Rubén Aguilar

For the footballer, see Ruben Aguilar (footballer).
Rubén Aguilar Valenzuela
Born (1947-06-09)June 9, 1947
Huatabampo, Sonora
Occupation University professor, columnist, and consultant.
Awards Academic Achievement Award

Son of Ruben Aguilar Monteverde (1924-2011) and Rosa Alicia García Valenzuela (1923). His father was Headmaster of the Banco Nacional de México (Banamex), institution in which he worked for 43 years. He took part in the creation of a dozen civil society organizations, including Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (CEMEFI), FUNSALUD and Managing Director of the Instituto Nacional de Nutrición Dr. Salvador Zubirán. He advised companies such as Grupo Carso, Grupo Alfa and Cinépolis.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Philosophy (1969-1972), Master in Sociology (1975-1978) and Ph.D in Social Sciences from Universidad Iberoamericana (1985-1987). Specialized in Communication at ITESO Guadalajara (1968-1969), Institutional Development at INODEP (1975) in Paris, and Theology (1975-1978).

Academic career

Professor at Universidad Iberoamericana attending both colleges of Political Science (since 1995) and Communication (since 2007). Co-founder and Dean of the Master in Planning and Development at Universidad Autónoma de Morelos (UAEM) (1988-2001). Founder and Dean of the Master in Planning and Educational Development at Benemérita y Centenaria Escuela Normal del Estado de Durango (ByCENED) (1991-1998). He has had chair professorship at universities in Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Chile. Co-founder and dean of the Certification Program in Political Communication at Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (IIS-UNAM), taking place since 2009.

Later career

Founding partner of the Innovation and Foresight Program (IEEPAC) (1985-1996) and Afan, Consultores Internacionales (1997-2002). In 2002, while joining Mexico’s Federal Government, he leaves his consulting which was resumed in late 2007. He is currently CEO at Afan y Asociados. As a consultant he has worked with international agencies, governments and civil society organizations in fifteen countries in Latin America.

Among other international institutions he has been a consultant for there are: UNICEF; UNESCO; OAS; UNDP; IDB; the World Bank; EU and cooperation agencies from the Netherlands, Germany and the United States of America. IMSS in Mexico; DIF; INI, Secretaría de Desarrollo Social for the government of Mexico City and Chairman of Alianza Ciudadana.

Former Manager and Private Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic (2002-2004) and Spokesman from 2004 to 2006.

Journalism

He founded and directed the Agencia Salvadoreña de Noticias (SALPRESS) at the beginning of the civil war in El Salvador (1980-1984). Partner and member of the Editorial Board of the magazine Christus (1977-1979). Editor in chief at Sight (1983-1984). Director-Editor of Cuadernos del Tercer Mundo (1985-1986).

Since 1981 he has been published in several magazines and national newspapers, including: Estrategia (1987-2000), Proceso (1985), Milenio (2009-2011), El Universal (2002-2006 and 2007), El Financiero (2007-2010). Since 2010, he publishes his weekly column Convicciones in El Economista, which is disseminated in twenty cities by other media including: El Imparcial (Hermosillo, Sonora), Zócalo (Saltillo, Coahuila), and Sur (Acapulco, Guerrero). Since 2007 he publishes a monthly article related to the issues of government communication in the journal Etcétera.

Social activism

He has taken part of boards and councils for over a twenty civil society organizations in Mexico. He was Advisor of the Junta Local del Instituto Federal Electoral in Mexico City (1999-2003). Nowadays, among others, he participates in the Comité de Inversión Social del Nacional Monte de Piedad (NMP), the Council of the Pedro Meyer Foundation, the Foundation Casa de Teatro, and Fundación Mexicana para la Salud Hepática (FundHepa).

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