Claudia Báez is a digital and AI strategist, innovator, and entrepreneurial executive who advises organizations and leaders on ethically integrating emerging technologies and building institutional capacity for transformation at scale. As Regional Director, Latin America, at Fathm, she leads the firm’s regional programs and facilitates global AI initiatives for WAN-IFRA–OpenAI, the Google News Initiative–DeepMind, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, and serves as a member and mentor at the International Press Institute. She is co-founder and former CEO of Cuestión Pública, an award-winning media outlet in Colombia. Her work in entrepreneurship, data journalism, and investigative reporting has earned her the Sigma Award for Data Journalism, the King of Spain International Journalism Award, and other international honors. She holds a Master’s in industrial development and project assessment from Sorbonne University in Paris and a certification in Public Narrative and Leadership from the Harvard Kennedy School. She also received the U.S. State Department Alumni Impact Award. Earlier, she worked in sales and financial operations analysis for multinational companies in France, the United States, and Mexico.