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Food is not what we eat.
It's how we build the future.

Karen Brugés moves governments, organizations, and global leaders to act — turning food systems into engines of economic power and human progress.

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FOOD IS NOT WHAT WE EAT.
IT'S HOW WE BUILD THE FUTURE.
International Speaker · Author · Global Leader
Dr. Karen Brugés Solórzano
20+ Years of
Global Impact
50+ International
Events
4 Continents
of Reach
G100 Zero Hunger Mission · Amber Economy · Food Impact Economy · Women Economic Forum · Miyitas · Paris Peace Forum · Harvard University · United Nations UNGA · OECD · G100 Zero Hunger Mission · Amber Economy · Food Impact Economy · Women Economic Forum · Miyitas · Paris Peace Forum · Harvard University · United Nations UNGA · OECD ·
Karen Brugés y Mónica Colín — Autoras Amber Economy
About Karen

She doesn't describe the future of food. She builds it.

Dr. Karen Brugés has spent over two decades at the intersection of food systems, economic innovation and global leadership.

The question began in a Master's in Rural Development, in classrooms on food systems: where is the global food system headed, and what value are we failing to measure? It deepened as an advisor to Colombia's food banks. It became international leadership — the Paris Peace Forum, the G100 Zero Hunger Mission, the Women Economic Forum.

And it became a framework: the Amber Economy — food reimagined not as a commodity, but as life-sustaining infrastructure that generates real, measurable value across five dimensions: nutrition, environment, economy, society and territory.

Along the way she built the ecosystems that make it possible — Mujeres Violeta®, Violeta Hub, MujeresVioleta.TV, Violeta Film Fest — and now MIYITAS, the Amber Economy made product.

Twenty-one years of work. One question. One answer taking shape.

Global Chair, G100 Zero Hunger Mission

Co-Author, Food Impact Economy — The Transition toward an Amber Economy

Founder & CEO, Mujeres Violeta — Women's Leadership Platform

President, Women Economic Forum California

Co-Founder, Global Coalition to Preserve Food Value

CEO Miyitas

The Journey

The Road to the Amber Economy

Two decades in the making.

~2005

Where it began

Twenty-one years of professional experience. Eleven years in the corporate sector across multiple industries and business associations; eight years leading Social Responsibility in Colombia's Oil & Gas sector, north and south.

Master's

Rural Development — Food Systems

The question that would become the Amber Economy first took shape here: where is the global food system actually headed, and what value are we failing to measure?

2019

Food Banks

Advisor to Bancos de Alimentos in Colombia. Food security stopped being theory and became fieldwork.

2021

G100

Joins the G100 global leadership network. The first of many international recognitions for women's leadership begins: Leader of Excellence (India, 2021), Social Work of the Year (United Kingdom, 2021).

2021

Mujeres Violeta & Women Economic Forum

Founds Mujeres Violeta®. Begins operating the Women Economic Forum in Colombia.

2022

Building platforms

Violeta Hub — a platform connecting entrepreneurs.
MujeresVioleta.TV — a streaming platform.
Academia Violeta — a technology academy.
Violeta Film Fest — an international film festival for inclusion and solidarity.

A decade before “community tech” was a category, she was building it.

2023

On the world stage

Global Leader, G100 (Mentoring & Motivation) — first Colombian to lead one of the G100's 100 wings globally.
Speaker, Paris Peace Forum — nutrition roundtable.
President, Women Economic Forum Colombia.
Women of the Decade Award, Women Economic Forum (London).

2024

Zero Hunger

Named Global Chair, G100 Zero Hunger Mission.
Honorary PhD, Jharkhand Rai University (India).
Outstanding Alumna 2024, Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca.

2025–2026

The Amber Economy

Co-authors Food Impact Economy — The Transition toward an Amber Economy with PhD. Mónica Colín de Velázquez.
President, Women Economic Forum California.
Founds MIYITAS — the Amber Economy, made product.
Co-Founder, Global Coalition to Preserve Food Value.

Areas of Expertise

THREE PILLARS OF TRANSFORMATION

Three domains. One vision. Lasting systemic change.

Food Systems & Amber Economy

Food generates value far beyond the plate. Karen's framework rewires how economies measure, protect, and leverage it.

Zero Hunger & Global Impact

Hunger is a solvable problem. Karen builds the alliances and systems that prove it — at scale, across borders.

Women's Leadership & Empowerment

When women lead, everything changes. Karen builds the ecosystems that make it inevitable.

Work With Karen

TRAINING, SPEAKING & ADVISORY

The right message. The right stage. Maximum impact.

01

Keynote Speaking

A talk that shifts how your audience sees food, leadership, and the global economy — and moves them to act.

Conferences Summits Corporate Events Global Forums
02

Leadership Training Programs

High-impact programs that build real leadership capacity in food security, economic innovation, and women's empowerment.

Workshops Executive Training Online Programs Bootcamps
03

Strategic Advisory

Strategic clarity for governments, NGOs, and corporations ready to lead on food systems, sustainability, and global impact.

Governments NGOs Corporations UN Agencies
04

Ecosystem Building & Facilitation

Karen designs and leads multi-stakeholder coalitions that turn bold vision into coordinated global action.

Coalitions Partnerships Facilitation Networks
Food Impact Economy — Amber Economy — Ambas ediciones
The Book

Food is not a commodity.
It's the most powerful economic lever we haven't fully used.

