Team
Leadership
Dr. Elizabeth Vaquera
Executive Director
Trey Johnston
Associate Director
Cisneros Fellows
Daniela Villacres, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Diego Scharifker
Fellow
Courtney Riggle-van Schagen
Fellow
Partners
Nicole Encarnacao Bartels, Ph.D.
Professor, Foundations of Latino Leadership
Janice Shack-Marquez, Ph.D.
Professor, Foundations of Latino Leadership
Lora Adams
Research Analyst and Policy Writing Instructor
Program Coordinator
Nanci Esparza
Program Coordinator
Graduate Fellows
Johanna Cajina
Digital Strategy
Lauren Díaz Quintana
Caminos al Futuro Coordinator
Carolina Fuentes
Culture & Engagement
Institute Student Staff
Alexandra Bayon
Administrative Assistant
Annabelle Manzo
Administrative Assistant
Javier Orellana
Administrative Assistant
Andres Perez Jordan
Research Assistant
Nancy Pulido
Research Project Coordinator
Richard Prieto
Research Assistant
Brenda Santiago Ramos
Research Assistant
Advisory Council
Shalimar Alió
Vice President, Media Strategy
Comunicad
Jeyben Castro
Director of Diversity & Inclusion
US House of Representatives
Noralisa Leo
President & Founder
Volta Communications Group
Natalia Olson-Urtecho
Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer
The Disruptive Factory
Jackie Puente
Executive Director for External Affairs
COMCAST
Maria Rodriguez, GW BBA ‘82
President & CEO
Vanguard Communications