Professor Lawrence Pratt, from the United States, holds a Master's degree in Public and Private Administration from the Yale University School of Management. He graduated from the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia, 1987), with an AB in Economics.

He is a tenured professor at INCAE, where he teaches courses on sustainable development and solid business strategy, both environmental and social, in INCAE's Master's Programs as well as in Executive Education Programs. From 2009 to 2015 he was Director of the Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS) of INCAE, having served as Associate Director of the Center since its foundation in 1996.

Before joining INCAE, he worked at the Environmental Law Institute where he worked with governments and the private sector in Latin America and the US to find ways to strengthen the commitment of the business sector to improve environmental and social development through through the formulation of national and state policies, as well as a greater awareness of the opportunities to strengthen competitiveness. Previously, he worked at the United States Environmental Protection Agency - designing and implementing non-regulatory strategies to improve the environment and public health.

Professor Felipe Pérez, a native of El Salvador, obtained a doctorate in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University in 1999, his areas of specialization being Natural Resource Economics and Business Strategy. He also obtained a Master's degree in Business Administration from INCAE with a concentration in Banking and Development Finance, and completed a Postgraduate Degree in Functional Administration with an emphasis on Agroindustrial Management at the same institution, graduating with distinction. Professor Pérez is also an Agronomist with a specialty in Irrigation from the Autonomous University of Chapingo, Mexico, where he achieved honor roll throughout his career.

As a full professor at INCAE in executive and master's programs, he has vast experience, backed by several years of professional practice in different countries, before becoming a member of INCAE. The professor teaches courses on Sustainability Management, Sustainable Development, Introduction to Financial Simulation and Quantitative Methods in the INCAE Master's Programs in Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
 

Professor Bernard Kilian, a native of Germany, earned a PhD in Environmental Resource Economics and a Master of Agricultural Science with an emphasis in Economics, both from the University of Hohenheim, Germany.
Prior to joining INCAE, he was in charge of the economic project within a national macro project in Germany called precision agriculture. He also taught graduate-level classes at the University of Hohenheim, and was a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota. He is currently the Production and Research Manager of the CIMS Foundation based in INCAE, Costa Rica, and has led numerous market investigations for sustainable products in international markets.
As an associate professor at INCAE in master's programs, he has vast experience, backed by several years of professional practice. Professor Kilian teaches courses in the areas of Microeconomics and Operations Management at the Costa Rica campus.