Board of Directors

Executive Committee Officers (Elected Annually)

 
AAHHE Chair
Victor B. Saenz, PhD
Professor & Chair
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
Executive Director, Project MALES
The University of Texas at Austin




 
 

 

Patrick Valdez

Chair-Elect
Patrick L. Valdez, PhD
Vice president, Program Strategy
2u.com




 

 

 

Immediate Past Chair
Patricia Arredondo, EdD
President, Arredondo Advisory Group





 

 

Treasurer
Carmen Martinez-López, PhD
Dean School of Business and Professional Careers
Westchester Community College
State University of New York







 

Treasurer-elect
Azara Santiago Rivera, PhD
Professor and Coordinator, Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology
Felician University

 

 



Board Secretary and Executive Director
Lucia Gutierrez, PhD
Association Executive
AMC Source

 

 

 

 

Board Members

 

Edna Acosta-Belen, PhD
2021-2024
Distinguished Professor Emerita
Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latino Studies










Edward Delgado-Romero, PhD
2021-2024
Associate Dean & Professor
University of Georgia











Edith Fernandez, PhD
2019-2022
Associate Vice President
Community Engagement & Diversity Initiatives
Nevada State College










Adriana Flores-Ragade
Adriana Flores-Ragade, PhD
2019-2022
Social entrepreneur
Podcast Host at LatinxAmerica











Claudia Garcia-Louis, PhD
Faculty Member at Large
2021-2023
Assistant Professor
University Texas, San Antonio










Aurora Kamimura, PhD
2019-2022

Lecturer and Fellow
Washington University in St. Louis











Tomás Leal

Tomás Leal, PhD 
2019-2022
Chief Diversity Officer (retired)
Fielding Graduate University










Gloria P Martinez-Ramos, PhD
2021-2024
Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center
for Diversity and Gender Studies
Director of Latina/o Studies Program
Texas State University









Patricia A. Pérez, PhD
2019-2022
Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies

Associate Dean for Faculty
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
California State University, Fullerton








Monique Posadas, MA Anthopology
Graduate Student Member at Large
2021-2023

Assistant Director
McNair Scholars Program
California State University Fullerton

 







Cristobal Rodriguez, PhD
2021-2024
Associate Dean
Equity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement
Arizona State University

 






 

James Rodriguez, PhD
2021-2024
Dean
School of Social Sciences and Education
California State University, Bakersfield

 

   






Julian Vasquez Heilig, PhD
2021-2024
Dean and Professor
Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation
University of Kentucky

 

 

 

 

For AAHHE Founding Board Members, click here.

 For past AAHHE Board Members, click here.