Registration & Continental Breakfast

 Erica M. Romero
 Assistant Vice President of State Advocacy
 HACU

  8:40 – 9:10 a.m.

 Morning Facilitator
 Sofia Ramos, Ph.D.
 President
 Luminario Education Strategies

  9:15 – 9:45 a.m.

 Morning Presentation
 Salvador Mena, Ph.D.
 Vice Chancellor for Students Affairs
 Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  9:45 – 10:40 a.m.

 10:00 – 11:35 a.m.

 Concurrent Roundtable Workshops
 Concurrent roundtable sessions exploring five case studies needed for higher education leaders   to excel and advance up the ranks.

* Participants choose one 55-minute case study session followed by a 55-minute action driven session.

 - Myron Anderson, Ph.D., Vice President for Inclusive Excellence, The University of Texas at San Antonio

 - Edward Bush, Ph.D., President, Consumes River College

 - Robert Montañez, Ph.D., Vice President of Instruction and Student Learning, Cosumnes River College

 - Rickey Hall, Vice President for Minority Affairs & Diversity, University of Washington

 - Veronica Mendez, Vice President for Business Affairs, The University of Texas at San Antonio

 - Yolanda Treviño, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President of Strategy, Planning and Assessment and OVP for  Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs, Indiana University

 11:35 – 11:45 a.m.

 Essential Leadership Skills: Wrap-Up

 Noon – 1:15 p.m.

 Networking Lunch

 Welcome and Introduction
 Antonio R. Flores, Ph.D.
 President & CEO
 HACU

 Keynote Speaker
 Jesse Ruiz
 Deputy Governor for Education
 Office of Governor JB Pritzker
 State of Illinois

  1:30 – 2:10 p.m.

 Afternoon Speaker (Diversity Fatigue is Real) 
 Mariam Lam, Ph.D.
 Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer
 University of California, Riverside

  2:15 – 3:15 p.m.

 Presidents' Panel 

 Panelists:
 Donna M. Carroll, Ph.D.
 President
 Dominican University

 Deborah L. Ford, Ph.D.
 Chancellor
 University of Wisconsin-Parkside

 Juan Salgado
 Chancellor
 City Colleges of Chicago

 Robert Vela, Ed.D.
 President
 San Antonio College

  3:15 – 3:30 p.m. 

 Leadership Review
 Erica M. Romero
 Assistant Vice President of State Advocacy
 HACU