The Archbridge Institute Welcomes Dr. Juan José Daboub to the Board of Directors

The Archbridge Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Juan José Daboub to our Board of Directors. In our mission to lift barriers to human flourishing, we seek to collaborate with scholars and professionals with a wide range of experience in both conducting academic research and working with governments and nonprofit organizations to translate scholarship into action.

For this reason, we could not think of a better addition to the Board of Directors than Dr. Daboub. We are very excited to work together in developing a consensus on the primary barriers to human flourishing and social mobility and advocating for policy changes that lift lives. Throughout his career, Dr. Daboub has worked tirelessly to boost economic development and secure liberty across the world.

On his joining the Board of Directors, Archbridge President and CEO and Gonzalo Schwarz noted:

At the Archbridge Institute we feel deeply honored and privileged that Dr. Daboub has agreed to join our Board of Directors. His diverse range of experiences in the private, public, and non-profit sectors are world-class and we think that adding his leadership and expertise to the Board of Directors will be an immense contribution to our mission of lifting barriers to human flourishing and to our vision of highlighting the value of culture, character, and personal agency in societies that prize entrepreneurship and innovative thinking as the primary means to climb the income ladder.

Dr. Juan José Daboub is the Chairman and CEO of The Daboub Partnership, an initiative of ARCIS, LLC, dedicated to delivering results for public and private organizations around the world. He is also the Founding Chief Executive Officer of the Global Adaptation Institute (www.gain.org). He has taught at Princeton University and is a member of several Board of Directors, including in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. As Managing Director of the World Bank from 2006 to 2010, Dr. Daboub oversaw operations in 110 countries throughout Africa, the Middle East, East Asia and Latin America. He was also responsible for the oversight of the Human Development and Sustainable Development Networks, the Information Systems Group, the World Bank Institute, and the Department of Institutional Integrity.

From 1999 to 2004, Dr. Daboub served concurrently as El Salvador’s Minister of Finance and as Chief of Staff to the President. In these high-profile, dual roles, Dr. Daboub helped to navigate his native country through several regional economic challenges including securing and sustaining El Salvador’s investment grade rating, “dollarizing” the economy, and completing a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. During this period, he also oversaw the emergency reconstruction of El Salvador after two major earthquakes in 2001. Dr. Daboub’s leadership began in the private sector, where he led his family-owned businesses for nearly a decade before joining the Board of CEL, El Salvador’s electric utility, and presiding over El Salvador’s electric distribution companies.

Subsequently, he was named President of ANTEL, the state-owned telecommunications company, which he re-structured and privatized through a competitive and transparent process that also de-monopolized that strategic sector. He held high Government positions in El Salvador for 12 years (1992–2004), working for three different Administrations without belonging to any political party. Dr. Daboub holds a Bachelor’s of Science, Master’s of Science and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University.

“I’m very eager to start working with the Archbridge Institute team because I believe it’s a great opportunity to combine research, knowledge, education, and the impact of the private sector in human flourishing,” says Daboub. “I have learned from personal experiences in all those fields, and I would like to contribute to making the Archbridge Institute’s ideas become a reality — a reality that transforms the possibilities of people to take destiny into their own hands, for people to always move upwards and achieve their fullest human potential.”

Chairman of the Archbridge Institute Board of Directors, Ingrid Gregg also welcomed Dr. Daboub to the Board, adding:

Thanks to the generosity of its supporters and the dedication of Gonzalo Schwarz and his team, the Archbridge Institute is recognized as a leader in advancing understanding of social mobility and human flourishing. The Institute is at an exciting moment of growth and opportunity. This makes the Board especially delighted and grateful to welcome Dr. Juan Jose Daboub as a Director. He is an international leader of exceptional experience, whose wisdom will be invaluable to Archbridge as it continues to connect ideas with action.