Alí Velázquez Carmona is a bilingual senior communications strategist with 15+ years of experience helping international organizations tell their most important stories, and protect them when those stories get complicated.
His work spans media relations, crisis communications, and digital strategy across governments, multilateral institutions, and the private sector in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has directly prepped heads of state for high-stakes media engagements, managed rapid response communications during the Panama Papers crisis on behalf of the Government of Panama, and developed reputational risk mitigation strategies for senior executives at leading international financial institutions.
At the World Bank Group, Alí has led strategic communications initiatives that combine traditional media relations with data-driven digital engagement to advance the institution's development mission and strengthen its reputation among key global audiences.
His work has earned coverage in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, BBC, Forbes, and CNN, among others.
Alí is fluent in English and Spanish, with strong Portuguese proficiency. He holds a Master's in Public Relations and Corporate Communications from Georgetown University and a B.A. in Communications from Brigham Young University. He serves on the executive board of Proyecto Salud, a nonprofit clinic network in Maryland.