Jodie Madelaine Padilla Lozano

Jodie is a professor at the Catholic University and a scientific researcher at the institute of research and innovation INECEM of Guayaquil and the University of Buenos Aires, where she obtained a postgraduate degree in economic sciences. She is a member of a group of researchers in Ecuador that works with the Harvard Business School network under the direction of Michael Porter and she is a member of an innovation experts committee in Valencia, Spain, where she obtained her postgraduate degree in innovation.

She has been a mentor of the startup Grind of Google for Entrepreneurship and professor at ESPOL. She is also the founder of “Team Matilde,” a digital female union spot and social awareness campaign celebrating the legacy of Matilde Hidalgo, the promotion of sisterhood, and the equal participation of women and men. She is an activist who pushes for a greater female presence in leadership positions.

Jodie is the first data science director of the organization Girls in Tech Ecuador. This last achievement was possible because she won first place in the Global Writing Contest “Share Your Voice” from Girls in Tech HQ San Francisco, which emphasizes volunteering, academic excellence, and activism. In 2020 she became the first Ecuadorian woman to be part of the outstanding professionals' network of the World Economic Forum and is currently the Vice Curator of Guayaquil Hub, the community of young leaders "Global Shapers" from the World Economic Forum - since she was trained at the Annual Curatorship Meeting, Geneva. 

She was selected for a scholarship at the first-ever Climate Reality Leadership Corps Global Training whose founder and chairman is the former US Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore.