Catalina Cock Duque, a successful social entrepreneur and global weaver with more than 20 years of experience in development and sustainability, is the co-founder and current Director of the Mi Sangre Foundation, which activates ecosystems and develops capacities for new generations to be protagonists in building a culture of peace. As co-founder and former Executive Director of the Amigos del Chocó Foundation, Catalina combined her passion for social justice and environmental protection and led the creation of the first social and environmental certification system for artisanal gold mining, its replica, and its global scaling strategy, through the articulation of intersectoral ecosystems and the creation of the Alliance for Responsible Mining. Through innovative administrative practices, Catalina fosters in her teams conscious and participatory leadership where personal and organizational purposes are aligned, so that the interventions reach their full potential.
Catalina studied sociology and political science at the University of Maryland, United States, and has a Master’s degree in Politics and Social Planning from the London School of Economics in England.
For her work and performance, she was named a fellow of Ashoka in 2003, “Rising Talent” by the Women’s Forum in 2007, Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in the same year, Synergos fellow in 2010, and was the only Colombian leader invited to the Obama Summit of the Obama Foundation in 2017.