Maria Ines leads the community engagement, awards selection process, and impact management of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, sister organization of the World Economic Forum. She is passionate about empowering people to live and grow with dignity, autonomy and hope. In the past she has worked as key account manager for Latin America at the World Economic Forum, and for leading organizations such as IATA, UCLA, and PwC. Maria Ines is a CPA and holds a BA in Business Administration from Universidad de Buenos Aires, and studies in Hospitality Management from UCLA. She speaks fluent English, French, Spanish, and basic Portuguese. On her free time she dances Cuban salsa, sings, reads, watches over her vegetable garden and laughs with her daughters, husband and mini-dog Popi.
The Schwab Foundation’s new Collective Social Innovation Award has identified eight social entrepreneurs who show how working together boosts marginalized communities.
この2年という歳月は、私たちの仕事や交流のあり方をかつてないほど変化させ、誰もがより高いレベルの臨機応変さとレジリエンス（強靭性）を求められてきました。このことを一番よく知るのは、脆弱なコミュニティや排除されたコミュニティで働くソーシャル・イノベーターである、社会起業家や社内起業家たち。彼らは、危機に見事に対処してきたのです。
