Bio - Nuria Palou– ACE Louisiana

Nuria Palou

Program Manager

U.S. Mexico Foundation (USMF)

Biography:

Nuria Palou holds a Master’s in Human Rights and Democratization from the European Master’s Program in Human Rights and Democratization (EMA), with a specialization in Transitional Justice from the University of Zagreb. She has worked in the implementation of public policies and governance at the General Secretariat of the Government of the State of Puebla, she has also worked in constituting the design of good practices and proposals for public policy for the inclusion and recovery of the social fabric in regions with high incidence of crime. Before joining the U.S.-Mexico Foundation, she worked at GCYA as a consultant in matters of crisis management and communication for private companies. She is a member of #SeguridadSinGuerra collective, Undersecretary of PJ COMEXI and collaborates occasionally with the think tank Transitional Justice MX.”

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.