Mr. Bermudez-del-Villar serves as the Cedar Rock Alliance’s International Advisor on
Global Indigenous Systems and Platforms in Washington, DC. Mr. Bermudez-del-Villar
is a bi-lingual, bicultural nonprofit professional with over 20 years of experience leading
and managing public health, equity, and technology grants and contracts from the
Indian Health Service, with a focus on Urban Indian Health Organizations (UIOs), as
well as from private, federal, and global agencies, such as the CDC, CMS, DHHS,
USAID, SAMHSA, PAHO/WHO; and private programs on AI/AN health from a variety of
national and international foundations. Mr. Bermudez currently advises on, designs, and
manages multi-stakeholder partnership-building and activities related to the health and
wellbeing of Tribal and Urban American Indian Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and global
Indigenous communities. Mr. Bermudez-del-Villar also serves as the coordinator for the
Indigenous Determinants of Health Alliance, a nonprofit comprised of 22 global
Indigenous researchers, advocates, and policymakers from seven regions of the U.N.
Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues, devoted to accelerating structural, systemic
changes benefitting Tribal and Indigenous Peoples worldwide. Formerly, Mr. Bermudez-
del-Villar acted as Vice-President for the National Council of Urban Indian Health’s
Program and Operations Division, assisting Urban Indian Organizations with
sustainability and services expansion. Prior to that role, he acted as the Latin American
and Global Program Manager for the Global Drug Information Association, International
Consultant for AfrikaICT Strategies, and Deputy Chief of Party for the USAID’s Global
Dot-Com Alliance implemented by Internews. As a volunteer, Mr. Bermudez-del-Villar
acts as a cultural interpreter for TIME Collaborative’s Tejiendo con la Madre Tierra
(Weaving with Mother Earth) initiative, focused on knowledge exchanges between
Indigenous communities from South America and Tribal Nations from North America,
and as well as a Technical Assistant for U.S.-based Mayan communities. Native from
Mexico City, Mr. Bermudez holds a B.A. in International Relations from Universidad
IberoAmericana (UIA), a Master of Arts in Communication Culture and Technology from
Georgetown University (G.U.), A Graduate Certificate in International Business
Diplomacy from Georgetown University (G.U.), an International Law Graduate Diploma
from Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), a Certificate on European
Union Economics from the University of Antwerp, Belgium; and is currently conducting
Doctoral Studies on International Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional
Psychology (TCSPP) in Washington, DC.
