Zaira Saenz

Employment and Promotion Director   

Secretary of Economic Development of Monterrey

Biography
Linkedin
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zaira.saenz@monterrey.gob.mx

Partnership opportunities

As the government of monterrey our current city administration and public policies are trying hard to build new strategic vision for the economic development for our city with the unified efforts of our clusters, the industry, academia and the government together is our main goal to bring to our local companies the best city to live. 

Is our responsibility to bring and implement new tools in order to fight towards the complex economic challenges ahead.

Nowadays, Mexico and Monterrey need more entrepreneurs with future vision and technological innovation, capable of building high growing businesses that influence not only in our country but also beyond our borders. However, we are as the municipality of monterrey launching a new business center for all our entrepreneurs in the city  in order to help them to establish and grow their projects.

On the other hand we are creating opportunities and linking with job opportunities in the big companies for these young people.

This is why I would like to join the program in order to get better practices and learning what could help Monterrey to position itself as a leader in making great, impactful and a supporting business city with an inclusive ecosystem.

Main areas of work:

  • Economic development
  • Entrepeneurship
  • Business creation
  • Development for foreign and local companies

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.