Tricia Bridges - President and CEO, The Chiapas Project
Three decades ago, Tricia Medrano Bridges began a career in nonprofit organizations in Dallas. She moved to New Orleans to direct activities for a national nonprofit in Louisiana and Mississippi. In 1991, she returned to Dallas, later working with the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas where she served as Vice President for Development. Subsequently, she served as Advancement Director for the University of Dallas before joining the Chiapas Project in 2005.
Ms. Bridges is the President & CEO of The Chiapas Project, a Metroplex organization that was inspired by Dr. Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Foundation. The group funds microfinance loans in Mexico, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Bolivia.
 For more information about Chiapas project please visit www.chiapas-project.org
Clara Hinojosa - Board Member, The Chiapas Project
The Mexico Institute - Founder director - Non-profit organization dedicated to advance the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the rich, diverse Mexican culture through education and the arts. The Institute has, for the past 20 years, presented hundreds of artistic and cultural events, educational programs and activities.
SERVING ON THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS:
Cultural Patrimony of Humanity (UNESCO) –Advisory Board Member - Cultural preservation of the City of Guanajuato, Mexico (my place of birth).
USA Film Festival - Advisory Board Member -Organization dedicated to the encouragement and recognition of excellence in the film and video arts.
Sammons Center for the Arts - Founding Member and Advisor -Chairperson of
TheSammons Jazz series since 1991. The Turtle Creek old pump house station, which for the past 20 years serves as a facility to provide office space to aspiring artists, to hold rehearsals, workshops and conferences in pursuit of their craft.
The Chiapas Project – Advisor for Latin America - The Dallas Chapter of the Grameen Foundation, dedicated to help women in the state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico through micro-loans to create their own businesses and break the cycle of poverty. This organization is growing to other Latin American Countries including Haiti, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Bolivia and Paraguay.
The Dallas Summit – Member - Women leaders working to create a whole, just and abundant community.
SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF:
1995 -2002 The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
1998 -2002 Dallas Center for Contemporary Art
1999 - 2000 Dallas Center for the Performing Arts
1996 - 1999 The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University
1990 - 1992 Booker T. Washington -Arts Magnet School
1989 - 1994 Susan G. Komen Foundation
1990 – 1995 Dallas Museum of Art - Acquisitions Committee
1984 - 1985 Cultural Policy for the City of Dallas - Task Force
1984 - 1985 Mexico Earthquake and Gas Explosion - Chaired fund raising campaigns
1983 - 1990 Mundo Cultural Hispano - presenting the cultures of Latin America through artistic events.
1977 -1983 ACAL de Mexico - Board Member produced theater play "La Casa de Bernarda Alba"
1972 -1974 Chaired fund raising campaign to fight poverty in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
AWARDS:
2004 City of Dallas – Distinguished citizen
2001 Helping Hands Medical Missions
2000 Philanthropy in Texas - Philanthropy
1993 International Trade Association - Arts and Humanities
1991 Mexico State Department - Leadership
1985 International Red-Cross - Earthquake and gas explosion fund-raising campaigns
Nominated for the Genius Award for the MacArthur Foundation
EDUCATION:
School of Business -Margaret of Scotland School in Mexico City
Anthropology studies – The National Institute of Anthropology and History - INAH - Mexico City Anthropology and Portuguese - American Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Liberal Arts – University of Virginia in Roanoke, Virginia
Arts Administration courses through The Meadows Foundation at The Center for Non-profit Management and Southern Methodist University.
LANGUAGES:
Speak and write - Spanish, English, Portuguese
Conversation only in French and Italian
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