Team

Leadership

Executive Director

Deputy Director

Fellows & Experts

Dr. Elizabeth Aranda

Senior Fellow, Research

Dr. Gloria Gonzalez

Executive Coach in Residence

Dr. Janice Shack-Marquez

Senior Fellow, Leadership

Nicole Encarnacao Bartels

Instructor, Foundations of Leadership

Dr. Courtney Riggle van Schagen

Non-Resident Fellow

Affiliate Faculty

Cisneros Affiliate Faculty are members of the GW faculty. In addition to generating research, affiliate faculty serve as mentors and participants in the Institute’s leadership development programs.

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Staff

Nanci Esparza

Program Coordinator

Annabelle Manzo

Program Associate

Alejandro Pérez

Communications Manager

Thomas Rachko, Jr.

Translational Research Manager

Graduate Fellows

Naomi Falú-Guzmán

Academic Success Fellow

Carolina Fuentes

Summer Research Fellow

Jeremias Valenzuela

STEM Fellow

Research Assistants

Katherine Sanchez Recinos

Research Project Coordinator

Sophia Benavente

Research Assistant

Ahtziri Garcia

Research Assistant

Yngrid Guevara

Research Assistant