin American History and International Relations at the Royal Military College of Kingston, Canada. He’s actually an advisor of the Canadian Army Chief. He has been an advisor on inter-American security subjects for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and for the Department of National Defence (DND) of Canada. He’s author of many books about defence policies, and foreign policies of Latin America.

Alejandra Liriano Country: Dominican Republic Institution/Position:Undersecretary of State on Foreign Policy. Secretary of Foreign Relations of Dominican Republic E-mail: alejandraliriano@hotmail.com

CURRICULUM Bachelor in Political Sciences, specializing in International Relations. Master in Sub-Saharan African Policy, and PhD in International Relations. She’s graduated from the diplomatic School of the Secretary of Foreign Relations of Dominican Republic. She has represented Dominican Republic in important internacional meetings and has received recognitions and merit distinctions from international an national institutions. She has been Executive Director of FLACSO-Dominican Republic. She has also worked as advisor and coordinator at the Instituto de Altos Estudios para la Defensa y Seguridad Nacional (IAEDESEN), the Instituto Policial de Educación Superior (IPES) and at the Universidad Apec. She has published extensively within working field.

Ernesto López Country: Argentina Institution/Position:Ambassador of Argentina in Guatemala E-mail: ernestojustolopez@gmail.com

CURRICULUM Bachelor in Sociology. He has served as the Argentina Ambassador in Haiti between 2005 and 2007. He has worked as a Consultant of the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and also worked as an advisor at the Argentinean Parliament. He has been a professor and a researcher in FLACSO-Mexico and in FLACSO-Argentina, and also a full-time professor at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. He has published several books on civil-military relations in Argentina, among other subjects.

Johanna Mendelson-Forman Country: Estados Unidos E-mail: Johanna@jmendelsonforman.com

CURRICULUM Juris Doctor, PhD in Latin American History, and Master on International Relations, specialized on Latin American Studies. Has been a Senior Officer of the Peace, Security and Human Rights Program of the United Nations Foundation. Through her professional career has worked on several official organizations and cooperation organizations of the United States. Was founder of the Conflict Prevention Network. She is also member of the Advisory Council of Women in International Security and is also part of the Directive Council of the Institute for World Affairs. She is specialized in security and development issues, with an emphasis in civil-military relationships, armament proliferation, homeland security and peacekeeping, having published extensively on those subjects.

Juan Rial Country: Uruguay Institution/Position: PEITHO E-mail: rial43@yahoo.com

CURRICULUM Political analist, consultant of international organizations, as the United Nations Development Programm, InterAmerican Development Bank, International IDEA,and the Organization of American Status. He has been a political science professor at the Universidad de la República and Universidad ORT, both in Montevideo, Uruguay. He’s the author of a dozen of books, and more than a hundred of articles on subjects such as democracy, institutions, security and defence. He lives in New York.

Francisco Rojas Aravena Country: Chile Institution/Position: FLACSO. General Secretary. E-mail: frojas@flacso.org

CURRICULUM Master and PhD in Political Science. He’s specialized on international relations and international security. He was part of the creation of the post-graduated Program on International Relations at FLACSO-Costa Rica. He was member of the Academical Council and a professor of that program. He has been Director of FLACSO-Chile. He has teached on several Universities of Latin America and Spain on the field of international relations, international security and negotiation processes. He has been a Fulbright professor at the Latin American and Caribbean Center of Florida International University. He has worked as a consultant and as an advisor for international organizations and governments in the region. He’s Director of the Magazine Fuerzas Armadas y Sociedad of FLACSO-Chile, and he’s also member of the Editorial Boards of important publications. He’s the author and editor of many books.

