Francisco Marquez Lara on Clubhouse

Bio

Director for LLYC @Llorenteycuenca Washington, D.C. - 🇻🇪🇺🇸 -Lawyer - Public Policy Expert - Public Relations | 🇻🇪🇺🇸 - Abogado- Experto en Políticas Públicas - Asuntos Publicos

Francisco Marquez Lara has been at the crossroads of public policy, advocacy and external relations. He has had a wide range of responsibilities in the public, NGO and private sector. The common thread has been the ability to build strong relationships with high level stakeholders and build teams from the ground up. As a lawyer, public policy expert and ex- political prisoner he was a key figure in advocating for human rights in Venezuela. Before joining LLYC he was Ufacilitate Senior Director for Strategic Partnerships, Political Counselor to the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C, NGO Director and Harvard Ash Fellow of Democracy in Hard Places. In all of these roles he engaged with the U.S Government and Congress, Latin American governments, NGO's, private companies and Universities. As Chief of Staff of the Mayor of El Hatillo(Caracas, Venezuela) he was the lead in engaging with the community, local businesses, City Council and other local, regional and international governments.

Francisco has a Law Degree from Catholic University Andres Bello (Venezuela) and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.