The INCAE Foundation Governance
The INCAE Foundation is governed by a board of directors whose members have had distinguished careers in business, government, higher education, and other areas. Current board members are:
Robert Bruner
President
Bob Bruner is the former dean of the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia, where he also served as a professor from 1982 to 2023, specializing in the fields of financial history, democracy, and capitalism. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Michael Williams
Vice President and Secretary
Michael Williams is a Washington, D.C.-based partner in the global law firm Hogan Lovells, where he practices in the corporate and finance group representing nonprofit healthcare organizations in strategic transactions. He is also a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law. He lives in Millwood, Virginia.
Victor Balestra
Treasurer
Victor Balestra is a retired banker with 40 years of experience in the Latin American international banking field. He held business development and management positions at C&S International Bank in New Orleans, First National Bank of Minneapolis, Riggs International Banking Corporation in Miami, and Espirito Santo Bank of Florida, where he retired as Chairman of the Board in 2012. A native of Uruguay, Victor lives in Coral Gables, Florida.
Roberto Artavia
Roberto Artavia is chairman of the board of directors of INCAE Business School. He was president of the school from 1999 to 2007. A graduate of INCAE – and the school’s first graduate to become its president, and the school’s first president from Central America – he is a consultant to governments and private firms throughout the region. He lives in Costa Rica.
Brizio Biondi-Morra
Brizio Biondi-Morra is the former chairman of the board of directors of INCAE Business School, where he also served as rector (president) and professor. He is also the former chair of AVINA, a foundation promoting sustainable development; and Social Progress Imperative, home of the Social Progress Index. He lives in Costa Rica.
Enrique Bolaños
Enrique Bolaños has been the president of INCAE Business School since 2015. Previously, he was a business executive, working more than 30 years in United States, Mexico, Colombia, and Belgium. He has an MBA from INCAE Business School. Born and raised in Nicaragua, he lives in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Stephen Campbell
Steve Campbell is a retired executive of SunTrust Banks (now Truist). He has served on the INCAE Foundation Board since 2009, and was treasurer and chair of the investment committee for more than 10 years. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
George W. Logan
George W. Logan is a long-term entrepreneur, having owned, operated, or invested in a wide variety of businesses, including car dealerships, a bank in his hometown of Roanoke, Virginia, construction and leasing of logistics warehouses in Poland, and various other real estate ventures. He was board president of the INCAE Foundation for 20 years, until 2022. He lives in Roanoke, Virginia.
Cristina Lopez-Gottardi Chao
Cristina Lopez-Gottardi Chao is a research professor and chair of programming at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. Before her appointment in 2007, Cristina held positions at Emory University’s Institute for Comparative and International Studies, the University of Miami’s North-South Center, and Barclays Bank Latin American Regional Office. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Federico Sacasa
Federico Sacasa was most recently the executive director of the Fundación Sin Límites para el Desarrollo Humano (SinLímites), a nonprofit in Costa Rica that is the successor organization to Fundación Nicaragüense para el Desarrollo Económico y Social (FUNIDES). Sacasa was its founder and first President. Federico served for more than 30 years as a senior executive in international finance in the United States, Peru, and Japan, in senior positions at Wells Fargo, Banco de Crédito del Peru, Bank of America, and Aozora Bank. He lives in Costa Rica.
Francisco R.R. de Sola
Francisco R.R. de Sola is retired Chairman of De Sola Group, a 128-year-old family business from Central America. He has been involved with INCAE since 1963, and lives in San Salvador, El Salvador.