Our Team

Michel Levien González

Michel Levien González

Director

Lawyer, graduate of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, who also holds a Master’s in Law from Duke University (North Carolina, USA) and is currently a studying for a Master’s degree in Anti-Corruption Studies at the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) in Laxenburg, Austria. Michel has worked in the field of Anti-Corruption Law since 2012. He participates in the anti-corruption committees of the International Bar Association (IBA), the National Association of Business Lawyers (ANADE) and the Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (COPARMEX) in Puebla, as well as in the Transparency and Anti-Corruption Initiative from the Tecnológico de Monterrey.

From 2009 to 2018 he worked at DeForest Abogados focusing on business, regulatory compliance and other areas of anti-corruption. He has been a Director at Streiner’s Anti-Corruption Bureau since 2018 and also works as a Professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, where he teaches on “Anti-Corruption in Companies, Society and Government”. From 2020, he has been a member of the Statute Drafting Committee at the International Anti-Corruption Court.

María Salcedo

María Salcedo

Director of Planning, Monitoring and Control

An internationalist from the Universidad del Rosario, whose work is focused on human rights and transitional justice. She also holds a certification from the Corporate Compliance course from the Universidad de Los Andes. María Salcedo has specialist knowledge and experience of the analysis of international and national topics related to public policy on transparency, anti-corruption and integrity in the public sector, the review of international standards, with a particular emphasis on the accountability of the legislative branch, as well as human rights both domestically and globally. She also has a good understanding of compliance and business integrity. She has worked to support projects with USAID, the World Bank, AECOM, CAF and the IDB, as well as managing projects related to the Attorney General’s Office in Colombia.

Adriana María Romero

Adriana María Romero

Director of Studies and Public Policy

Economist and Master in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and MSc. in Political Science and Political Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Adriana’s particular areas of interest include transparency, the analysis of corruption, accountability and the political economy of development. She was a fellow of the Young Investigators program from COLCIENCIAS between 2012-2013, and has worked for six years in different public entities, including the Banco de la República, the General Maritime Directorate and District Oversight

Alejandro Alvarado

Alejandro Alvarado

Director of Strategic Litigation

A lawyer from the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga, historian from the Industrial University of Santander, specialist in Public Law from the Externado University of Colombia, Alejandro also participated in the advanced study program for law at the Washington College of Law at American University. He was the winner of the first Korean studies contest in Colombia with a piece of work entitled «Regional scenarios for the protection of human rights and the role of Korea.»

Alejandro founded the organization Social Studies of Colombia and has dedicated his professional life to applied social sciences and strategic litigation. He has written contributions for different media outlets, such as La Silla Vacía, Vanguardia and El Tiempo, and has been a professor at the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga, the Industrial University of Santander and the University of Pamplona.

He currently coordinates the Justice and Impunity Observatory at the Anti-Corruption Institute, which leads on the preparation of regular reports focused on institutional performance in the administration of justice, as well as in the structuring of strategic litigation cases initiated by the organization.

Yised Cardona

Yised Cardona

Coordinator at the Justice and Impunity Observatory

Political scientist, Master in Criminal Law from the EAFIT University (research and investigation modality, graduated with Honorable Mention). She has worked in the consulting and research areas of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the EAFIT Center for Political Analysis, the Colombian Armed Forces, the Supreme Court of Justice and at the NGO ProAntioquia.  Her work has focused on issues related to security, coexistence, human rights, public policies, criminal economies and armed conflict. Her experience and skills are centered on academic and criminal investigation, mixed research methodologies, analysis of qualitative and quantitative variables, and multiple triangulation of data, investigations, and theories.

Juan Pablo Contreras

Juan Pablo Contreras

Etilab Coordinator | Studies and Public Policy Advisor

Economist at the UDCA and in his final semester studying Political Science at Colombia’s National University (Universidad Nacional). His areas of interest revolve around public sector management, the analysis of public policies and sustainable social development. He has knowledge and experience of qualitative and quantitative social research.

Ivon Sepúlveda

Ivon Sepúlveda

Data Analysis Advisor

Economist, honors graduate from the Catholic University of Colombia (2020), with a focus on public and corporate finance. She also holds Coursera Inc. certification in data analysis and a diploma in Finance.

During the last two years, she has worked in the public sector, as an intern at the Delegation for Preventive Surveillance of Public Sector Activity – at the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation (2020), where she was part of the team responsible for the development of projects on the identification and mitigation of the risk of corruption in State contracting; as well as in the private sector, on projects related to the 2022 presidential elections, focused on the consolidation, analysis and visualization of data.

She currently works as a Data Analysis Advisor at the Anti-Corruption Institute.

Alejandra Gálvez

Alejandra Gálvez

Strategic Litigation Advisor

Lawyer from the Universidad del Rosario with a focus on Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Alejandra is a Master’s student in State Law with an Emphasis in Public Law at Colombia’s Universidad Externado. She has experience in strategic litigation, administrative, disciplinary and tax law. She has worked as a trial lawyer in Public Law and has coordinated collective impact projects on Human Rights issues.

She currently works as an advisor in the Strategic Litigation practice at the Anti-Corruption Institute.

Laura Galvis

Laura Galvis

Assistant Strategic Litigation Advisor

Internationalist and lawyer from the Rosario University (Universidad del Rosario), with an interest in Public International Law, Human Rights, Administrative Law and Migration. She has experience of research into  issues of International Law and the protection of Human Rights. She has a track record in strategic litigation work and legal counsel, as a member of the Cross-Border Human Mobility Clinic at the Legal Option Corporation and UNHCR.

Ivanna Castañeda

Ivanna Castañeda

Administrative Assistant

Graduate in Business Administration from the Autonomous University of the Caribbean, with a specialism in Senior Management. Her areas of knowledge and career trajectory have been focused on Administrative Management, including the creation of strategic, social and sectorial projects.

Juliana Ruiz

Juliana Ruiz

Institutional Partnerships Lead

Political Science and Law student at the National University of Colombia. Research Leader in the Emerging Youth Research Collective. Student of Afro-Latin American Studies at Harvard’s Afro-Latin American Research Institute. Winning Storyteller in the Bogotá in 100 Words short-story contest with “Fugacidad”. Juliana is an Afro-feminist activist who is particularly interested in driving the political participation of young people.

Luis Delgado

Luis Delgado

Intern

Audiovisual and multimedia communications student.

Samuel Villa

Samuel Villa

Intern

Communications student at the University of Antioquia. He is particularly interested in environmental communication, cultural management and digital communication

Volunteers

Adriana Correa

Lawyer

Felipe Carreño

Lawyer

Yuliana Hinestroza Rojas

Public accountant

Lina Muñoz Figueroa

Professional in International Business

Juan Manuel Salgado

Professional in Business Administration and Financial Administration

Ricardo Esis

Superior Technician in Administration

Daniel Pinilla

Civil engineer

Diego Llanos Betancourt

Social communication student

Leidy Caizamo

Social communication student

Fernando Peralta Franco

Industrial Economist

Gabriel Preciado

Data Engineer and Analyst