Rodrigo Garcia

Rodrigo Garcia is a board member at Youth Guidance and was previously with talipot*holding, BeDoWin360 Capital, Angeles Investors, Framework IT, Northwestern University, and The Aspen Institute. Rodrigo also served as the Illinois State Treasurer from January 2015 to December 2021 and the Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs from January 2011 to December 2015. Rodrigo has a wealth of experience in managing risk, assessing financial strength, and compliance with regulations. Rodrigo is skilled in cash flow analysis and performance measurement. Rodrigo is a proven leader with the ability to build and motivate teams.

Rodrigo Garcia has a Master of Arts in Public Policy from Northwestern University, a Certificate in Public Treasury Management from Pepperdine University, and is a Senior Executives in State & Local Government Fellowship Program from Harvard University. Additionally, they have a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Illinois Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Northeastern Illinois University. Rodrigo is also certified from Fi360 as an Accredited Investment Fiduciary and from the Association for Financial Professionals as a Certified Treasury Professional.