Jonathan Fantini Porter is the CEO and co-founder of the Partnership for Central America. PCA is the coordinating body of the White House public-private partnership launched by Vice President Harris in May 2021 to mobilize private sector investment for social and economic growth in the frontier and emerging markets of Central America. In its first 18 months, the Partnership mobilized $4.2 billion in foreign direct investment and launched programs supporting 20 million people, including delivering internet access to 4 million homes with Microsoft, financial inclusion to 5 million with Mastercard, and nearshoring more than $750 million in manufacturing supply chains to the Americas.

Jonathan previously served as an associate partner at McKinsey & Company; national security aide in the White House; senior congressional aide in both chambers of the U.S. Congress; and as a chief of staff in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where he oversaw management of a $6 billion budget and 22,000 personnel in 48 countries. Jonathan serves on advisory bodies to the U.N. Refugee Agency’s U.S. entity, the World Economic Forum, and Amnesty International. He is a consulting fellow at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, and graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Georgetown University. He was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Jonathan speaks Spanish, French, and German and is the son of a first-generation Latino refugee.