Hector Saint-Pierre Country: Brasil Institution/Position: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Director of the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos (CELA). E-mail: hector.sp@uol.com.br

CURRICULUM Bachelor in Philosophy, Master in Epistemology and Philosophy of Science and PhD in Political Philosophy. He has Post-doctoral studies and is Livre Docênte of the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) in Brazil. He`s an associated professor on the undergraduate and post-graduated courses of History and International Relations at UNESP, and he’s also an associated professor of the post-graduation program on International Relations “San Tiago Dantas”. He’s the founder and actual coordinator of the Grupo de Estudios de Seguridad y Defensa (GEDES), and he’s also the actual Director of the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos (CELA), both at UNESP. He has participated on several congresses, and national and international debates. He has also offered courses and conferences among different Brazilian and foreign universities, on subjects such as armed forces, defence, and security. He has published numerous articles about Strategy, Defence, Armed Forces, Peace and Conflict. He’s the author and co-author of many books through those areas.

Leticia Salomón Country: Honduras Institution/Position: Centro de Documentación de Honduras (CEDOH). Investigadora. E-mail: lsalomon@cedoh.org
CURRICULUM Sociologist and Economist. She’s a professor-researcher at the Department of Social Sciences of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, and an associated researcher of the Centro de Documentación de Honduras (CEDOH). She’s the author of many books on socio-political analysis.

Gustavo Suarez Pertierra Country: España Institution/Position: Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos. Executive President. E-mail: guadaluperj@r-i-elcano.org

CURRICULUM Bachelor in Law. PhD in Law. He has been the Director of the Instituto Universitario General Gutiérrez Mellado. He has been a professor of Canonic Law and Ecclesiastical Law. Has been Minister of Defence (1995-1996) and Minister of Education an Science (1993-1995). Among other functions he has worked as Director of Religious Affairs at the Minister of Justice, President of the Advisory Comission on Religious Liberty (1982-1984), Undersecretary of Defence (1984-1990), Undersecretary of State of Military Administration (1990-1993), Deputy in representation of the Asturias on the elecciones of General Courts in 1996; and President of the Deputy Congress (1996-2000).

Loreta Telleria Country: Bolivia Institution/Position: Observatorio de Democracia y Seguridad. Directora. E-mail: loretatelleria@yahoo.es
CURRICULUM Political Scientist. Master on Latin American Social and Political Studies, with a diploma on Regional and local Public Gestion. She´s specialized on security, defence, police, and citizen security, subjects on wich she has published several books and articles.

Alejo Vargas Country: Colombia Institution/Position: Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Director of the Grupo de Investigación sobre “Seguridad y Defensa”. E-mail: avargasv@cable.net.co

CURRICULUM Bachelor on Social Work, Master on Development, Master on Social Politic, and PhD on Political Science. He’s the Head of the Department of Political Science and a professor at the Law Faculty of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He has been General Vice-Rector and Academical Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law, Social and Political Sciences at the same university. He’s member of the Dialogue Commission between the Government and the ELN, member of the Directive Board of the CPDPMM, and member of the national coordination of REDUNIPAZ. He has published several articles on national and international magazines, and he has worked as columnist of many Colombian newspapers. He’s author of many books related with the security and defence.

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Marcela Donadio:PhD in Political Science, Master in Social Sciences (with a Sociology mention), and Bachelor in Political Science. She’s the Executive Secretary of RESDAL. Has been a professor in several Argentinean Universities, and has directed several research projects. Has participated in many courses and seminars about security and defence in Latin America and other parts of the world. She has published extensively about security and Defence issues.

Samanta Kussrow: She’s a Political Science student at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. She’s a main assistant at RESDAL’s Executive Secretariat.

Gonzalo Serra: Bachelor in International Relationships. RESDAL Researcher. Has been a researcher assistant in the Comparative Atlas of the Defense in Latin America 2007 and 2008. He had been a consultant for UNDP in the project “Strengthen of the conduction and coordination of public security in Argentina”.

Paz Tibiletti:Bachelor in Sociology. She’s a student at a Master in International Studies. RESDAL’s researcher. Co-director of the Comparative Atlas of the Defense in Latin America, and actual Coordinator of Programs and Institutional Relationships in RESDAL. She was a professor at the Universidad del Museo Social Argentino.

Maria Teresa Vera: Systems Analyst. She had design the RESDAL, SER en el 2000 and PDGS Websites, among others. Has also developed websites for public and private organisms.