Paula Correa

Advisor to the President

National Agency of Development (ANDE)

Biography:

My name is Paula Correa and since March, 2020, I work as an advisor to the President of the National Development Agency (ANDE) of Uruguay.

My current job involves a broad spectrum of activities: meeting national and international authorities and private representatives on behalf of ANDE’s President, exploration and first negotiations of collaborations with other institutions, and of course, giving advice on issues concerning ANDES performance, and in particular, in the design and management of SMEs development policies.

Before working for ANDE, I worked for over 15 years at the National Direction of Hanicrafts, Small and Medium Enterprises, of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining. Most of the time there, I was in charge of coordinating and supervising a National Entrepreneurship Support Program called C-Emprendedor.

I have a Degree in Economics of the University of the Republic of Uruguay and an MBA from The University of Montevideo´s Business School. In 2013 I was awarded by the United States Government with a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship, and as a result, I participated in a one year specialization program on public policy in the University of Washington in Seattle. “

Nicole Griensewic

Executive Director

Region Nine Development Commission in Minnesota

Biografy:

Griensewic has served as Executive Director of Region Nine Development Commission since 2012. As executive director, Griensewic has made it a priority to foster collaboration and engagement by sharing Region Nine’s story both regionally and globally. Griensewic is an active board and committee member for multiple organizations throughout Minnesota. Griensewic is the immediate past President of the Greater Minnesota Partnership, and is the first female to chair the Executive Committee for the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies, where she served as chair of the Governance Committee. Griensewic also served as secretary of Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota’s Governing Board of Directors and chaired the Governance Committee and currently serves as an advisory board member for South Central College’s Center for Agriculture. She serves on the executive committee for the MACS Board, Minnesotans for the American Community Survey Board of Directors and represents the Midwest on the National Assoc. of Development Orgs.’s (NADO) Board of Directors.

Griensewic is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and has completed course work through Harvard’s Kennedy School’s Executive Education. She received the 2017 Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Her professional background includes extensive private sector and non-profit leadership experience.

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