Principal Members
Elena Echavarría Olano
Luis Felipe Carvajal Echavarría
Alejandro Eder Garcés
Beatriz Londoño Soto
Pedro Miguel Navas
Alternates Members
Elena Echavarría Olano
Virginia Garcés Pérez
Independet Members
Juan Mayr Maldonado
Pedro Vargas Gallo
TECHNICAL TEAM
Executive Director
Emilia Ruiz Morante
Entrepreneurial Development
Chief of Education Area
Carlos Alberto Casas Herrera
Chief of Local and Community Development Marta Lucía de la Cruz Federici
Health Area
Chief of Finance and Administration
Sandra Pinilla Morales
Technical Coordinators
Johana Jiménez Vanegas
Luz María Gallo Álvarez
Who we are
Fundación
Corona is a private nonprofit organization that supports and funds
initiatives oriented towards strengthening the institutional capacity of
the country in four strategic social sectors: education, health,
entrepreneurial development and local and community development.
The foundation was established in 1963 by the Echavarría Olózaga family,
highly successful Colombian entrepreneurs who have participated in the
industrial development of the country through the establishment and
operation of Corona, an entrepreneurial organization mainly dedicated to
the manufacture and commercialization of ceramic products.
Fundación Corona represents the social commitment of a family who
understands its work in supporting innovative programs and projects
having an impact in contributing to improve equity and decrease poverty
in Colombia.
Orientation criteria
Focus:
Concentrates all of its resources into focus programs.
Impact:
Selects interventions with higher probability of being effective and
replicable, generating a long-term and systematic impact.
Innovation:
Promotes innovation, supporting initiatives that develop new knowledge,
approaches or problem solutions.
Participation:
Participates actively in project identification, design, implementation,
follow-up and evaluation.
Cooperation:
Works in alliance with other national and international institutions.
Co-financing:
Privileges co-financed projects
Execution of Projects:
Prefers to delegate the execution of its interventions to others.
Self-sufficiency:
Promotes self-sustainability of projects and alliances.
Fundación
Corona is a private nonprofit organization that supports and funds
initiatives oriented towards strengthening the institutional capacity of
the country in four strategic social sectors: education, health,
entrepreneurial development and local and community development.
