Mauricio Rodas is the former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador (2014-2019). During his Mayoral term, he hosted the UN’s Conference on Urban Sustainable Development – Habitat III and served two terms as the World Co-President of UCLG, Vice-chair of C40 Cities, and board member of the Global Covenant of Mayors and ICLEI.

Currently, he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania; Senior Advisor at the Atlantic Council, leading the “City Champions for Heat Action” initiative; and member of the UN’s Committee of Experts on Public Administration. Rodas is also a member of the WEF’s Global Commission on Nature-Positive Cities, and the Executive Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors.

Mauricio is the Executive Secretary of the SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance.  As the founder and CEO of Meridio Consulting, an urban policy and city diplomacy consultancy, he has worked with cities across five continents. In 2020, he served as a City Diplomacy and Climate Change Advisor for Riyadh’s U20 Chairmanship, and currently he is an Advisor for the Royal Commission for Riyadh City.

He is a former Young Global Leader and member of the Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization of the WEF. He was named one of the 100 World’s Most Influential People on Climate Action by Apolitical and received the Penn IUR’s World Urban Leadership Award and ICLEI´s Recognition for Climate Action and Sustainability Leadership

Mauricio Rodas is a JD from Universidad Católica de Quito and holds two master’s degrees in Government Administration and Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

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