Dr. Glen Woods is the Global Initiative Director at the Americas Empowerment Institute, where he leads capacity building and consulting initiatives focused on developing countries and emerging economies. With over 25 years of public sector experience, he has specialized in government regulations, public utilities, and telecommunications, playing a key role in business development across infrastructure sectors including power and energy. He possesses deep knowledge of public sector governance in both the United States and Australia, and has expertise in innovative U.S. federal financing programs, international project finance, economics, strategic planning, and high-level negotiations. Over the course of his career, he has advised numerous utilities across the U.S. and Canada.
Dr. Glen Woods is the Global Initiative Director. He leads capacity building and consulting efforts at the Americas Empowerment Institute, focused on developing countries and emerging economies. He brings over 25 years of experience in the public sector, focusing on government regulations, public utilities, and telecommunications where he led the business development and relationship building across all infrastructure sectors, including power and energy. Mr. Woods brings with him an Intimate knowledge of public sector governance in the United States and Australia, innovative financing programs of the U.S. federal government, and an understanding of political decision making, inter- national project finance, economics, strategic planning, and business negotiations and communications. During his career, he has advised on numerous utilities in the U.S and Canada. He has a Master of Arts in International Economics from the Georgetown University, Washington, D.C, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology and International Relations from Stanford University.
