Ms Beatriz Marcet Champagne

Dedicated to prevention & control of NCDs, heart diseases & stroke in the Americas with the Healthy Latin America Coalition (CLAS). She founded the InterAmerican Heart Foundation and, was Executive Director 1995-2017. Promotes & defends policies for good nutrition, physical activity, tobacco & alcohol control. CLAS has 200+ member organizations and provides a coherent response from civil society on policy issues. She is Chair of the World Heart Federation Advocacy Committee.

Accomplishments: 1st tobacco virtual network in LA, capacity building events to advance FCTC policies, presided over 5 regional tobacco or health conferences, policy research, 7 journalism contests, national smoking cessation strategy & HCP training, tobacco economy in Argentina, illicit trade in Mercosur, PI CARMELA study of risk factors in Latin America, salt reduction Consortium. Developing a Latin American Community of Practice for healthy and sustainable food systems. Policy Brief on Front of Pack Labeling with World Heart Federation. Promoting finance-public health dialogue. Supporting population-based strategies in Universal Health Coverage.

2009 Luther L. Terry Award for Exemplary Leadership in Tobacco Control, 2017 Sharjah Advocacy Award, 2018 WHO World No Tobacco Day Award. BS summa cum laude U. of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, MS and Ph.D. Rutgers University, New Jersey. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina.