2026
Roger Mina
CEO
EMCALI
Roger Mina is the CEO of Emcali, Cali’s Public Utility Company. In his career he has served as New Energies Manager at Cenit Transporte y LogĂstica de Hidrocarburos, a subsidiary of Ecopetrol, Head of Electrical Planning and Advisor to the CEO of Ecopetrol, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Energy of Colombia, Consultant at the Energy Division of the Inter-American Development Bank and Manager of Energy and Optimization at Cenit. He is a member of the board of directors of Celsia, Transoccidente and CorporaciĂłn Manos Visibles.
Roger is a Mechanical Engineer from the Universidad del Valle and holds a master’s degree in Energy Management and Policy and a PhD in Energy and Mineral Engineering from Penn State. He is a Francisco José de Caldas Fellow of Colciencias and a Martin Luther King Fellow of the United States Embassy in Colombia.The 2026 World Fellows
We are delighted to announce the 2026 Yale World Fellows. These 16 extraordinary individuals are leaders working in politics and public policy, global health, technology, environment, journalism, and the arts around the world. They include a Ukrainian journalist, a Chinese environmentalist, and a Kenyan orchestral conductor. “At a moment when norms are under strain and the international order is being rewritten, the World Fellows remind us that principled leadership still exists—and still matters,” said Emma Sky, director of Yale’s International Leadership Center, which houses the World Fellows program. “The world does not lack for problems or pessimists. What it needs are skilled, courageous practitioners willing to create new possibilities. The...Read More
