Ana Maria KLEYMEYER is Senior Adviser at ICTSD. Earned a Juris Doctor (magna cum laude) from the American University Washington College of Law, a Diplome from the lnstitut Universitaire d’Etudes du Developpement in Geneva, a Bachelor of Arts (University Honors) from the Wesleyan University, and participated in a year exchange program at the Universite de Paris VII. Ms. Kleymeyer is member of the New York State Bar Association, a Certified Mediator, American University Judicial Affairs and Mediation Services and has an International Negotiation Certification from the Center for Advanced Studies in International Negotiation.
In 1996, she worked for ICTSD as Dialogues Fellow, and most recently, she provided Independent consultancy for governments, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations in the areas of environmental policy development and implementation. She was Chief International Advisor to the Secretary and Head of the Office of international Affairs of the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina, Senior Advisor and Counsellor to the Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina, Legal Consultant at the World Bank Institute for the Water and Environmental Governance Programs, Legal Fellow at the International Network for Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), Dean’s Fellow Legal Research Assistant, Washington College of Law, Legal Research Assistant for the NKL Law Group, and Program Officer at the Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA) in Ecuador.
Ms Kleymeyer was awarded with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Ozone Award for Climate Protection in 2008 and her international expertise has been recognised by the Montreal Protocol Who’s Who (2008). She is a citizen of the United States America.