Giancarlo Ibarguen

Ibarguen started his career at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín as a Professor of Economics.[1] He was a member of the Board of Directors of UFM from 1992 till his death.[1] From 1995 to 2003, he served as its Secretary General.[1] Starting in 2003, he was its President.[1][2] Starting in 2005, he was the Director of the Centro Henry Hazlitt (a research center in honor of Henry Hazlitt) at UFM.[1]

Ibarguen was a founding editor of the magazine Intuición and sat on the editorial board of Gerencia magazine from 1992 to 1994.[1] He sat on the Advisory Board of the Society for Philosophical Inquiry.[1] He was also a Board member of the Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala and the Society for Philosophical Inquiry.[1] His work has been published in Telecommunications Policy, Siglo Veintiuno, The Wall Street Journal, etc.[1][2]

Ibarguen was a member of the Board of Directors of the Centro de Estudios Económicos Sociales since 1990.[1][2] In 1991, he was a founding member of the Asociación por el Poder Local (APOLO).[1][2] From 2005 to 2006, he served as Vice President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, and as its President from 2006 to 2007.[1][2] Starting in 2007, he was a Board member of the Liberty Fund in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1][2] In 2008, he joined the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Society.[1][4] Since 2005, he sat on the Board of Advisors of AIESEC.[1] He served as Secretary on the Board of Directors of the Mont Pelerin Society.[2][5] In 2009, he received the Guardian of Freedom award from the Acton Institute.[2] A libertarian, he argued that the United States government should end its War on Drugs to put an end to violence in Guatemala.[6]

From 2006 to 2008, Ibarguen served as an Advisor to the Partners in Learning program of the Microsoft Corporation.[1] He served on the Boards of Directors of Samboro, Glifos, Belluno, and Algodón Superior.[1]