Colonel Anabel Cornielle

Seminar Leader

BIOGRAPHY

   Colonel Anabel M. Cornielle Suero is a career officer in the National Police of the Dominican Republic with 31 years of professional experience. Her career includes key assignments. She joined the institution while completing her university studies and has since developed a distinguished track record in public safety, criminal investigation, road safety, institutional management, and the protection of vulnerable populations.
   Her key professional roles include serving as Director of Social Programs and Rescue of Children and Adolescents and Director of Communications for the Central Directorate of Tourism Police (POLITUR); Central Inspector for the Central Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DICRIM), where she was recognized as one of the institution’s most efficient inspectors; and Central Inspector for the Central Directorate of Prevention. Colonel Cornielle has also served as Director of the Traffic Accident Department, Officer-in-Charge of the Traffic Infraction Processing Department, and Zone Supervisor for the General Directorate of Traffic and Ground Transportation Safety (DIGESETT). In earlier stages of her career, she founded the Department for the Supervision of Female Personnel of the former Metropolitan Transportation Authority (AMET), now DIGESETT, directed IT units within the National Police, and worked as an investigator in the institution’s Forgery Department.
   She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo; a Master of Science in Inter-American Defense and Security from the Inter-American Defense College in Washington, D.C.; and a Master’s Degree in Defense and National Security from the Universidad Nacional para la Defensa (UNADE). Her specialized training includes the United States Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program on Combating Human Trafficking, Leadership for Police Transformation, Train the Trainers with the European Union (EU), Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Investigation, Police Management (General Staff equivalent), Political and Social Sciences, Project Management, Traffic Incident Specialist (Mexico), Human Rights, Use of Force, Police Observation for Peacekeeping Missions, and Executive Protection.
   Among her honors are the Certificate of Academic Excellence from the Police Institute of Higher Education (IPES) and a recognition for outstanding performance at DIGESETT. She has been awarded the Police Merit Medal for Honor and Loyalty twice, most recently presented by the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona.
   Colonel Cornielle was born in Santo Domingo and is originally from Batey Central, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic. Her community has recognized her exemplary life journey, family values, and contributions to sports, particularly basketball, honoring her as a Maid of Honor and Distinguished Daughter of Batey Central. She is the daughter of schoolteacher Melania Suero and Carlos María Cornielle, a sugar industry worker, and is the mother of Robinson A. Ortiz and Ulianovsk Díaz Cornielle.

✉ anabel.cornielle@iadc.edu