Luis Roberto Acosta has been developing interaction between society, governments and science to try and face environmental challenges for many years. He is the Director of Latin American Regional Affairs at the Climate Institute in Washington, which aims to heighten international awareness of climate change and identify practical ways of achieving significant emissions reductions. In the early 90s, he introduced the complexities of climate change through the first public awareness campaign. He was also selected by several publications, namely Mexico Special Issue and Time Magazine, as one of the most promising environmental scientists from Mexico.
John Topping has been the President of the Climate Institute ever since it was founded in 1986. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1964 and Yale Law School in 1967 and has worked for many years in the areas of minority business development, civil rights and environmental areas. He helped launch the national minority business program and has also worked in the environmental protection area as Staff Director of U.S. EPA’s office of Air and Radiation. Topping has helped the Climate Institute be recognized as a world-class policy organization.
Raymond Chavez is the Vice President of Counterpart's Communications Division and the Environment and Sustainable Tourism Division. He oversees the organization’s conservational and natural resource management programs, such as coral and forest gardens and sustainable tourism. These are programs which are currently being implemented throughout Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Asia, Africa and the South Pacific.
