In this episode of Voices of Transformation, DPI Executive Director Florence Drummond speaks with Iliana Rodriguez, President of Women in Mining Ecuador and former VP of Human Resources at Lundin Gold. Drawing from decades of experience across South America, North America, the Middle East, and Africa, Iliana offers critical insights into building mining's talent pipeline in a country new to large-scale mining.

Tune in to understand:

• Why high school students in Ecuador's mining regions aren't choosing mining careers—and what this reveals about communication failures across the industry
• The difference between listening to be present and listening with the purpose of understanding, and why that distinction matters for long-term community relationships
• How Ecuador's first indigenous woman mining engineer is changing conversations by speaking both the technical language of mining and the cultural language of her community
• Why Women in Mining networks have evolved from addressing particular regional needs to forming a global movement of horizontal leadership and shared learning
• The importance of early regional investment—like building a community museum before the mine reaches peak production—to demonstrate respect for culture, history, and local identity
• How transformation requires leaders to get close to where conversations actually happen, break down silos, and continuously retrain themselves rather than relying on outdated business models