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Dr Erin Watson (Founder and Chair of the Australia Latam Emerging Leaders Dialogue (ALELD))

Dr Erin Watson

Founder and Chair of the Australia Latam Emerging Leaders Dialogue (ALELD)

Dr Erin Watson is Managing Director of Baker & York, and has over 14 years’ experience in public policy, public affairs and research. Prior to establishing her own boutique consultancy, Erin worked in senior leadership roles at Australian universities and think tanks where she built a reputation for her public affairs and research. Erin has represented Australia at G20 meetings in seven countries, published reports for the United Nations, and regularly files for the Economist Intelligence Unit. Currently, Erin is a Board Director of the Council on Australia and Latin America Relations (COALAR) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade appointed by the Foreign Minister in 2001, and Chair of the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education at Curtin University on recommendation of the Minister for Education. Erin is passionate about the next generation of leaders. She is the Co-Founder and Chair of the Australia Latam Emerging Leaders Dialogue (ALELD) and was the award winning Co-Founder of DICE (Digital Innovative Creative and Entrepreneurial) Kids.

Dr Mirella C Gavidia (Brazilian Academic at RMIT University and Consultant)

Dr Mirella C Gavidia

Brazilian Academic at RMIT University and Consultant

Mirella is a Brazilian academic with a background in Law and Anthropology. She has been involved in numerous social and environmental projects in the Brazilian Amazon region since 2006, including her Doctoral degree from the University of Queensland. In Australia, Mirella teaches courses on Indigenous affairs, environment, and international development at the School of Global, Urban, and Social Studies at RMIT University. She is also a member of the national committee of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance. Mirella lives on a farm in Djaara Country with her partner and 2 children, where they grow food, raise animals, and apply agroecological principles on how they live.

Dr Carol Hullin (Data Governance Manager at the Justice System Victoria and UN Consultant at CARICOM)

Dr Carol Hullin

Data Governance Manager at the Justice System Victoria and UN Consultant at CARICOM

Dr Carol Hullin is a First Nations Aymara woman from the northern region of Chile. She arrived in Australia in 1991, and now as a global citizen works in Management and Governance for Digital Environment. She is Data Governance Manager at the Justice System in Victoria, and a United Nations Consultant working at CARICOM. Her academic journey includes: Cybersecurity Specialist at RMIT University (2023); Master of Law from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile LLM UC (2019); Post Doc. in Artificial Intelligence from CQU (2006); PhD in Health Informatics from the University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine (2005), Bachelor of Quality Management & Safety (Honours) from RMIT University; Bachelor of Nursing (Mental Health).

Dr Raul Sanchez Urribarri (Senior Lecturer in Legal Studies and Associate Dean (Academic and International Partnerships) at La Trobe University)

Dr Raul Sanchez Urribarri

Senior Lecturer in Legal Studies and Associate Dean (Academic and International Partnerships) at La Trobe University

Dr Raul Sanchez Urribarri is a Senior Lecturer in Legal Studies, and Associate Dean (Academic and International Partnerships) at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of South Carolina, an LL.M. from Cambridge University, and a Law degree from Universidad Católica (Venezuela). His research focuses on the intersection between law and politics in comparative perspective, with an emphasis on Latin America and Venezuela in particular. He has published in The Journal of Politics, Law and Social Inquiry, International Political Science Review, Global Constitutionalism, the Annual Review of Law and Social Sciences and edited collections, among other outlets. He is the co-editor of Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective (with Lori Hausegger, Peter Lang, forthcoming 2023). He is the Director of the Philippines-Australia Forum (PAF) at La Trobe; co-editor at Thesis Eleven Journal (SAGE), and past Chair of the Section on Venezuelan Studies, Latin American Studies Association (LASA).