Foreign Trade and Jobs Market Coordinator
Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO)
Reasons for joining the program:
IMCO is an organization focused on proposing and implementing a competitiveness agenda in Mexico, and it does so by proposing public policies and suggested viable options for Mexico’s economic sectors. As a leader within IMCO, Ana Gutiérrez participates in the communication of said proposals and studies, and works to influence decision makers to ensure their adoption and adequate execution. Through the ACE program, she would be able to obtain new knowledge and create new relationships with participants and organizations eo further inform IMCO’s studies and public policy proposals, and obtain a more granular look into the economic outlook of regions with geographical locations that make them viable candidates for further Mexico – USA integration. Through opportunities in technology transfer and potential research collaborations, IMCO would expland its reach and its potential to boost strategies to make Mexico and its neighboring states more competitive.
Offer:
Collaboration potential for projects, research and studies with IMCO, which has connections with both the public sector at a national and state level in Mexico as well as important stakeholders in the private sectors and its main industries, including but not limited to export manufacturers and retail enterprises. Knowledge on Mexico’s trade and employment outlook, including areas of opportunity and potential for growth and integration.
Executive Director
Region Nine Development Commission in Minnesota
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.