Nieves R. Confesor (NRC) is the Executive Director of the AIM - TeaM Energy Center for Bridging Societal Divides. Professor Nieves R. Confesor is a core faculty member of the Center for Development Management (CDM), where she was OIC-Associate Dean for the Masters in Development (MDM) Program from September 2008-August 2009. Aside from teaching at the CDM, she also handles courses in the Master in Management (MM) Program of the W. SyCip Graduate School of Business (WSGSB), as well as in the Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA) and short programs of the Executive Education and Lifelong Learning Center (EXCELL). She served as Dean of the Institute from 2003-2005.

In 2005, she was appointed member, and later, Chairperson of the Philippine Government Panel in the negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front-New People’s Army (CPP-NDF-NPA). Before this, she was in the public service and served as Secretary of Labor and Employment during the administration of President Corazon Aquino and the Presidential Adviser on Human Resource Development and International Labor Affairs to President Fidel Ramos, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. In 1992, in recognition of her excellent service in government, she was named one of the Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS).