Advisory Board
The Advisory Board comprises local and regional personalities who can contribute to a successful Ponta Delgada - Azores candidacy to become European Capital of Culture 2027. This group of people believes in the potential of Ponta Delgada and the Region to host this title in 2027 and who, based on their vision, sensitivity and experience, issue opinions on the bidding process in course.
Ana Monteiro
Environmental activist
Ana Paula Andrade
Pianist and music teacher
António Cavaco
Gastronome
Bernardo Rodrigues
Architect
Diogo Caetano
Geologist and leader of the Ecological Association Amigos dos Açores
Dora Valadão
Administrator of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Sta. Cruz das Flores
Eva Frias
Student
Fátima Mota
Gallery owner
Fátima Ponte
Business owner
Herberto Quaresma
Broadcaster
Joana Borges Coutinho
Consultant on Sustainability
João Carlos Nunes
Volcanologist / Scientific Coordinator of the Azores Geopark
João Mourão
Director of the Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Centre
Joel Neto
Writer
Jorge Cunha
Museologist
Jorge Kol de Carvalho
Architect
José Farias
Association leader
Luís Filipe Vieira
Director of the Flores Ethnographic Museum
Luís Nunes
Founder and CEO of Azores Getaways
Mafalda Nunes
Psychologist
Maria Cristina Borges
President of Azores Immigrants Association (AIPA)
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves
Full Professor
Manuel Francisco Costa Jr.
Director of Pico’s Museum
Maria Emanuel Albergaria
Cultural manager
Maria João Ruivo
Teacher
Natália Bautista
Family and sex therapist
Paula Medeiros
Senior Technician at the High Commission for Migration and association leader
Paulo Simões
Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Açoriano Oriental and radio station TSF Açores
Pilar Damião
University Lecturer
Rui Faria
President of AEA - Azorean Emigrants Association
Sidónio Bettencourt
Broadcaster
Vanessa Cantor
Business owner, choreographer and dancer