Mauricio Rodas is the Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador, an office he assumed in 2014, when he became the youngest mayor in the capital city’s history. He is also currently World Co-President of the United Cities and Local Governments Organization. He serves as a member of the boards of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives. He is a Young Global Leader and member of the Future Global Council of Cities and Urbanization of the World Economic Forum. He is founder of Fundación Ethos, a Latin American think tank based in Mexico that develops responsible government models and projects on social and environmental policy. He has worked as a consultant in public policy for several ministries of the Mexican government, and has participated in the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago de Chile and Mexico City. He has written for Foreign Policy, Letras Libres, PODER Magazine, and Diario Reforma, and has appeared as an analyst on CNN, Televisa, and TV Azteca. He holds a Juris Doctor from Universidad Católica de Quito and Master’s degrees in Government Administration and Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.