Maria Vallès Beneit Email & Phone Number

League of Travelers Host.Operations, strategy, communications consultant.

Barcelona Area, Spain

I run Mas Palou, a sustainable hospitality project in my family's ancestral estate in Penedès, Barcelona. We proudly take care of our vineyards, wine, olive trees, vegetable garden and chickens. We offer weekend or longer stays, as well as wfh getaways, breakfast and meals for our guests, events such as beautiful weddings, retreats, and a wine&books club that we host monthly. We host a yearly Art Residency.We make natural wine @vinyesdepalou and we also produce extra virgin olive oil, l'Elixir.Check us out on:www.tiktok.com/@maspalouwww.instagram.com/maspalouwww.maspalou.com

Sant Sadurní D'Anoia, Catalonia, Spain

I worked a harvest and helped with all winemaking duties.

San Francisco Bay Area

-Building partnerships with local organizations and individuals to design experiential learning activities-Executing activities that broaden students' minds and allow them to apply concepts learned in class to the cities-Creating spaces for community growth and cross-cultural learning among students and staff in a community with over 60 nationalities-Streamlining communications across cultures and time zones-Designing and managing events for 200+August - September 2017: San Francisco (USA)October - December 2017: Seoul (South Korea)January - May 2018: Hyderabad (India)May - July (2018): New York City and San Francisco (USA)

Nueva York Y Alrededores, Estados Unidos

Madrid Y Alrededores, España

- Create an online learning community for teachers in under-resourced areas to obtain the necessary tools to help their students succeed, manage pilot for 150 teachers, manage team of 4

Nueva York Y Alrededores, Estados Unidos

Enterprise Solutions to Poverty (ESP), led by Nancy Barry, mobilizes and supports leading companies and entrepreneurs in building profitable and inclusive business strategies that incorporate millions of low-income people as suppliers, distributors and consumers of asset-building products. ESP focuses on agribusiness, inclusive finance, entrepreneurship and impact investing in India, China, Mexico, Colombia and Kenya.

Nueva York Y Alrededores, Estados Unidos

• Correspond with and interview advisors to create appealing content on various industries in frontier markets. Some topics are innovations in solar energy, opportunities for telecommunications in Cuba, challenges in education in refugee camps, and mobile money in East Africa.• Manage the company's blog and social media

Nueva York Y Alrededores, Estados Unidos

- Facilitate the implementation of the global Team UNICEF Initiative and the Imagine Project- Research influencers for various topics and monitor social media sites- Support the campaign and events team on event coordination

Nueva York Y Alrededores, Estados Unidos

• Moderate the online forum on Coursera and EdCast (with 35,000+ students) in Spanish and English• Explain concepts and create constructive debate through the Forums and Google Hangouts

Colombia

At the Impact Hub Bogotá• Assisted in the design of a sustainable business model for agriculture farm-to-table social enterprise Cultivando Futuro• Planned and executed 4 successful pilots, visited farms and created surveys to evaluate the impact of the model

China

• Taught English to 80 seventh graders at an under resourced rural public school• Established an Excel-based tracking system for the students to monitor their progress• Produced class test score increases of 20% and passing rate increase of 5 points higher than local teachers• Built relationships with the local community including parents to transform their perception of education

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

• Analyzed Carrefour grocery store sales data from Unilever, Danone and other companies, created and presented weekly reports for them to analyze their performance, focusing on sales variation and offering solutions to avoid stock outs. • Improved the website interface to make it more user-friendly and intuitive

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

• Valued equity and interest rate products with Kondor+ and Bloomberg and acted as an intermediary between counterpart banks and the organization’s Sales Department to close swap and option deals (10-20 a day)

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

Gave guided tours to wine cellar visitors in English, Spanish, Catalan (while in school), as well as wine tastings and sales.

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

Gave guided tours to wine cellar visitors in English, Spanish, Catalan and German.

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

Coordinated client, participant and federations (FIA, RACE) relationships during Baja España rally.

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

Coordinated client, participant and federations (FIA, RACE) relationships during Baja España rally.

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Development Practice

Activities and Societies: Net Impact - Social Entrepreneurship Chair Full scholarship from "La Caixa" Foundation

Undergraduate Degree And Mba, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Top 3% In Class Of 2011

Activities and Societies: • Finance and Economy Group • CDI Social Enterprise Consultancy • Board member of FEG (Finance and Economy.

Beijing - Exchange Programme, Finance

Activities and Societies: Enterprise Resource Planning, Risk Management, Principles of Insurance and Financial Statement Analysis

Professional Sommelier, Wine Steward/Sommelier