Tomás Insua

Tomás is the Co-founder and Executive Director of the Laudato Si' Movement (formerly Global Catholic Climate Movement), working to help the Catholic Church turn the Laudato Si’ call into bold action for climate justice. He was previously a Fulbright Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School, served in the UNFCCC doing political outreach and comms for the COP21, worked as a marketeer with Google for the Latin American and Southeast Asian markets, and co-founded a faith-based nonprofit, Potencialidades, doing social justice work in the slums of Buenos Aires. He completed a Master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in climate policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Master’s degree in Public Policy at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. He grew up in Buenos Aires, where he had his spiritual home with the OFM Franciscan friars, and lives in Rome with his wife, Vicky.