Senior Program Manager – Resilient Economies & Communities
- (202) 661-8868
- cbuitrago@naco.org
Carolina is NACo’s senior program manager for resilient economies and communities. She is in the Programs and Practices division of NACo’s Counties Futures Lab and helps to manage a portfolio of projects that aim to promote and foster county-level innovations nationwide. Her duties include a variety of professional assignments aimed at informing, educating and assisting county officials across the country in their efforts to improve local economic opportunity and solve challenges related to persistent poverty. Prior to joining NACo, Carolina worked as the Open Streets Program Manager for the District Department of Transportation. Before that, she worked as a Main Streets Program Director for District Bridges. Carolina holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology and a master’s degree in international development and social change.