Julio Guity-Guevara, LL.M., is the Managing Director of SUDECC, Inc., a consulting firm that promotes sustainable development and delivers services to facilitate the implementation of climate change projects in vulnerable populations. Previously, he was Deputy Director of the Executive Office of the Mayor of Washington, DC, Office on Latino Affairs. He also worked as a project attorney and an environmental specialist at the Legal Department, the Energy and Climate Change Unit, the Environmental Safeguards Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He was a member of the IDB’s working group responsible for the establishment of the Clean Technology Trust Fund (CTF). He is also a co-founder of the Afro-InterAmerican Forum on Climate Change established in COP26 Summit in Glasgow, UK . Over the years, Julio developed an expertise in community engagement, climate change, international project finance and dispute settlement mechanisms. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Washington College of Law, American University.
Julio currently serves at the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations of the U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce after being appointed in 2021. He has received multiple recognitions. He was selected as one of the top 40 Latinx experts in U.S. national security and foreign policy by the Diversity in National Security Network and New America in 2020.
He was appointed by the Mayor of Washington, DC in 2015 and reappointed in 2019 to serve as the Deputy Director of the Executive Office of the Mayor, Office on Latino Affairs where he oversaw the administration of grants and implemented the Mayor’s initiatives. As an entrepreneur, Julio focuses on creating economic opportunities, reducing income inequalities and fighting climate change. In 2002, Julio began his career in international development by joining the Organization of American States (OAS) as an Attorney Fellow for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Subsequently, as a legal advisor and project attorney, he provided technical services to the World Bank Group (WBG), the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). While working at these organizations, he developed an expertise in international project finance, dispute settlement mechanisms and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). He holds a Master of Laws, with a specialization in International Business Law from Washington College of Law, American University.
You can contact Julio at julio@guity.org