This fall, FIU’s Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom is welcoming its fifth cohort of Senior Leadership Fellows. The distinguished group will include national and international public servants.
The Senior Leadership Fellowship program is one of the center’s most prestigious and well-known programs, bringing students close to prominent leaders through exclusive off-the-record study groups. It allows participants to engage in exciting and candid discussions and mentorship opportunities.
“I am truly privileged to welcome to our center this exceptional class of Senior Leadership Fellows,” said Carlos Díaz-Rosillo, founding director of the Adam Smith Center. “Their remarkable achievements and dedication to public service will be a source of great inspiration for our students.”
The introduction of the new cohort will take place at “We Hold These Freedoms… A conversation with the Fall 2023 Senior Leadership Fellows,” a discussion on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the MARC Pavilion, Management and Advanced Research Center at FIU’s MMC Campus,11200 SW 8th St., Miami, 33199. To register, please visit freedom.fiu.edu/events.
The new cohort of Senior Leadership Fellows includes:
Jamil Mahuad, president of Ecuador from 1998 to 2000. Before becoming president, Mahuad served as mayor of Quito from 1992 to 1998. Mahuad played an instrumental role in negotiating and signing a definitive peace treaty with neighboring Peru, ending one of the longest…