Senior Advisors

César Augusto Solanilla Chavarro, Senior Consultant, Legal Reform, has a Master’s degree in Public Law and is fluent in Spanish and English.  Mr. Solanilla served as Chief of PArty of the USAID-funded program “Momentum toward Fairer and Faster Justice,” which sought to increase the effectiveness of the Criminal Court System.   Prior to the MSD-Panama project, Mr. Solanilla served as the Justice Project Coordinator for the MSD-USAID Administration of Justice project in Colombia.   Before joining MSD, Mr. Solanilla served in several high-ranking positions with the Higher Judicial Council, and the Prosecutor’s Office in Colombia.  Mr. Solanilla also was the Director of the Judicial Department, Tolima Jurisdiction.

Xuan Nguyen Sutter, MBA, Senior Consultant - Gender Advocacy, has  more than 25 years of experience leading domestic and international humanitarian assistance programs for refugee, displaced, and immigrant women and children throughout Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia.  In 1996, her vision and leadership led her to the founding of the Refugee Women’s Network, Inc., an advocacy organization, which brings together women representing 32 countries to strengthen their ability to participate effectively in American society.  For her tireless efforts on behalf of women and children, she was named Refugee Woman of the Year in 1993 and given the Human Rights Award by Amnesty International in 1994. In 1997, she received the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Family and Children’s Fellowship.   In recognition for her commitment to the community of Atlanta, she was named as a "Woman Making a Mark 2000" by the Atlanta Magazine and her  portrait is displayed in the permanent exhibition at the United Way of Atlanta.