Juan Mora
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Juan Mora is a U.S.-based social entrepreneur with business interests in digital media and publishing who is the founder and President of the Americas Business Council (ABC*) Foundation, a nonprofit organization chaired by Emilio Azcarraga
, CEO of Grupo Televisa which provides a platform to influence and support the region's emerging leaders to bring about positive change in their communities.
, a British-based weekly news magazine. The magazine has won the Grand Prize for Press Freedom, awarded annually by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA).
; former Editor in Chief of The Economist, Bill Emmott
; former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak
; Stephan Schmidheiny
, founder of AVINA Foundation
; Carlos Gutierrez
, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; David Rubenstein
, President and Founder of The Carlyle Group; Colombian President Álvaro Uribe
; former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos
; former President of Costa Rica, Jose Maria Figueres
; and the former Chairman of The Walt Disney Company, Michael Eisner
. These events frequently partnered with important institutions and companies like National Geographic, NRDC, Synergos
, Kissinger McLarty Associates, Columbia University
, Georgetown University
, the Boston Consulting Group
and Allen and Co.
Mora handled all public and media relations for PODER Magazine and worked with the Chairman and Editor in Chief to implement the strategy and vision of the magazine's various internal committees.
, Chairman and CEO of Grupo Televisa, Mora founded The Americas Business Council (ABC*) Foundation, an organization that identifies young leaders (ABC* Fellows), giving them a networking hub and creating opportunities for them to meet with established leaders from their fields. In its initial two years, the foundation has brought together an eclectic group of young leaders from all over the Americas, including Cesar Conde, the current President of Univision Networks
, and Felipe Kast, the current Secretary of Social Development in Chile. The ABC* Fellows Program has given these young innovators the opportunity to meet Nobel Peace prize winners such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Vice President Al Gore, Mikhail Gorbachev
and Mary Robinson
; heads of state including Colombian president Álvaro Uribe
and former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos
; environmentalists such as Sylvia Earle
and Jean-Michel Cousteau; and social entrepreneurs and philanthropists like Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Larry Brilliant
.
The foundation also strives to inspire these emerging leaders to innovate by identifying and getting involved in "high-impact" projects such as A Ritmo de Cambio an initiative for social inclusion. The project was unveiled at the 2010 World Economic Forum
in Cartagena
, Colombia, and inspired Almacenes Exito
– the country largest retailer – to support a social project in Palenque
, a poor and neglected town in the Caribbean. At that event, the ABC* was invited to present its project at the annual meeting in Davos 2011.
The ABC* is also working on the creation of events to generate consciousness on the environment. The first of these is an expedition organized with National Geographic to the Coco Islands
where ten leaders from the Americas will have the opportunity to dive and share time with American oceanographer Sylvia Earle
.
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Emilio Azcárraga
Emilio Azcárraga is the name of three members of the Azcárraga family:*Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta*Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, son of Vidaurreta*Emilio Azcárraga Jean, son of Milmo...
, CEO of Grupo Televisa which provides a platform to influence and support the region's emerging leaders to bring about positive change in their communities.
PODER magazine
Before ABC*, Mora co-founded Page One Media, a content platform that launched PODER Magazine. PODER is a publication that provides the region's audience of influential senior business leaders and policymakers with in-depth editorial coverage and information on the U.S. Hispanic market and Latin America. Aside from the US and Miami editions, PODER grew to have local editions in Colombia, Mexico and Perú. Under a content distribution agreement, PODER also publishes a selection of articles from The EconomistThe Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
, a British-based weekly news magazine. The magazine has won the Grand Prize for Press Freedom, awarded annually by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA).
PODER magazine events
While serving as President of Page One Media, Mora led the efforts to start the PODER Forums. These were done with the idea of extending the magazine's cutting-edge content and exclusive insider-access a series of quality executive conferences. In this same vein, the PODER breakfast series and the PODER Awards were created as compliments to the PODER Forums. The forums served as a space to discuss Latin America's political, economical and social trends, while the PODER Business Awards recognized extraordinary contributions by Hispanic business leaders. Among the attendees who participated in these events were former Secretary of State Madeleine AlbrightMadeleine Albright
Madeleine Korbelová Albright is the first woman to become a United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99–0...
; former Editor in Chief of The Economist, Bill Emmott
Bill Emmott
Bill Emmott is an English journalist.Emmott was educated at Latymer Upper School in London and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he attained a First Class Degree in PPE . After graduation, he worked for The Economist newspaper in Brussels, Tokyo and London, becoming editor in March 1993. He...
; former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 until 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011 and holds the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government....
; Stephan Schmidheiny
Stephan Schmidheiny
Stephan Schmidheiny is a Swiss business man and billionaire.-Life:Schmidheiny was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 1947 and completed his Law studies with a doctorate at the University of Zurich in 1972. He started his business career at Eternit Niederurnen and in 1976 he was named CEO of the...
, founder of AVINA Foundation
AVINA Foundation
-Overview:It was founded in 1994 by Stephan Schmidheiny. Its Chairman is Brizio Biondi-Morra and its CEO is Sean McKaughan. It has offices in Buenos Aires in Argentina, Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Santiago in Chile, Bogota in Colombia, Cuenca in Ecuador, Asuncion...
; Carlos Gutierrez
Carlos Gutierrez
Carlos Miguel Gutierrez is an American former CEO and former U.S. Cabinet Member who is currently a Vice Chairman of Citigroup's Institutional Clients Group. He has previously served as the 35th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 2005 to 2009...
, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; David Rubenstein
David Rubenstein
David M. Rubenstein is the co-founder of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm. In the 2011 Forbes ranking of the wealthiest Americans, Rubenstein was ranked 148th with a net worth of $2.6 billion.-Early life and career:...
