Fausto Gurrea

Director Strategic Projects

Mexican Business Council

Biography:

  • Supporting the design and coordination of the strategic planning process of the MBC
  • Following 6 strategic pillars and specific leaders to advance the work agenda: a) Freedoms and Democracy, b) Security and Justice, c) Economic growth, d) Mexico in the World Sphear, e) Best Business, and f) Quality education. 
  • Supporting the management of the Strategy Committee (fortnightly) and the plenary meetings of the Council
  • Participating in Working Groups of the Business Coordinating Council (Security, Legislative link, Energy, Infrastructure, Labor)
  • Supporting civil society organizations to advance agendas that promote the welfare, prosperity and build a safe, fair, and democratic country  (Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad, México Cómo Vamos, Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano, México Evalúa, Alianza Éntrale y Centro de Competitividad de México)

Achievements: Active participation in the discussion of legislative issues of high impact for the business community (subcontracting, tax changes, amendments on hydrocarbons and energy, food and beverage labeling standards, retirement fund reforms); monitoring of the implementation of the Culture of Legality program for employees of CMN companies; supporting the design and monitoring of the Leadership for a Better Mexico program in collaboration with Colmex and Harvard University

Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Masters in Public Administrations and Economic Development – Fulbright Scholar

Economics, Analytical Frameworks for Public Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation and Entrepreneurship. Assistant Professor in Advanced Microeconomics and Program Evaluation courses

  • Summer Visiting Fellowship: Evaluation of the social and economic impact of the introduction of water pumps for irrigation through a hybrid model (private-social)
  • Theses: Evaluation of the social and economic impact of an investment fund and loans for medium-sized rural companies.
  • Client: Root Capital.

London School of Economics and Political Science LMasters in Operations Research/Chevening Scholar/Distinction

Thesis: Optimal Investment Planning for Water and Sanitation Companies.

Client: WRC Consulting. (previously the British Government Water Research Council)

Autonomous Technology Institute of Mexico

INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO AUTONOMO DE MEXICO

Bachelor of Applied Mathematics / Secretary of the Secertary of Public Education

Tesis: Solución al Problema de Asignación Óptima de Capital en Portafolios de Crédito. Mención especial.

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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