INCAE is the top business school in Latin America endorsed by the triple crown of global accreditations EQUIS, AMBA, and AACSB, and has exchange programs with 20+ top-tier universities from North America, Europe, and Asia. Founded in 1964 by the President John F. Kennedy Administration, Harvard Business School, USAID, and a group of visionary Central American leaders, its mission is to actively contribute to the sustainable development of the countries it serves, with transformational education of leaders across key sectors of society. For 60 years, INCAE has a 19,000+ strong alumni of leaders from over 50 countries around the globe. It operates across Central America and Ecuador, with a campus in Costa Rica and an Executive Education Center in Panama, with a cadre of faculty members who are world-class experts with regional knowledge and corporate experience composed of 95%+ PhDs from prestigious universities of the US, Europe, and other parts of the World, and which has recently reached gender-parity, double-chipped with its first lady President. INCAE Business School has extensive experience planning and creating strategic processes with the region’s public and private sectors. INCAE's footprint in the region relies on the leadership of its Impact Centers (1) for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS); (2) for Inclusive and Sustainable Leadership (CELIS); and (3) for Entrepreneurship (LACE). They are supported by a platform of international experts who ensure a global perspective on its programs and a coalition of local partners that share the commendable objective of transforming lives in LatAm with a focus on women, youth and other minority groups. The Centers of Impact develop interventions that provide Latin Americans with the knowledge, empowerment, and tools they need to grow, expand, and accelerate their businesses. With iconic programs such as LEADS Academy for Women and EMPRO, INCAE brings expertise and network capabilities to build bridges between SGBs and the established commercial and financial markets. INCAE engages distributors, banks, venture capitalists and other big firms as gate openers and active collaborators, including the participation of their staff as volunteering mentors to SGBs in their journeys of business acceleration, access to new markets, and new financing.