Charlie Ruth

Internationally recognized, social innovator awarded by the United Nations and Rotary International developing impactful initiatives around innovation, biotech investments and women's health. Highly driven international business and lawyer professional with a broad experience in the private and academic sectors with over 15 years of demonstrated ability in delivering mission-critical results in project management, solution development, risk management, strategic planning, communication, cross-culture team management and negotiation. Entrepreneurial attitude for optimal strategic creation of international alliances with top organizational leaders.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

• Featured Co-Author in the book "Hispanic Stars Rising: The New Face of Power”, 2021.
• "From both sides of the Atlantic: Big Data and a review on the European and American personal data protection policies". Universidad de Los Andes, 2015.
• "Freedom of Expression and the electronic democracy in the new information society". Universidad de Los Andes, 2013.

MAIN MEDIA COVERAGE

• TV Interview and award by the Colombian Congress News (Jun. 2022)
• Speaker at the largest summit on #ForoIDEA 2021, hosted by Planned Parenthood
• Featured Co-Author in the book "Hispanic Stars Rising: The New Face of Power"
• International activist of the year 2019, keynote speech at Jalisco Congress, Mexico
• Press release from Charlie’s speech at the General Assembly of the UN (Nov. 2018)
• Press release from EFE about Charlie’s work as women’s rights activist (Nov. 2018)
• TED talk "Our right to be diverse, authentic and happy" (Jul. 2017)
• Interview about Connected to the South & Digitally Connected on NTN24 (Dec. 2015)
• Press Release about his work at Google Business Group Colombia and his participation in the Google IO 2013 (Jun. 2013)

• Awarded "People of Action: Young Innovators" award on Rotary Day at the United Nations on November 10, 2018, in Nairobi, Kenya.
• Recognized by the WHO and the Ministry of Health for being a major donor to the National Institute of Health and being a crowdfunder for the creation of the first genomic surveillance lab in Colombia, March 2022
• Honored by the Austrian Leadership Program as Colombian Innovator.
• Recognized by the Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Health as a strategic donor in the achievement of the first Genomic Surveillance Laboratory in Colombia.
• Honored by in the Colombian Congress on the National Day of the Colombian Migrant for her contributions to the Integrative Migration Policy.
• Paul Harris fellow awarded by the Rotary Foundation in November 2016 and June 2019.

Charlie was recognized with the "People of Action: Young Innovators" award on Rotary Day at the United Nations on November 10, 2018, in Nairobi, Kenya. Her program fostered vocational and business skills to women in prison in Colombia and Mexico. Castro, said education and innovation are the ways to empower women, even those who are imprisoned. “In prison, there are seeds of peace and reconciliation. We are teaching these women how to create a new beginning and how to use their skills to create innovation even with very few resources.” : https://bit.ly/2ry1KF4

Rotarian and Past President, Rotary E-Club Sogamoso Global, Colombia

December 2012-Present

• Founded the first Rotary E-Club in Colombia, District 4281. First President.
• Leading 4 global grants to fund initiatives on the education of children and young people living with disabilities and local economic development.
• Frequent speaker at Rotarian events on gender equality, economic empowerment and leadership in Rotary Clubs in the USA, UK, Mexico, Austria, Argentina, Australia and Kenya.

Harvard University, United States

• Co-Organizer of the international conference “Latin America: Another lost decade?” at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
• Co-Organizer of the Latin American Conference at Harvard Kennedy School.