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Board of Directors
Advisory Council
Policy Research Advisory Board
Expert Advisory Group

Brooke Armour Spiegel (Vice Chair)

Executive Vice President

California Business Roundtable

Andy Wong (Secretary)

Managing Director of Advocacy

Chinese for Affirmative Action & Stop AAPI Hate

Mellissa E. Gallegos (Treasurer)

Partner

Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo

Diana Aguilar-Cruz

Student

California State University, Fullerton

Kevin Gordon

President and Partner

Capitol Advisors Group

Dilcie D. Perez

Vice Chancellor
Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Success

The California State University

Thomas Saenz, J.D.

President & General Counsel

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Reshma Shamasunder

Executive Director

Asian American Futures

Darrell Steinberg

National Advisor

Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips, LLP

Dina Walker

President & CEO

BLU Educational Foundation

Advisory Council

The Advisory Council consists of active advocates and ambassadors for the Campaign, consisting of experts who strongly support our work and provide us with critical strategic advice as we press forward with solutions to increase college access and improve student success.

Maria Blanco

Former Executive Director
UC Immigrant Legal Services Center

University of California, Davis School of Law

George Boggs

President & CEO Emeritus

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

Marlene Garcia

Former Executive Director

California Student Aid Commission (CSAC)

Mildred Garcia, Ph.D.

Chancellor

The California State University

Pamela Haynes

Member
Board of Governors

California Community Colleges

Martha Kanter

Board President and CEO Emerita

College Promise

Robin Kramer

Managing Director

The Smidt Foundation

Kindred Murillo, Ph.D.

Member
Board of Directors

The Encore Network

Christopher Nellum, Ph.D.

Executive Director

EdTrust-West

Angel Rodriguez

Commissioner

California Student Aid Commission

Deborah Santiago

Chief Executive Officer

Excelencia in Education

Dan Schnur

Professor

UC Berkeley Institute of Government Studies

Christopher Steinhauser

Member

California State University Board of Trustees

Peter Taylor

Former President

ECMC Foundation

Nora Vargas

Founder & Principal

Nora Vargas LLC

Kristen Soares

President

Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities

Vincent Pan

Co-Executive Director

Chinese for Affirmative Action

Jorge Aguilar

Superintendent

Wonderful College Prep Academy

Diego Arambula

Chair of the Board

The California State University

Policy Research Advisory Board

Members of our Policy Research Advisory Board are experts in the fields of higher education and public policy and serve as reviewers for our research, providing critical feedback on our major reports.

Zachary Bleemer

Assistant Professor of Economics

Princeton University

Henry Brady

Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Darla Cooper

Executive Director

The RP Group

Robert Gabriner

Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership
Graduate College of Education

San Francisco State University

Jacob Jackson

Director of Research Partnerships
California Education Lab

University of California, Davis School of Law

Orville Jackson

Founder and Principal

Opportunity Analytics

Su Jin Jez

Chief Executive Director

California Competes

Janette Martinez

Senior Associate

Isaacson, Miller

Collen Moore

Principal

Colleen Moore Consulting

Dowell Myers

Professor Emeritus
Sol Price School of Public Policy

University of Southern California

Luis Ponjuan

Associate Professor

Texas A&M University

Victor Saenz

Associate Dean & Professor

The University of Texas at Austin

Laura Szabo-Kubitz

Senior Policy Advisor

The Institute for College Access & Success

Brian Prescott

President

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)

Expert Advisory Group

Members of our Expert Advisory Group strategize on critical steps to uplift practices that can expand equity and inclusion in college preparation, college admission, and college completion

Dominique J. Baker, Ph.D

she/her

Associate Professor
College of Education and Human Development

University of Delaware

Estela M. Bensimon, Ed.D.

President

Bensimon & Associates, LLC

Maria Blanco

Former Executive Director
UC Immigrant Legal Services Center

University of California, Davis School of Law

Sally Chen

she/they

Education Equity Policy Manager
Chinese for Affirmative Action

Stella M. Flores, Ph.D.

she/her

John E. Cawthorne Millenium Chiar and Professor

Boston College

Saul Geiser, Ph.D.

he/him

Senior Associate
Center for Studies in Higher Education

University of California, Berkeley

Lisa Holder

she/her

President

Equal Justice Society

Sylvia Hurtado, Ph.D.

she/her

Distinguished Professor
School of Education and Information Studies

University of California, Los Angeles

Mayah Lubin

Senior Coordinator
Higher Education Access & Equity

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Christopher Nellum, Ph.D.

Executive Director

EdTrust-West

Gary Orfield, Ph.D.

Distinguished Research Professor

University of California, Los Angeles

Rory O’Sullivan

Federal Policy Consultant

Vincent Pan

Co-Executive Director

Chinese for Affirmative Action

Julie J. Park, Ph.D.

she/her

Professor

University of Maryland, College Park

Jay Rosner

he/him

Executive Director

The Princeton Review Foundation

Thomas Saenz, J.D.

President & General Counsel

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Sbeydeh Viveros-Walton

she/her

Director of Higher Education

Public Advocates

J. Luke Wood, Ph.D.

President

California State University, Sacramento

In Gratitude

Thank you to previous members of our Advisory Council and Board for their guidance in our work to increase college access and improve student success.