Katherine Urbáez

Katherine Urbáez, the Founder and Executive Director of the Health Diplomacy Alliance. She is a former diplomat from the Dominican Republic and throughout her career, she has been instrumental in numerous negotiations and developing public policies within various multilateral processes, focusing on health, human rights, and environmental issues.

With over 18 years of work in the multilateral sector, she has been the focal point for various national commissions and has chaired the Coordination of the 2016 Presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean (CELAC) States in Geneva and the Executive Board Membership to the World Health Organization.

Katherine holds a Master of Science in International Strategy and Diplomacy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre & Maestra (PUCMM).