Mario GarcÃÂa Valdez is the Director of the National College of Technical Education (CONALEP) in the State of San Luis Potosi. During 2012âÂÂ15, he served as Mayor of the City of San Luis PotosàSan Luis PotosÃÂ, Mexico. Previously, he served as President of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosà(UASLP) from 2004 to 2012. A lawyer, Mr. GarcÃÂa has been a faculty member of UASLP since 1987. At UASLP he has served in various positions including Admissions Director, Vice President for Student Services, Legal Advisor to the Rector, and General Secretary of the university.
During his tenure, UASLP was awarded the Presidential recognition for the highest percentage of students enrolled in academic programs that are peer-reviewed as being of good quality. UASLP also received the National Recognition for Institutional Development awarded by the Mexican Ministry of Education (SEP) and the National Association of Universities (ANUIES for its acronym in Spanish).
During 2006âÂÂ2008, Garcia was President of the Mexican Consortium of Universities (CUMex), a selective network of the most important higher education institutions in Mexico with sound research infrastructure and high quality academic programs.
Also he served as President of the North Eastern Region Chapter of ANUIES which includes the 27 most important higher education institutions from the states of Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis PotosÃÂ, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas.