Current Exec Director of Chamber of Commerce of North-East (Haiti). Polish-Canadian; fluent French, Spanish and Creole also. Experience working in agriculture, coffee and rum trade and general commerce in Haiti. Emphasis on development in the North.

Project Director @AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy. High-level policy advisor to European Commissioner for Research, Science & Innovation Carlos Moedas. Science policy consultant @UNESCO. Cuba expert. Founder @ScienceSlamFest. Named 40 under Latinos in Foreign Policy 2016 & 100 Spanish Experts in Innovation by @Cotec_Innova. Georgetown Global Competitiveness Leadership Fellow '14. PhD in Biomedical Sciences. Scuba diver.

Richard Lorenzen is the CEO of Fifth Avenue Brands, a New York-based public relations firm providing media relations, strategic planning and crisis communications. He has been featured in CNBC, Fox News, Forbes, AdWeek, PRWeek, Inc Magazine and more.