United Way Mexico Recognized as Top 10 Foundation in Mexico

United Way Mexico (Fondo Unido Mexico) was recently named as one of the top non-corporate foundations in Mexico. Last year, Fondo Unido Mexico came in the top 10 for the amount of money raised and number of people engaged on a local level without the name recognition of other Mexican foundations like Fundacion Televisa or Fundacion HSBC FE. The CEO and the Board Chair both are available to discuss how the United Way has been successful working alongside the Mexican government to improve the lives of Mexican people through education, health care, and jobs. The CEO and the Board Chair are in Dallas, TX this week to receive the United Way Worldwide Common Good Award for its program solution called Nacer Aprendiendo, an early childhood education program also known as Born Learning in the U.S. For the past 5 years the program in Mexico has improved the learning conditions of more than 12,000 children aged 3-6 in 6 different Mexican States and has trained 800 community educators. Below are the CEO and the Board Chair’s bios.

Mauricio Kuri, CEO of Fondo Unido México

Prior to joining Fondo Unido Mexico, Kuri spent more than 20 years as an executive for several global corporations like Six Flags, Chrysler and General Motors. His experience allowed him to successfully face the most terrible crisis on the automotive business history in 2009 when he was the head of Public and Governmental Relations of General Motors Mexico and helped strengthen the company’s reputation in Mexico. Kuri is also Professor for the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology). He is a top Automotive analyst who goes on Bloomberg TV Mexico and contributes articles for Manufacturing Magazine. Born in Mexico City, Kuri studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Alfonso Villalva, Fondo Unido México Board Chair

Alfonso Villalva is an international attorney and partner at Bufete Villalva, S.C. Throughout his career, he has represented Mexican, U.S., Canadian, European, Asian and South American banks and corporations by negotiating joint ventures and strategic investments in Mexico, Latin America and many other countries. Villalva has been director, secretary, assistant secretary and alternate director of several public and private corporations and institutions in Mexico, South America, the United States and Europe. Alfonso has participated for over 20 years in different capacities at United Way México (serving as member of the board and Secretary for more than 14 years); he was elected Chair of United Way México on December 2011. Since 2012 he has been a member of the United Way Worldwide Leadership Council.

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