Director of Growth and Network Vitality
After assuming many position at URI, María Crespo currently serves as the Director of Growth and Network Vitality from her office in Buenos Aires Argentina. She is connected to and supports connections in the network. María provides facts and vision to the development of strategies for intentional growth at different levels, designing guidelines and processes that stimulate, inform, and orient expansion. She works collaboratively with the Director of Learning and Impact Strategy, ED and others to identify needs in regional development and facilitate planning, budgeting and capacity building of staff and regional leadership teams. She offers input toward URI Learning Ecosystems and Impact Assessment aligned with Growth and Network Vitality.
Maria originally became involved with URI in 1997 when she was appointed as a Trustee in the Interim Global Council. She is very involved in the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina. She has contributed to the formation of children, parents and schoolteachers and professors for many years. She is a Lay Collaborator of the Episcopal Commission on Ecumenism, Relations with Judaism, Islam and Other Religions in Argentina. She has been involved in many interfaith activities and programs at the local, regional and global levels. She shares these experiences as work and travel permits as a Professor of Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue in Seminars. Maria is married and has five children.