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Susy

Barrios de Fernandez

Regional Representative, Latin America and Caribbean

PSI Global

Susy Barrios de Fernandez has been with PSI for 23 years, working previously as the Director for Finance, Administration and Human Resources.  In 2012, Susy was appointed as Executive Director of the Pan American Social Marketing Organization (PASMO) in Central America. Susy has several decades of experience across both enterprise, donor programming, operational management and the advent of PSI branch offices across Central America. Before working for PSI, Susy worked for seven years at USAID Guatemala on HIV/AIDS and maternal and child health programs.

A native of Guatemala, Susy has a degree in business administration from Universidad Rafael Landívar.

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Universal Health Coverage, but not without Family Planning

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