Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas

Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas (PREAL)

According to USAID: "For the past decade, PREAL has helped to improve the quality of education in the region by conducting quality research, disseminating best practices, and monitoring national and regional progress on improving education systems. PREAL’s Education Report Cards have been very well-received. Notably, the business sector in Panama paid all costs for the Panama Report Card. In partnership with private sector foundations in Colombia - Fundacion Empresarios, Fundacion Corona, and Corpoeducacion - PREAL produced report cards in six Colombian departments (states). Colombian organizations covered most costs." 

Staff
Coordinación de Programas Asistente de Proyectos Secretaria Source
 * Jeffrey M. Puryear Codirector
 * Marcela Gajardo Codirectora
 * Ana María de Andraca Coordinadora, Programa de Innovación y Buenas Prácticas
 * Tamara Ortega Goodspeed Coordinadora, Programas de Informes de Progreso Educativo
 * Santiago Cueto Secretario Ejecutivo, Fondo de Investigaciones Educativas
 * Helena Bomeny Enlace del PREAL con Brasil
 * Kristin Saucier, Asistente de Proyectos
 * Ingrid Méndez G.

PREAL Advisory Board
Source
 * Roberto Baquerizo, Ecuador
 * Nancy Birdsall, USA
 * Margaret Catley Carlson, Canada
 * Juan E. Cintron, Mexico
 * Jonathan Coles Ward, Venezuela
 * Jose Maria Dagnino Pastore, Argentina
 * David de Ferranti, United States
 * Peter Hakim, United States Rudolf Hommes, Colombia
 * Enrique Iglesias, Uruguay
 * Nora Lustig, Mexico
 * Roberto Murray Meza, El Salvador
 * John Petty, United States
 * Jorge Quiroga, Bolivia
 * Paulo Renato Souza, Brazil
 * Osvaldo Sunkel, Chile

Task Force on Education, Equity, and Economic Competitiveness in the Americas

 * Jose Octavio Bordon Co-chair - President, Fundación Andina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * John Petty Co-chair - Former President, Marine Midland Bank, Washington, DC

Members Source
 * Patricio Aylwin - Former President of Chile, Santiago, Chile
 * Roberto Baquerizo - Managing Director for Latin America, Pro Ventures, New York, NY
 * Nancy Birdsall - President, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC
 * Margaret Catley-Carlson - Ex-President, Population Council, New York, NY
 * Juan E. Cintron - President, Consultores Internacionales CLB, Cuernavaca, México
 * Jonathan Coles Ward - Director, Instituto De Estudios Superiores De Administración (IESA), Caracas, Venezuela
 * Jose María Dagnino Pastore - Ex-Minister of the Economy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * Nancy Englander - Senior Vice President, Capital International, Inc., Los Angeles, Ca
 * Peter Hakim - President, Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, DC
 * Ivan Head - Former President, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), West Vancouver, Canada
 * Rudolf Hommes - Ex-Minister of Finance, Bogotá, Colombia
 * Enrique Iglesias - President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC
 * Emerson Kapaz - Federal Deputy, Sao Paulo, Brazil
 * Jacqueline Malagon - Ex-Minister of Education, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
 * Jose Mindlin - Ex-Manager, Metal Leve, S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil
 * Roberto Murray-Meza - President, La Constancia, S.A., San Salvador, El Salvador
 * Jose Angel Pescador - Vice-Rector, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico
 * Manuel Fernando Sotomayor - President, Productos Pesqueros Peruanos, S.A., Lima, Peru
 * Osvaldo Sunkel - President, Centro De Investigacion Para El Desarrollo (Cinde), Santiago, Chile
 * Juan Carlos Tedesco - International Institute For Educational Planning, UNESCO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * Celina Vargas Do Amaral Peixoto - Director, SEBRAE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * Alexandra Vela - National Deputy, Quito, Ecuador

Contact

 * Web: http://www.preal.org (Spanish)