Angie Z. Valencia

Associate Director of Operations

Angie Valencia is the Associate Director of Operations at the Global Resilience Institute. In this role, she manages the external outreach and strategies that support international engagement,  collaboration and communications of GRI resilience research projects and programs.  Angie provides oversight of the GRI marketing program, supports international research projects,  and oversees a group of talented next generation resilience leaders (Graduate and Undergraduate students) that she mentors to help support those efforts. Additionally, Angie collaborates with Provost Office and NU RES division to manage financial plan/grants for GRI while ensuring compliance.

Angie has previously worked roles at Marriott, Bank of America and at C-space, a global customer research collaboration agency, where she helped client services teams in project management, supported work with international brands, such as Kimberly Clark, to drive consumer insights in Spanish and English via online communities and also helped to support in person consumer projects. Angie also worked for a luxury distributor in Miami, Florida that helped to build the presence of luxury brands in Latin America and the Caribbean through innovative marketing and retailer support. A native Spanish speaker from Isla de San Andres, Colombia, Valencia graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology and a minor in Latin American and Caribbean studies from Connecticut College in New London, CT.

In her down time, Angie enjoys spending time with her husband and family.  Since her diagnosis, Angie has become an advocate for raising awareness of endometriosis.