Mauricio Rodas
Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador
Sessions: Panel [Prosperity] (Day 1 Afternoon)
Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador
Sessions: Panel [Prosperity] (Day 1 Afternoon)
Mauricio Rodas is a JD from Universidad Católica de Quito. He also holds two master’s degrees in Government Administration and Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He started his professional career with the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago de Chile and Mexico City. Later he worked as a policy consultant for the Mexican government. In 2007, he founded and served as the Executive Director of Ethos Public Policy Lab, a think tank based in Mexico.
In 2011, Rodas returned to Ecuador and founded SUMA, a national political party. In 2013, he ran for president of Ecuador; the following year was elected as Mayor of Quito (2014-2019). During his period, Rodas was the hosting Mayor of the UN’s Conference on Urban Sustainable Development – Habitat III. He also had an active leadership role in some the main city networks: two terms as world Co-President of UCLG, member of the global boards of C-40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, ICLEI, and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. He is a Young Global Leader and former member of the Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization of the World Economic Forum (WEF). In 2019, he was named one of the 100 Worlds’ Most Influential People on Climate Action by Apolitical; he also received the University of Pennsylvania’s World Urban Leadership Award. Mauricio Rodas is a Distinguished Fellow on Global Cities at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Senior Fellow of the Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center from the Atlantic Council.
Currently, he is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Institute for Urban Research, Perry World House and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, working on the “Cities Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Financing Initiative –C2IFI.” C2IFI aims to develop a knowledge hub to consolidate information about financing opportunities for cities and to facilitate cities’ officials access to these resources.
In 2011, Rodas returned to Ecuador and founded SUMA, a national political party. In 2013, he ran for president of Ecuador; the following year was elected as Mayor of Quito (2014-2019). During his period, Rodas was the hosting Mayor of the UN’s Conference on Urban Sustainable Development – Habitat III. He also had an active leadership role in some the main city networks: two terms as world Co-President of UCLG, member of the global boards of C-40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, ICLEI, and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. He is a Young Global Leader and former member of the Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization of the World Economic Forum (WEF). In 2019, he was named one of the 100 Worlds’ Most Influential People on Climate Action by Apolitical; he also received the University of Pennsylvania’s World Urban Leadership Award. Mauricio Rodas is a Distinguished Fellow on Global Cities at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Senior Fellow of the Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center from the Atlantic Council.
Currently, he is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Institute for Urban Research, Perry World House and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, working on the “Cities Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Financing Initiative –C2IFI.” C2IFI aims to develop a knowledge hub to consolidate information about financing opportunities for cities and to facilitate cities’ officials access to these resources.