Biography

Jeanine is an international development professional who has chosen to apply her knowledge to support emerging market governments in their struggle to develop their capital markets and economies, while addressing the economic and social needs of citizens. Over her twenty-two year finance and economic development career, Jeanine has moved seamlessly across the public, private and NGO sectors, gaining diverse global experience in corporate, public, micro and small business finance. Currently she is serving as an advisor to Proinversion, Peru's agency to promote private for the US Treasury Department. Previously she has served as resident debt advisor for the US Treasury Department’s Office of Technical Assistance in the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, West Africa, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. To feed her passion for nature and discovery, Jeanine co-founded Mondo Verde Expeditions, a company that offers transformative travel experiences. Her expertise is well recognized as the co-author of an IFC study titled "A Review of International Markets, Finance and Technical Assistance Models for Ecolodges in Developing Countries" and panel moderator for industry forums. She has also worked as a consultant to the IDB to develop a community based tourism business plan for a Peruvian NGO providing technical support to Sierra Productiva. Her expertise is well recognized as the co-author of an IFC study titled "A Review of International Markets, Finance and Technical Assistance Models for Ecolodges in Developing Countries" and panel moderator for industry forums. In addition to her policy and ecotourism work, Jeanine has served as a senior finance specialist with RTI International, a Vice President in Public Finance with Smith Barney, and a Manager at Citibank Venezuela's international corporate finance department. Jeanine was awarded a three-year fellowship with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation where she studied women in leadership and the linkages to economic power, including mechanisms for effective microfinance programs in Thailand, Peru, Tanzania and India. These insights have lead Jeanine on a decade-long journey exploring the mind, body & spirit connection amongst women leaders in the traditional cultures where she has lived and traveled and in her own life through her practice of yoga and Buddhist thought. She has a bachelor's degree in international finance from the University of Colorado and a master's degree in international affairs and economics from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. In addition to English she speaks Spanish, French and Italian.