Francesc Pedró is the Director of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNESCO IESALC) since May 2019.  Previously, he led the advisory service on educational policies, including reviews of national policies as well as international comparative studies in the education sector of UNESCO in Paris (France) since 2010. Previously, he worked at the Research and Innovation Educational  Center (CERI)  if the OECD as a senior political analyst and was responsible for projects such as Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and New Millennium Learners Project. He also directed the reviews of educational research in OECD ́s countries and the Project on Systemic Innovation in Education.

Pedré graduated in Education from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and obtained a PhD with a thesis on Comparative Education at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED - Madrid). After that, he conducted postdoctoral studies in Comparative Public Policies at the Institute of Education of the University of London (United Kingdom).

He is a professor of Comparative Education Policies in the Department of Political Science at the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) where he was the Director of the Quality Program. Previously he was Vice President of Educational Research and Innovation at the Open University of Catalonia (Barcelona), the first European public university that offered its courses only online.

His most recent books are: Working out Change: Systemic Innovation in Education and Training (2009), Are the New Millennium Learners Making the Grade? Technology Use and Educational Performance in PISA (2010), Inspired by Technology, Driven by Pedagogy (2010), Technology and Education: what works and why (2011), Connected Minds. Technology and Today's Learners (2012), Le numérique: une chance pour l'école (2013), Technologies for the transformation of education (2017) and Promising Education Policy Levers For 2030. The Untapped Potential of Governance, School Leadership, and Monitoring and Evaluation Policies (2018).

Susana Carrillo is leading the engagement with Latin American universities for George Mason University. She started her career at Citi Bank in Zurich, Switzerland; worked for the United Nations Development Program in The Gambia (West Africa), Guatemala and New York. She was a Senior Specialist with the World Bank in Washington DC working in more than 15 countries on institutional strategy, knowledge and learning, and managing large policy reform operations accelerating results through development of vital multi-sector partnerships (government, private sector, and higher education institutions). Fluent in Spanish, French, and Portuguese, Carrillo obtained a BA (double major) in International Relations and Latin American Studies from George Mason University; a Masters in Social and Economic Development from the Graduate School of International and Development Studies-IHEID, Geneva (Switzerland), and a Global Masters from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. She completed course work at the Graduate School of Economics, Birmingham University (United Kingdom) and obtained a joint executive degree from the Cheng Kuong Graduate School of Business (Beijing), the Indian Institute of Management, Skolkovo School of Management (Russia), and Fundação Dom Cabral Graduate School of Business (Brazil).