Athayde Motta joined Portal Commerce & Logistics in 2004 as Senior Consultant and Co-Director of Portal’s Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation Division. Athayde’s areas of expertise include Brazilian federal, state, and local government public policy in the areas of non-governmental organizations, social inclusion, communication, affirmative action, and work force development.

As an academic researcher and consultant Athayde has worked in the United States, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey, East Timor, Kenya, and Brazil. He has served as project manager and research associate for projects with the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Oxfam-Australia, the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analyses (IBASE), the Ford Foundation, Afirma, and the Center for African and African-American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Athayde Motta received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the Fluminense Federal University in Brazil and Masters degrees in Anthropology and Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, he is Ph.D candidate in anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin.

ajmotta@portal-commerce.com