Food Impact Economy introduces the Amber Economy — a new framework that places food at the center of economic decision-making, measuring and preserving its true value from production to consumption.

Co-authored with PhD. Mónica Colín de Velázquez. Essential reading for anyone building a food-secure, economically resilient world.

Get the Spanish Edition on amazon Get the English Edition on amazon
The Framework, Made Real

MIYITAS

A framework only matters if it changes something. MIYITAS is the Amber Economy in practice: a hyperlocal social platform where neighbors discover, buy, sell, exchange and share food — and where every interaction is measured across the five Amber variables.

Nutrition Environment Economy Social Territory

Not a marketplace with a mission bolted on. A community, with measurement built in from day one.

Operated by Fundación Mi Partner · Bogotá, Colombia

Visit MIYITAS →
Speaking

Talks That Move Audiences to Action

From Harvard to the UN. Karen speaks where decisions are made.

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The Amber Economy: Food as Economic Strategy

Food at the center of every economic decision. Not an afterthought — the strategy.

Feeding the Future: Zero Hunger as a Solvable Problem

The data, the coalitions, and the political will to end hunger. The time is now.

Women Who Lead: The Power of Ecosystems

Real ecosystems that make women's leadership not just possible — inevitable.

Preserving Food Value: The Trillion-Dollar Blind Spot

Economies measure what food costs. They don't measure what it's worth. The Amber Economy closes that gap.

Selected Speaking Engagements

Paris Peace Forum

Paris Peace Forum

Paris, France
OECD

OECD Global Events

International
UN UNGA

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

New York, USA
Harvard

Congress of Women Leaders — Harvard University

Cambridge, USA
WEF

Women Economic Forum — Latin America, USA & Europe

Multiple Locations
G100

G100 Global Leadership Network — VIP Forums

International
Global Impact

G100 — Leading Change on a Global Stage

Karen Brugés at G100
Global Chair, Zero Hunger Mission
Dr. Karen Brugés

G100 is a global platform of 100 women leaders across 100 sectors, working to accelerate gender equity and shared prosperity worldwide.

Within this network, Dr. Karen Brugés serves as Global Chair of the G100 Zero Hunger Mission and became the first Colombian to lead one of the G100's 100 wings globally as Global Leader of Mentoring & Motivation.

Her role places food security and the Amber Economy at the center of a worldwide leadership agenda — connecting policy makers, entrepreneurs and changemakers across continents around a single mission: ending hunger through measurable, scalable economic value.

100
Sectors Represented
1st
Colombian to Lead a Wing
2024
Global Chair, Zero Hunger
View Karen's G100 Profile →
Recognition

Credentials & Recognition

Academic

  • Master's in Rural Development
  • Honorary Doctor of Philosophy — Jharkhand Rai University (India)
  • Outstanding Alumna 2024 — Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca

Awards

  • Women of the Decade — Women Economic Forum (London, 2023)
  • Leader of Excellence (India, 2021)
  • Social Work of the Year (United Kingdom, 2021)

Leadership

  • Global Chair, G100 Zero Hunger Mission (2024–present)
  • Global Leader, G100 Mentoring & Motivation (2023) — first Colombian to lead a G100 wing globally
  • President, Women Economic Forum California (present)
  • President, Women Economic Forum Colombia (2023–2024)
  • Advisor, Bancos de Alimentos Colombia (2019)
  • Co-Founder, Global Coalition to Preserve Food Value

Stages

Paris Peace Forum · United Nations (UNGA) · Harvard University — Congress of Women Leaders · OECD Global Events · Women Economic Forum (Latin America, USA, Europe) · G100 VIP Forums · Latin American Impact Forum at the United Nations

Women's Leadership

Mujeres Violeta®

An ecosystem, not a program.

Founded in 2021, Mujeres Violeta® is a women's leadership platform built on the HESET model: Human, Economic, Social, Environmental, Technology.

It's not a conference. It's infrastructure.

Violeta Film Fest

An international festival promoting inclusion and solidarity through groundbreaking categories.

MujeresVioleta.TV

A streaming platform amplifying voices that are rarely heard.

Academia Violeta

Technology and leadership training.

Violeta Hub

A platform connecting entrepreneurs (2022).

Women Economic Forum

Colombia (2021–2024), California (present).

When women lead, everything changes. Karen builds the ecosystems that make it inevitable.
Testimonials

What Global Leaders Say

"

Karen embodies what true leadership looks like — she doesn't just inspire women to lead, she builds the ecosystems that make it possible. Her work transcends borders, and every room she walks into leaves more empowered than before she arrived.

Denise Fernandez President, WEF New Jersey · Mentor, Obama Foundation
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Karen is one of the most committed and visionary global leaders I've had the privilege of working with. Her understanding of food systems — from technology to policy to human impact — is unmatched, and her drive to end hunger is not just a mission, it's who she is.

Natalia Ocampo Co-Founder Innovapreneurs
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Writing Food Impact Economy with Karen was a transformative experience. She brings an extraordinary ability to translate complex economic and systemic ideas into a vision that governments, businesses, and communities can act on. The Amber Economy is her gift to the world.

Mónica Colín de Velázquez, PhD Co-Author, Food Impact Economy & Amber Economy
Get in Touch

Let's Build Something That Matters

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