Our team

Our Team

Sebastian Stolorz Senior Operations Officer
Sebastian Stolorz advises senior management in the efforts to establish the Institute, ensuring strategic alignment, managing partnerships with leading global research institutions and think tanks, and leading curation of research projects.

Sebastian Stolorz advises senior management in the efforts to establish the Institute, ensuring its strategic alignment with corporate objectives, managing partnerships with leading global research institutions and think tanks, and leading curation of research projects to inform policy solutions worldwide. He holds a Ph.D. from George Mason University, specializing in monetary policy, and an M.A. from the Warsaw School of Economics in Econometrics.

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Renos Vakis Lead Economist
Renos Vakis serves as an advisor on strategy and operations for the Institute. He also leads the Institute’s impact analytics and AI integration where his efforts are focused on enhancing the effectiveness of knowledge diffusion.

Renos Vakis serves as an advisor on strategy and operations for the Institute. He also leads the Institute’s impact analytics and AI integration where his efforts are focused on enhancing the effectiveness of knowledge diffusion. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He brings these perspectives, as well as his skills in magic and music, to making the Institute's programming user-friendly and accessible. 

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Diego Vapore Consultant
Diego Vapore supports the Institute in Branding, Visual, and Strategic Communications.

Diego Vapore supports the Institute on branding, visuals, and strategic communications. He holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Brand Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the University of Buenos Aires. He has extensive experience working on topics related to development for international organizations such as the World Bank, IDB, OAS, UNICEF, and IFRC, as well as the private and public sectors.

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