Director of the School of Public Policy and Government at FGV EPPG. President of the National Association of Graduate Courses in Administration. Member of the Board of Directors of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and visiting professor at the Institute of Strategic Leadership in Japan and Shizenkan University. Graduated in Production Engineering from the University of São Paulo (1980), Extension in Economics from the University of Colorado, in Boulder, and master's and doctorate in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, from Harvard University (1990 and 1994).