Government

Hugo Alberto Valencia Porras – Rector

Professional Statistician from the University of Medellin, Master in Business Administration from EAFIT, Master in Marketing Management from Vina del Mar University (Chile), Marketing Specialist, Specialist in Economics and International Business.

He has more than 30 years of professional experience, 20 of them dedicated to Higher Education; since May 2016 he is the Rector of the María Cano University. He has also served as Director of the Montería branch, National Director of Planning, National Director of Self-Evaluation, National Director of Research and Development of Postgraduate Programs at the Cooperativa de Colombia University; Head of the Office of Internal Control, Head of the Planning Office, Administrative and Financial Director, Director of University Welfare, Dean of the Academic Extension Center and Head of the Commercial Department at the Metropolitan Technological Institute – ITM; Teaching statistician of the Research Center of the Faculty of Nursing of the University of Antioquia.

He has been an Academic Peer of the Ministry of National Education since 2005 and an undergraduate and postgraduate professor in different Higher Education Institutions since 1996. In the business sector he was a Statistician and Information Systems Analyst in the Production and Exports area of ​​EXPOCARIBE S.A. UNIBAN Group and Administrative Director of Comercializadora Internacional BANACOL S.A. Apartadó headquarters. He is currently the President of the Colombian Association of Higher Education Institutions – ACIET, belongs to the Board of Directors of the Higher Education Development Fund – FODESEP, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Higher Education Institutions of Antioquia – ASIESDA, is the representative of the Private Higher Education Institutions in the Monitoring Committee of the ICETEX Educational Credit Sustainability Fund in the period 2022 – 2024; He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Colombian Association of Higher Education Institutions with Distance Learning Programs – ACESAD. In addition, he is the Representative of Higher Education, Professional Technical, Technological Institutions and Public and Private University Institutions at the national level in the OCAD – Collegiate Body of Administration and Decision that evaluates, makes viable, approves and prioritizes the programs and projects that will be financed with resources of FCTel of the General Royalty System.

Rector Hugo Alberto Valencia Porras is also a Member of the General Assembly of the Cooperative University of Colombia and a Member of the Superior Council of that Institution.

Thanks to the results of his academic and administrative management and the demonstrated leadership, he has been chosen consecutively in the years 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022.

hugo.valencia@fumc.edu.co
Telephone: 402 55 00 Ext. 126

Amilbia Palacios Córdoba – Academic Vice-Rector

Speech therapist from the María Cano University Foundation, Specialist in Social Security Management and Health Projects from the Cooperative University of Colombia, Specialist in Senior Management and Occupational Health management from the María Cano University Foundation, Master in Virtual Learning Environments the University of Panama.

In the 29 years of connection to higher education, she has worked as an undergraduate and postgraduate teacher in face-to-face and virtual modalities, Practice Coordinator and Director of the Speech Therapy Program, Director of the Practice Center and Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences. Health. Likewise, she has participated in networks and academic associations, she also served as secretary and Vice President of the Colombian Association of Speech Therapy Faculties,

She has experience as a qualified registration advisor for undergraduate and graduate programs at several HEIs in the country. She is currently an Academic Peer of the Ministry of National Education.

amilbia.palacios@fumc.edu.co
Telephone: 402 55 00 Ext. 114

Carlos Julio Escobar Noreña – Extension and Social Projection Vice-Rector

Business Administrator from Pontifica Bolivariana University, Managerial and Prospective Specialist and Master in Administration from the Pontificia Bolivariana University.

He served as Academic Extension Coordinator, Postgraduate Coordinator, and Head of the Department of Continuing Education at the Pontificia Bolivariana University. He assumed the Vice Chancellorship for Extension and Social Projection of Maria Cano, in the second semester of 2015.

carlos.escobar@fumc.edu.co
Telephone: 402 55 00 Ext. 158

Freddy Andrés España Pulido – Administrative and Financial Vice-Rector

Public Accountant from the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, MBA in Administration from the Universidad del Valle.

He has served as Financial Director of the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Pasto headquarters, Head of Human Management at the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Cali headquarters, National Director of Human Management of the María Cano University Foundation, where he has also led the Financial Management and He has been in charge of the Financial Vice-Rector’s Office on different occasions.

The vice-rector has been a university professor in undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of San Buenaventura, Cali, the Cooperative University of Colombia, the María Cano University Foundation and the Tecnológico de Antioquia University Education Institution.

freddy.espana@fumc.edu.co
Telephone: 402 55 00 Ext. 149