Judith Garcia Galiana is President of Galiana Consulting, where she advises organizations and leaders on business transformation, operational excellence, strategic growth, and organizational performance. Drawing on more than 20 years of global leadership experience at 3M, Judith helps clients navigate complex challenges by aligning people, strategy, technology, and operations to create sustainable value.

Before founding Galiana Consulting, Judith served as Senior Vice President of 3M’s Global Service Centers, leading a global organization of approximately 5,000 employees across Costa Rica, Poland, and the Philippines. The Global Service Centers supported 3M’s parent company and more than 100 subsidiaries worldwide, delivering critical services across Finance, Sourcing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Tax, and Customer and Digital Operations. Under Judith’s leadership, the organization created value across both front- and back-office operations through productivity, automation, growth, process optimization, and operational excellence.

Judith began her career as a process engineer and held a wide range of senior global positions at 3M, including serving as Global Vice President of two commercial divisions with more than $1 billion in revenue. Her experience also includes leadership in Global Change Management, serving as a Country Managing Director, and holding several business leadership roles across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Throughout her career, Judith has led complex global organizations and business transformations, bringing together people, strategy, technology, and operations to drive sustainable growth and organizational performance.

A native of Madrid, Spain, Judith holds an MBA from IESE Business School at the University of Navarra and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Her international career has taken her to Milan, Brussels, Istanbul, and London. She moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota, more than a decade ago and became a proud U.S. citizen in 2020. Judith is fluent in Spanish, Italian, French, and English.

In addition to her professional responsibilities, Judith is committed to giving back through community service and education. She serves on the Board of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and on the advisory councils of Bologna University Business School and the Madrid Industrial Engineering School. Outside of work, Judith and her husband, Alberto, are avid skiers and share a passion for classical music, opera, and art.

As a member of the CLUES Board of Directors, Judith brings her extensive global executive leadership, business transformation expertise, multicultural perspective, and commitment to community service to support CLUES’ mission of advancing social and economic equity and wellbeing for Latino families and communities.