Jon Amastae - Director, Center for
Inter American and Border Studies
University of Texas at El Paso |
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Jon Amastae is Director of the Center
for Inter American and Border Studies at the University of Texas-El
Paso. He received his B.A. from the University of New Mexico in 1968.
In 1975 he received his Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of
Oregon, specializing in phonology, Creole languages, and language
variation and change. Amastae has received Fulbright awards in Colombia
and Mexico. He directed UTEP’s self-study for renewal of accreditation
from SACS. Recently, he has been active in university evaluation and
accreditation in an inter-American context, consulting with universities
and ministries in several countries. Among his linguistic research
projects are several focused on the demography of the El Paso/Cd.
Juárez border region, variation and change in the Spanish language
of the Northern Mexican and Border regions, and computer modeling
of border phenomena using cellular automata techniques. |
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José
Antonio González Treviño - Rector
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
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Jose Antonio
Gonzalez Treviño is President of the Autonomous University
of Nuevo Leon. UANL is one of the largest in Mexico. Prior to this
appointment he was Vice-President, Vice-President of Academic Affairs,
Member of the Doctoral Committee and Dean of the School of Mechanical
Engineering, He graduated there in 1976 as mechanical Engineer and
continued his Master degree in quality and production control.
He has also leaded several academic, editorial and research and
development projects. As academic VP at UANL, he created the Office
for Scientific Research, the Office of Distant Education and the
Entrepreneur Program, which is oriented to develop entrepreneurial
skills in the students, aimed to be independent professionals and
business leaders.
After achieving national accreditations for all UANL undergraduate
programs, one of the goals for his administration is to achieve
international accreditations for their undergraduate and graduate
programs and to promote the internationalization of UANL. He has
also evaluated, redesigned and set in motion the program “Vision
2012 “ which settles the strategic areas, development and
goals to be achieved by UANL by that year.
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VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE
CONAHEC BOARD
Jocelyne Gacel - Coordinator General, Academic Cooperation and Internationalization
Universidad de Guadalajara |
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Jocelyne Gacel es Coordinadora
General de Cooperación Académica e Internacionalización
de la Universidad de Guadalajara. Fue Presidenta de la Asociación
Mexicana para la Educación Internacional (AMPEI) de 1996 al
2000. Es profesora y consultora en la Organización Universitaria
Interamericana (OUI), organización desde la que imparte talleres
especializados sobre la internacionalización de la educación
superior. Ha sido directora de diversos proyectos de investigación
financiados por la Fundación Ford y el Banco Mundial, y es
consultora de universidades en América Latina en sus esfuerzos
de internacionalización. Es editora fundadora de la revista
“Educación Global” y autora de los libros Internacionalización
de la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe:
Reflexiones y Guía de Acción y La internacionalización
de las universidades mexicanas: Políticas institucionales y
estrategias. Estudió el doctorado en educación internacional
en la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos y la Maestría
en Lenguas Extranjeras y Civilizaciones en la Universidad de París.
Tiene un diploma como traductora francés-Alemán de la
Universidad de Salzburgo.
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Gerald M. Ingersoll
- Director, Corporate & Learning Innovation
New Brunswick Community College - St. Andrews |
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Gerald Ingersoll is Director
of Corporate and Learning Innovation for the New Brunswick Community
College system. Prior to this posting, he served as Principal of NBCC-St.
Andrews, and before that as a department head at the college in the
area of marine and academic studies. Ingersoll is a professional vocational
educator who began his teaching career with CUSO in Barbados and has
taught in New Brunswick at the junior high, high school, technical
college and community college levels. Ingersoll holds a bachelor of
arts degree in philosophy, a certificate in industrial teacher training,
a certificate in management, and a master's degree in business
administration from Athabasca University. Ingersoll's team has
created new programming in Canada, Mexico, and Cuba. In June 2002,
his college was presented a Canadian International Development Agency
Award of Excellence in International Education. |
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Joan
Landeros - Director
Center for International Education, La Salle University
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Joan Landeros
is Director and founder of the Center for International Education
at La Salle University in Mexico City. The Center coordinates the
institutional efforts for internationalization and academic collaboration.
She has been teaching at La Salle since 1973 and served as Academic
Coordinator and General Coordinator of the Language Center. She has
done external consulting for Cambridge University. She did her undergraduate
studies at the Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, and her graduate
studies in Latin American Studies and TESL at UCLA. She was a Fulbright
scholar at El Colegio de Mexico and UNAM and received a British Council
scholarship to specialize in Educational Technology at the University
of Lancaster. She was a member of the Mexican delegation to the UNESCO
World Conference for Higher Education in Paris and has served on various
international education committees and task force. Dr. Landeros is
actively involved in NAFSA, EAIE, AMPEI, and numerous other professional
organizations. Currently, she is Regional Director at-large for the
International Association of Lasallian Universities (IALU) and is
a member of the Standing Committee for the Lasallian Educational Mission
in Rome. She also serves on the IAUP/UN Commission for Disarmament
Education, Conflict Resolution, and Peace. Her areas of interest include
international education, innovative models of education and educational
technology. In 2004, she was granted the Honorary Doctorate Degree
in Educational Leadership by Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota,
Winona, Minnesota. |
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Fernando
León - Executive Vice President of Academic
Affairs
City
University
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Dr.
