Isabel Saint Malo
2022 ALI Fellow
Isabel Saint Malo brings to ALI notable political and international public sector experience. She is the first woman elected as Panama’s vice president and the first woman appointed to serve as the country’s foreign minister. In these capacities, Isabel drove social policies centered on eradicating poverty and social inequality, promoted national anti-corruption and transparency efforts, and championed several gender equality initiatives. Previously as a senior consultant to the United Nations, she worked in Latin America and the Caribbean on national and regional issues related to long-term planning and social public policy formation, and earlier spent 15 years with the United Nations Development Programme, overseeing $600 million in funding focused on 60+ sustainable development projects in Panama.