Julio Guity-Guevara is an associate expert of the IIJS as well as an entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, Julio focuses on creating economic opportunities, reducing income inequalities, and fighting climate change through SUDECC, Inc a firm that promotes sustainable development and delivers services to facilitate the implementation of projects in vulnerable communities. He is also a member of the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna People. Between 2015 and 2019 he was appointed to serve as the Deputy Director of the Executive Office of the Mayor of Washington, DC, Office on Latino Affairs where he oversaw the administration of grants and implemented the Mayor’s initiatives. Previously, he worked as a Project Attorney and an Environmental Specialist at the Legal Department, the Energy and Climate Change Unit and the Environmental Safeguards Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) where he managed legal and sustainability aspects of the Bank's lending operations. He was also a member of the IDB’s working group responsible for establishing the Clean Technology Trust Fund (CTF). He is a co-founder of the recently established Afro-Interamerican Forum on Climate Change of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, UK.
He holds a Master of Laws in International Business from Washington College of Law, American University. He previously practiced law in Honduras and has been living in Washington, DC since 2002.
In 2002, Julio began his career in international development by joining the Organization of American States (OAS) as an Attorney Fellow for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In this capacity, he participated in the litigation of cases submitted before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica.
Under Julio’s leadership, Afro-Latinos in Washington, DC have formed partnerships with other organizations that focus on building the capacity of low-income communities in the US and Latin America. By favoring the use of diplomacy, accountability, and digital technologies that facilitate automation and communication, Julio strives to succeed in a culturally diverse environment where internal bureaucracy and budgetary pressures are inevitable.
He holds a Master of Laws in International Business from Washington College of Law, American University. He previously practiced law in Honduras and has been living in Washington, DC since 2002.
In 2002, Julio began his career in international development by joining the Organization of American States (OAS) as an Attorney Fellow for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In this capacity, he participated in the litigation of cases submitted before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica.
Under Julio’s leadership, Afro-Latinos in Washington, DC have formed partnerships with other organizations that focus on building the capacity of low-income communities in the US and Latin America. By favoring the use of diplomacy, accountability, and digital technologies that facilitate automation and communication, Julio strives to succeed in a culturally diverse environment where internal bureaucracy and budgetary pressures are inevitable.
Skills: Entrepreneurship, Promoting Sustainable Development, Creating Economic Opportunities, Reducing Income Inequalities, Fighting Climate Change, Delivering Services to Vulnerable Communities, Project Management