HACR/HBS Program Alumni Joins Corporate Board
Published on September 26, 2008
Nina G. Vaca, an HACR/HBS Alumni (class of 2006), has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Comerica Incorporated, effective September 23, 2008. Ms. Vaca is chief executive officer of Pinnacle Technical Resources, Inc., of Dallas, Texas. She will serve on the Board's Enterprise Risk Committee.
Ms. Vaca is the founder and CEO of Pinnacle Technical Resources, Inc. -- a staffing, vendor management, and IT solutions firm that serves Fortune 500 clients. Under her stewardship Pinnacle is among the fastest-growing and largest staffing firms in the U.S. Among Ms. Vaca's business honors are "National Director's Pioneer Award of the Year" (U.S. Department of Commerce, 2008, "100 Most Influential Hispanics in America" (Latino Leaders Magazine, 2007, "Top 25 Women Business Builders" (Fast Company Magazine, 2005, and "Entrepreneur of the Year - Southwest Region” Ernst & Young, 2005.
The Texas resident serves as Region III chair and member of the board of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) and is the former chair of the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She completed HACR’s Program on Corporate Governance at the Harvard Business School and the Kellogg School of Management Advanced Management Education Program at Northwestern University's. Ms. Vaca is a graduate of Texas State University and holds an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Northwood University.
Comerica is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with three strategically aligned business segments: The Business Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth & Institutional Management.