, President and Founder of The Carlyle Group; Colombian President Álvaro Uribe
Álvaro Uribe
Alvaro Uribe Vélez was the 58th President of Colombia, from 2002 to 2010. In August 2010 he was appointed Vice-chairman of the UN panel investigating the Gaza flotilla raid....
; former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos
Ricardo Lagos
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a lawyer, economist and social democrat politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. He won the 1999-2000 presidential election by a narrow margin in a runoff over Independent Democrat Union candidate Joaquín Lavín...
; former President of Costa Rica, Jose Maria Figueres
José María Figueres
José María Figueres Olsen , is a Costa Rican politician, businessman and international expert on Sustainable Development and Technology...
; and the former Chairman of The Walt Disney Company, Michael Eisner
Michael Eisner
Michael Dammann Eisner is an American businessman. He was the chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company from 1984 until 2005.-Early life:...
. These events frequently partnered with important institutions and companies like National Geographic, NRDC, Synergos
Synergos
Synergos is a non-profit organization with a mission to reduce global poverty through “inclusive partnerships” that bring together government, business, civil society and local communities.- History :...
, Kissinger McLarty Associates, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
, the Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group
The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm with offices in 42 countries. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious management consulting firms in the world. It is one of only three companies to appear in the top 15 of Fortunes "Best Companies to Work For" report for...
and Allen and Co.
Mora handled all public and media relations for PODER Magazine and worked with the Chairman and Editor in Chief to implement the strategy and vision of the magazine's various internal committees.
The Americas Business Council (ABC*) Foundation
Following a successful track record with the magazine and its world-class forums, Mora envisioned creating a foundation that would take the next step: real engagement with leaders in their communities. With support from Emilio AzcarragaEmilio Azcárraga
Emilio Azcárraga is the name of three members of the Azcárraga family:*Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta*Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, son of Vidaurreta*Emilio Azcárraga Jean, son of Milmo...
, Chairman and CEO of Grupo Televisa, Mora founded The Americas Business Council (ABC*) Foundation, an organization that identifies young leaders (ABC* Fellows), giving them a networking hub and creating opportunities for them to meet with established leaders from their fields. In its initial two years, the foundation has brought together an eclectic group of young leaders from all over the Americas, including Cesar Conde, the current President of Univision Networks
Univision Communications
Univision Communications is an American Spanish language media company in the United States. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Prior to 2007, the headquarters were in Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA.- History :...
, and Felipe Kast, the current Secretary of Social Development in Chile. The ABC* Fellows Program has given these young innovators the opportunity to meet Nobel Peace prize winners such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Vice President Al Gore, Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
and Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson
Mary Therese Winifred Robinson served as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner and member of the Irish Senate...
; heads of state including Colombian president Álvaro Uribe
Álvaro Uribe
Alvaro Uribe Vélez was the 58th President of Colombia, from 2002 to 2010. In August 2010 he was appointed Vice-chairman of the UN panel investigating the Gaza flotilla raid....
and former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos
Ricardo Lagos
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a lawyer, economist and social democrat politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. He won the 1999-2000 presidential election by a narrow margin in a runoff over Independent Democrat Union candidate Joaquín Lavín...
; environmentalists such as Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Alice Earle is an American oceanographer. She was chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1990–1992. She is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence, sometimes called "Her Deepness" or "The Sturgeon General".-Education and career:Earle received a...
and Jean-Michel Cousteau; and social entrepreneurs and philanthropists like Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Larry Brilliant
Larry Brilliant
Lawrence "Larry" Brilliant is an American physician, epidemiologist, technologist, author, and the former director of Google's philanthropic arm Google.org. Brilliant, a technology patent holder, has been CEO of two public companies and other venture backed start ups. From 1973 to 1976, he...
.
The foundation also strives to inspire these emerging leaders to innovate by identifying and getting involved in "high-impact" projects such as A Ritmo de Cambio an initiative for social inclusion. The project was unveiled at the 2010 World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
in Cartagena
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...
, Colombia, and inspired Almacenes Exito
Almacenes Exito
Grupo Exito also known as Almacenes Exito S.A. is a leading Colombian retailer that directly operates 262 stores and others indirectly that offer a wide range of food and non food products...
– the country largest retailer – to support a social project in Palenque
Palenque
Palenque was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that flourished in the 7th century. The Palenque ruins date back to 100 BC to its fall around 800 AD...
, a poor and neglected town in the Caribbean. At that event, the ABC* was invited to present its project at the annual meeting in Davos 2011.
The ABC* is also working on the creation of events to generate consciousness on the environment. The first of these is an expedition organized with National Geographic to the Coco Islands
Coco Islands
Coco Islands are a pair of strategically important islands located in the eastern Indian Ocean, politically administered by Burma under Yangon Division. They are allegedly leased to the People's Republic of China since 1994...
where ten leaders from the Americas will have the opportunity to dive and share time with American oceanographer Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Alice Earle is an American oceanographer. She was chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1990–1992. She is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence, sometimes called "Her Deepness" or "The Sturgeon General".-Education and career:Earle received a...
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Previous experience
Before PODER Magazine, while still at Business School, Mora was named the first Managing Director of Revista Semana Online. He then went on to create Publicaciones Semana New Media unit and became its Managing Director.Community involvement
Mora became affiliated with Knight Foundation in 2008 a volunteer for the first round of the Knight Arts Challenge contest, where he helped grant more than $8 million to 31 arts groups. The contest is currently in its second round.Knight Arts | Witnessing the Transformational Power of the Arts