Who we are
BOARD
Gabriel C. Salvia
President and General Director
Human rights activist dedicated to international democratic solidarity. In 2024 he received the Gratias Agit Award from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. He is the author of the books “Memory, human rights and international democratic solidarity” (2024) and “Bailando por un espejismo: apuntes sobre política, economía y diplomacia en los gobiernos de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner” (2017). In addition, he compiled several books, including “75 años de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos: Miradas desde Cuba” (2023), “Human rights in international relations and foreign policy” (2021), “Desafíos para el fortalecimiento democrático en la Argentina” (2015), “Un balance político a 30 años del retorno a la democracia en Argentina” (2013) and “Diplomacy and Human Rights in Cuba” (2011), His opinion columns have been published in several Spanish-language media. He currently publishes in Clarín, Perfil, Infobae and La Nación, in Argentina. He has participated in international conferences in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Balkans and the United States. Since 1992 he has served as director of Civil Society Organizations and is a founding member of CADAL. As a journalist, he worked between 1992 and 1997 in print, radio and TV specialized in parliamentary, political and economic issues, and later contributed with interviews in La Nación and Perfil.
Sybil Rhodes
Vicepresident
Director of the Department of Political and Legal Sciences, the Degree in International Relations and the MSc in International Studies at CEMA University. PhD in Political Science at Stanford and with a degree in Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is an expert on the field of international relations and comparative political studies.
Calixto A Navarro
Secretary
Calixto has lived in Miami, FL all his life born of Cuban parents. Graduated from Florida International University with a bachelors degree in International Relations with specialty in Latin American and Caribbean studies. During his time at Florida International University he was one of the founders of the Cuban American Students Association. Calixto, later went on to complete his Masters in Business Administration with a specialty in In-ternational Business at the University of Miami. He is one of the Co-founders of the Directorio Democratic Cubano (Cuban Democratic Directorate) and where he still sits on the board of directors as a Vice President. He has also served as a participant in the UN Human Rights Council on numerous sessions. Has represented the Directorio in many International forums as well as diplomatic meetings. Calixto currently has a successful real estate business in Miami and promotes the cities market potential to his international clientele.
Marisa Di Vitto
Treasurer and Finance Director
Accountant with honors (Universidad de Buenos Aires). Expert in nonprofit’s management, taxes and budget administration, has been working in different Civil Society Organizations since 1992. Since 2006 she has been a partner at Estudio Di Vitto, accountancy firm with expertise in auditing and consulting.