Alma Cota De Yanez

Alma is the Executive Director of Fundacion del Empresariado Sonorense (FESAC). A graduate of the Global Women’s Leadership Network program in 2005, she leads a Mexican community foundation that provides critical social services for poor families living in the border towns of Nogales, Mexico and Nogales, Arizona. Since 2006, she and a team of community leaders have provided training programs, nutritional services, self-employment guidance and support for people with disabilities, often working with migrant workers and their families. These experiences and the management skills she acquired enabled Alma to develop a strong collaborative network that includes academic, business and government partnerships. Under her leadership, FESAC also formed an endowment fund to support dozens of local non-profit organizations.