Board Members

José Amador, President | Associate Professor in Global and Intercultural Studies (Latin America, Latino/a and Caribbean Studies Program)

Jacqueline Rioja Velarde, Vice President | Associate Director of Global Initiatives at the Center for American and World Cultures | ALFAS, Former President

Erika Grajales Equivel, Treasurer | Research Associate, Department of Biology

Ricardo Averbach, At Large Member | Professor & Director of Orchestra Studies, Department of Music, College of Creative Arts

Ganiva Reyes, At Large Member | Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education

General Members

Elena Albarran, Associate Professor in the History Department and in Global and Intercultural Studies (Latin America, Latino/a and Caribbean Studies Program)

Juan Carlos Albarran, Senior Lecturer in Global and Intercultural Studies (Latin American, Latino/a, and Caribbean Studies)

Gerardo Brown-Manrique, Professor in the Architecture & Interior Design Department

Omar Cabral, Instructor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Pat Camacho, Senior Program Assistant, Faculty Support & Center for Social Impact, Miami Regionals

Martha Castaneda, Professor of Foreign Language Education in the Department of Teacher Education

Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, John W Steube Professor in the Department of Biology

Thomas George Caracas Garcia, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Latin American Studies | ALFAS, Former President

Roxanne Ornelas, Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography and an affiliate faculty member of the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability

Carlos Ortiz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Jose Raul Perez Estrada, Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology

Christian Ponce, Senior Director of Marketing & Communications for University Communications & Marketing

Hiram Ramirez, Senior Director, DEI Strategic Initiatives, Office of Institutional Diversity & Inclusion

Nanci Reyes-Guzman, Doctoral Student in Geology, College of Arts & Science

George Ricco, Associate Teaching Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nohelia Rojas-Miesse, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Daniela Silva, Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology

Marisol del Teso Craviotto, Associate Professor and Chief Departmental Advisor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese