Georgie Benardete, MSFS, grew up in Chile, Mexico, Argentina and Puerto Rico and has lived in Washington DC, New York, Istanbul, and London. A former young banker at JP Morgan, she is currently the Managing Director at Multicultural Capital, LLC, in San Juan, PR, where her responsibilities center around the sourcing of renewable energy deals, predominantly in Latin America. Personally trained by former US Vice-President Al Gore to raise awareness about climate change around the world, she is an investor and developer of a solar renewable energy project in Turkey, and founder of Turkey’s green online portal, Yesilist.com. A Senior Advisor to and founding member of the Latin American climate change NGO, R21, she was recently recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. (www.multiculturalcap.com)
