Ricardo Zúniga is a founding partner of Dinámica Americas, a strategic advisory firm focused on the Western Hemisphere. He was a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, serving for 30 years in multiple roles, including as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Special Envoy for the Northern Triangle, and U.S. Consul General in São Paulo, Brazil. Zúniga was the Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security Council from 2012 to 2015, advising President Obama on developments in the Americas and coordinating U.S. policy in the region. Prior to that, he served overseas tours in Mexico, Portugal, Cuba, Spain and Brazil and worked in Washington, D.C. in the Africa Bureau and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas Board. Zúniga received a B.A. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. He is married and has two daughters.
