Team
Leadership

Dr. Elizabeth Vaquera
Executive Director

Trey Johnston
Deputy Director
Team
- 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.
- Staff
Nanci Esparza
Program Coordinator
ImageAnnabelle Manzo
Program Associate
ImageAlejandro Pérez
Communications Manager
Thomas Rachko, Jr.
Translational Research Manager
- Graduate Fellows
Naomi Falú-Guzmán
Academic Success Fellow
Carolina Fuentes
Summer Research Fellow
ImageJeremias Valenzuela
STEM Fellow
- Research Assistants
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Katherine Sanchez Recinos
Research Project Coordinator
ImageSophia Benavente
Research Assistant
ImageAhtziri Garcia
Research Assistant
ImageYngrid Guevara
Research Assistant