Cecilia María Vélez White (born 1952)[1] is a Colombian economist, politician and business executive.

In April 2021, she was appointed an independent board member of the Colombian petroleum company Ecopetrol.

[1] A successful student at school, she studied economics at the University of Antioquia (1972–1976), graduating from the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in 1977.

She went on to earn a master's degree in economics from the University of Louvain in Belgium and completed the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies of Development Areas at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

[2] She has introduced a number of substantial improvements to the university, especially in a greener approach to agriculture as peace is restored in the country.