PERSON: Adolfo Franco

Direct Selling Association

Executive Vice President

Franco began his career as an attorney at Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy in 1983. A year later he took the same position at Cole & Corelte. Then in 1985, Adolfo became a deputy general counsel and a general counsel in 1993 at Inter-American Foundation. Also he served as a president of the same foundation from 1999-2000.

In 2002, Franco was appointed an assistant administrator for Latin America and Caribbean Bureau at the United States Agency for International Development. Since 2007 he has been a vice president for Global Regulatory Affairs at the Direct Selling Association. During the presidential campaign of Senator John McCain in 2008, Franco served as an advisor on issues related to the United States foreign and development policy on Latin America and the Caribbean.

In 2015, Franco testified in the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committees on securing the United States border and the root causes of Central American migration. He was one of the Bush Administration’s key policymakers, advising the President, Secretary of State and USAID Administrator on issues involving Cuba, Colombia, Haiti and Venezuela. Also Adolfo served as chief counsel to the Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, advising Committee Members on global development and foreign policy matters.

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