NSU Horizons Spring 2016

28 NSU HORIZONS N ova Southeastern University alumna Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado (M.B.A., ’95) is the first woman elected to the post of vice president in the Republic of Panama; she took office on July 1, 2014. Upon being elected as vice president, she also was named minister of foreign affairs by then president-elect Juan Carlos Varela. Through the years, Saint Malo de Alvarado, 48, has served as an independent consultant for international organizations and in the public and private sectors. Saint Malo de Alvarado was alternate ambassador to the Panamanian Mission to the United Nations in New York and served as part of negotiations teams for different regional political processes from her position at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Saint Malo de Alvarado is married with three children. Saint Malo de Alvarado recently discussed her career with Horizons . PANAMA’S A VISION FOR FUTURE NSU ALUMNA REFLECTS ON VICE PRESIDENT ROLE