Lunch Seminar - Empowering Human Capital and Institutions through Higher Education

Date: 

Friday, October 14, 2016, 11:45am to 1:00pm

Location: 

Perkins Room (R-415), 4th Floor Rubenstein, HKS

Speaker: Angelica Natera, Executive Director LASPAU

Angelica NateraAngélica Natera is the Executive Director of Laspau: an organization affiliated with Harvard University that has contributed to the educational development of thousands of individuals in Latin America through scholarship programs and knowledge exchange opportunities. With more than 25 years of professional experience, including 14 years at Harvard, she has worked on the design and management of educational programs for public and private universities, governmental agencies, private companies and non-profit organizations in Latin America, Spain and the United States. In working with different regions in the world, Angélica has developed extensive expertise and a deep understanding of global trends and innovation in higher education.

Angélica has developed programs to improve teaching in public and private universities in Latin America and the Caribbean, programs on effective learning and teaching in engineering and science, programs to improve entrepreneurship education, and initiatives to promote the development of clusters of innovation and competitiveness through the integration of universities, government and industry. She has led educational programs for a broad range of organizations and entities, including the United States Department of State, Goldman Sachs Foundation’s 10,000 Women Initiative, the Kellogg Foundation, the Ministry of Education in Chile, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology in the Dominican Republic, and the Council of Science and Technology in Colombia among others. These programs and initiatives have involved experts from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Olin College, Brown University, and the University of California.

Angélica has advised governments and university leaders on innovation in learning and teaching. In 2007 she founded the Initiative for the Development of Academic Innovation, which has contributed to the professional development of thousands of university teachers and academic leaders in Latin America. She has been invited to share her ideas and experience across the US, Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Because of her work and leadership, Angélica has been invited to present at the National Hispana Leadership Institute, a program for successful Latinas leaders in the US. Angélica is Venezuelan and holds a graduate certificate in administration and management from Harvard University, a graduate degree in psychology from the Universidad Simón Bolivar in Venezuela, and a bachelor of administrative and management sciences from the Universidad Tecnológica del Centro in Venezuela. In 2010 Angélica was awarded the Harvard University Administrative Fellowship, a program of the office of the assistant to the President, which selects talented individuals in the university.