Board of Directors

Executive Committee Officers (Elected Annually)

AAHHE Chair
Patricia Arredondo, EdD
President, Arredondo Advisory Group















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














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














Azara Santiago-Rivera

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


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
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 Pérez

Patricia Perez, PhD
2019-2022
Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies
Coordinator, H&SS Collective for Justice, Equity and Transformation
California State University, Fullerto









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

 

   



Patrick Valdez

Patrick L. Valdez, PhD
2019-2022
Vice president, Program Strategy
2u.com







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.