Alejandra Mizala
Alejandra Mizala holds a Ph.D. in Economics degree from the University of Chile and a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She is Professor at the University of Chile with the Centro de Economía Aplicada, Department of Industrial Engineering. Currently, she is the Director of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Chile. She is also Academic Director of the Center for Advanced Research in Education at the University of Chile. She has been President of the Chilean Economic Association (2004-05) and member of the Science Council of FONDECYT (Chilean National Science Foundation) between 2006 and 2009. Also, she has been Member of the Minimum Wage Committee (2010), the Presidential Labor and Equity Council (2007-08), the Presidential Pension Reform Council (2006) and the Presidential Education Reform Council (2006). She has also worked as a consultant of international organizations such as The World Bank and The IADB, foreign governments and the Chilean public sector.
