Founder and CEOMarea Verde
Mirei Endara de Heras co-founded and chairs the board of Marea Verde since 2020, a Panama nonprofit addressing global plastic pollution through local action. She also chairs the Fundación Smithsonian in support of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's science advancement mission in Panama. She has served in the Panamanian government twice, as the first Minister of Environment (2014-2017) and as Administrator of the Panama Environmental Authority (1994-1999). Mirei is a Fellow of the inaugural class (2005) of the Aspen Institute’s Central America Leadership Initiative and a McNulty Prize 2023 winner. She is a member of Audubon Americas Advisory Committee, Biomuseo, the International Women’s Forum Panama and Women’s Corporate Directors-Panama.