Dr. Martín Burt is a world-renowned social entrepreneur who has developed social innovations such as the financially self-sufficient agricultural high school model and the Poverty Stoplight are currently being implemented in five continents. He is the founder (1985) and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, a social enterprise named Latin America’s most impactful and innovative development organization by the Inter-American Development Bank. Dr. Burt President of ThriveLights in the US, and a board member of Teach a Man to Fish in the UK and the Global FoodBanking Network in the US. In public service, he has served as Chief of Staff to the President of Paraguay, was elected Mayor of Asunción, and was appointed Vice Minister of Commerce. Dr. Burt has written books on economics, development, municipal government, poetry and education. His latest book “Who Owns Poverty?” was published in September 2019. He has received awards from organizations including Avina Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Schwab Foundation, Synergos, Eisenhower Fellowship, Inter-American Development Bank, World Innovation Summit for Education, and Nestlé. He holds a PhD from Tulane University and is a Visiting Professor in Social Entrepreneurship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.