Leadership

 

Co-chairs

 

UC CLAA Board of Directors

  • Elizabeth Ramirez & Lourdes Guerrero, UC Berkeley Representatives  
  • Myra Vega & Maria Saldana, UC Davis Representatives
  • Elsa Bugarini Yocca & Adeli Duron, UC Irvine Representative 
  • Cesar Pacheco Garcia, UC Los Angeles Representative
  • Eve Delfin, UC Merced Representative
  • Alejandro Cortez, UC Riverside Representative
  • Alejandra Delacruz-Hong & Epifanio Peinado, UC Santa Barbara Representative 
  • Roberta Camarena, UC San Diego Representative
  • Guadalupe Sanchez & Amaris Trujillo, UC Santa Cruz Representatives
  • Alexandra Velasquez & Dr. Mark Diaz, UC San Francisco Representative

 

Convenors

  • Francisco Hernandez, Ph.D, Former Vice Chancellor, UC Santa Cruz
  • Caroline Cabias, Foundation Board Trustee, UC Davis

 

Advisory Board

  • John A. Pérez, Past Chair UC Board Of Regents – UC Berkeley
  • Congressman Tony Cárdenas, U.S. Congress, 29th Congressional District – UC Santa Barbara
  • Adela de la Torre, PhD, President, San Diego State University – UC Berkeley
  • Senator Monique Limón, MA, California State Senate, 19th Senate District – UC Berkeley
  • Ambassador Liliana Ferrer Silva, MPIA, Consul General of Mexico in Sacramento – UC Davis & UC San Diego 
  • Marlene L. Garcia, MPP, Executive Director, California Student Aid Commission – UC Los Angeles
  • Richard Polanco, Former California State Senator & Senate Majority Leader – University of Redlands and the Universidad Nacional Mexico
  • Leticia Quezada, MA, Former President & Member LAUSD Board & LA Community College Board – UC Santa Cruz
  • Michele Siqueiros, MA, President, Campaign for College Opportunity – UC Los Angeles
  • David Hayes-Bautista, PhD, Director, Center for the Study of Latino Health & Culture at UCLA – UC Berkeley & UC San Francisco
  • Mark Diaz, MD, Chair, National Hispanic Health Foundation – UC Davis & UC San Francisco 
  • Jane Garcia, MPH, Chief Executive Officer, La Clínica de la Raza – UC Berkeley
  • Arturo J. González, JD, Attorney and Partner, Morrison and Foerster, LLP – UC Davis
  • Ralph Ochoa, JD, Attorney – Partner, Ochoa & Moore Law Firm – UC Los Angeles
  • Lawrence Garcia, JD, Principal, Garcia Performance Solutions – UC Berkeley & UCLA School of Law 
  • Alfredo Terrazas, JD, Assistant Attorney General (Retired), California Department of Justice
  • Epifano Peinado, MSW, Chief Deputy Director (Retired), Department of Human Resources Los Angeles County – UC Santa Barbara 
  • Benjamin Duran, EdD, Executive Director, Central Valley Higher Education Consortium – California State University Stanislaus, Chapman University, University of Southern California 
  • Adolfo Mercado, MA, Franciscan Friar, Former President UCSC Alumni Association – UC Santa Cruz 
  • Richard Alvarado, MPA, Board of Directors UCR Alumni Association - UC Riverside