Team

Leadership

Elizabeth Vaquera

Executive Director

Trey Johnston

Associate Director

Cisneros Fellows

Senior Research Fellow

Diego Scharifker Headshot

Fellow

Partners

Dania Castro Headshot

Leadership Coach

Gloria Gonzales Headshot

Executive Coach in Residence

Nancy Augustine

Assistant Director of Academic Programs

Janice Shack-Marquez

Professor, Foundations of Latino Leadership

Lora Adams Headshot

Policy Writing Instructor, Foundations of Latino Leadership

Program Coordinator

Jonathan Ayala

Program Coordinator

Graduate Fellows

Ilda Martinez Headshot

Academic Success

Marcelo Gonzales Montoya

Digital Strategy

Ana Diaz

Research Assistant

Leslie Manso

Research Assistant

Institute Student Staff

Headshot of Alicia Ramirez-Hernandez

Daniel Castañeda Headshot

Chris Zuniga Headshot

Gabby Perez Jordan headshot

Headshot of Andrea Grimaldo

Miguel Cardona Headshot

Headshot of Jagger Defenza

Advisory Council

Shalimar Alió
Vice President, Media Strategy
Comunicad

Jeyben Castro
Director of Diversity & Inclusion
US House of Representatives

Emil Hill
Senior Vice President
Powell Tate Weber Shandwick

Noralisa Leo
Principal
Leo Strategies

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