Roberto Pineda

President

Private Sector Council for Educational Assistance (COSPAE)

Biography:

As Chair of the Board of Director my main responsibility is to provide leadership to the organization and the main projects are: EDUCA (Scholarship Management), CONECTA (Apprenticeship, Internship, and recruitment management), EQUIP YOUTH (Soft skills training, Project Base Learning and Entrepreneurship).

Previous jobs: Special Projects Director at Quality Leadership University; Health, Safety and Security Manager for Sea Ports at Panama Maritime Authority; Vocational Training Coordinator at The National Institute of Vocational Training and Training for Human Development.

Academic achievement/degrees: Diploma in Inclusion and Development: Social Market Economy; Master in Industrial Risk Prevention and Occupational Safety; Postgraduate Study in Environmental Risks Management and Evaluation & Industrial Safety; Diploma in NGO Management; Diploma in National Security, Analysis of Public Policies and Emergency Management; Master in Port Management and Intermodal Transport; Diploma in Participatory Local Social Development; Diploma in Disaster Preparedness Management; Bachelor in Nautical Engineering with Specialization in Navigation and Maritime Transport.

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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