Andean Region and Southern Cone

Felipe Agüero

Program Officer Santiago

Felipe Agüero is a program officer in the foundation's Santiago, Chile, office, focusing on human rights issues. His grant making reflects a comprehensive view of human rights—including political, economic, social and cultural rights—and focuses on overcoming systematic discrimination against historically underserved groups, and strengthening government institutions to protect rights.

Before joining the Ford Foundation in 2007, Felipe held several academic posts. He was an associate professor at the School of International Studies at the University of Miami, an assistant professor at Ohio State University, and a research associate at the Latin American Social Science Faculty in Santiago. He was also a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame, and the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

Felipe's expertise spans issues related to both human rights and philanthropy, including security, democracy and dictatorship, historical memory, civilian-military relations and corporate social responsibility. He is the author of numerous publications on these subjects and has served on the editorial boards of several international journals. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Duke University and a bachelor's degree in sociology from the Catholic University of Chile.