León García is Executive Vice President of Academic
Affairs of City University (Washington), where he is responsible for
the overall quality of City University programs in throughout the
State of Washington, Canada, Central and Eastern Europe, China, and
Mexico. He previously served as President of the Phoenix Institute
for Professional Education and Chief Academic Officer of Apollo International
and before that as Provost at CETYS University in Mexico. Dr. León
García holds a doctoral degree in Educational Administration
and Policy Analysis and an M.A. in International Development Education
from Stanford University, as well as a B.S. in Engineering Management
from CETYS University. |
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Robert Shelton - President
University of Arizona |
Photo by
Margaret Hartshorn - Univeristy of Arizona Bio Medical |
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Robert Shelton assumed
the Presidency of the University of Arizona on July 1, 2006. Robert
is a native of Arizona and prior to returning "home" he
served as Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (the country's first public university).
His high-school years were in Arizona and Washington State. Robert
and Adrian, his wife of 37 years, met as undergraduates at Stanford
University. They have three adult children. Robert's Ph.D. degree
in experimental, condensed-matter physics is from the University of
California, San Diego. In addition to his academic career, Robert
has served on a variety of corporate and government boards, including
the Space Telescope Institution Council that advises NASA on the Hubble
Telescope. |
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PRESIDENT OF THE CONAHEC
BOARD
David Longanecker - Executive Director
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education |
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David A. Longanecker is the executive director of the Western Interstate
Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). WICHE is a regional compact
between 15 Western states created to assure access and excellence
in higher education through collaboration and resource sharing among
the higher education systems of the West. Previously, Longanecker
served for six years as the assistant secretary for postsecondary
education at the U.S. Department of Education and prior to that he
was the state higher education executive officer (SHEEO) in Colorado
and Minnesota. He also served as the principal analyst for higher
education for the Congressional Budget Office. His primary interests
in higher education are: access, promoting student and institutional
performance, teacher education, finance, the efficient use of educational
technologies, and academic collaboration in North America. He holds
a his doctorate in education from Stanford University, a master's
in student personnel work from George Washington University, and a
bachelor's in sociology from Washington State University. |
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David Marshall - President
Mount Royal College |
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David
Marshall became the eighth president of Mount Royal College on Sept.
1, 2003.
Prior to his arrival at Mount Royal, he served as president and
vice-chancellor of Nipissing University for 13 years. In addition
to teaching high school early in his career, he was director of
a Canadian International Development Agency project in St. Lucia,
West Indies. In 1997, Marshall was named a Paul Harris Fellow, from
Rotary Foundation in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance
given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations
among peoples of the world. In 2002, he was awarded a Queen's Golden
Jubilee Medal in recognition of service to university education.
He serves as a member on the Strategic Planning Committee and the
Standing Advisory Committee on the Act and By-laws for AUCC. He
has published extensively on the subject of leadership and administration.
His specialties are administration in developing areas, teacher
education, and higher education management. Marshall obtained his
bachelor's at the University of Western Ontario and received his
teacher education at Lakehead University. He also holds a master's
in education and a doctorate in educational administration from
the University of Alberta.
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Kim Meade - Associate
Vice President, Student Services
Brock University |
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Dr. Kim Meade is Associate Vice President for Student Services
at Brock University. |
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VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE
CONAHEC BOARD
Pierre Moreau- President
University of Quebec |
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With a Ph.D in microbiology and immunology from McGill University,
postdoctoral studies at Institut Pasteur, Université de Strasbourg,
a career as professor of biology at University of Ottawa, professor,
vice-dean and dean of the Department of Science and Engineering
of Université Laval, then as Vice-President and President
of Université du Québec, Dr Moreau developed a serious
academic and administrative expertise in higher education. He is
an active keynote speaker in North America and France, and a member
of numerous Boards: CREPUQ Committee on diploma recognition of the
Intergenerational Forum, Quebec Symphonic Orchestra, Québec
Educational City, Québec Water Institute, etc. |
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Rafael Vidal Uribe
- General Director
National Evaluation Center for Higher Education (CENEVAL) |
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Es el Director General del Centro Nacional de Evaluación para la Educación Superior (Ceneval). Anteriormente desempeñó el cargo de Director General Adjunto del Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación (INEE/México) y fue también Director de Proyectos Internacionales y Especiales de ese Instituto. A su cargo estuvo la operación de las pruebas internacionales en las que participa México. Desde 2003 ha sido el Administrador Nacional del Proyecto PISA en México (NPM). En 1994 Rafael Vidal formó parte del grupo de personas que crearon el Ceneval y tuvo a su cargo el desarrollo del primer Examen Nacional de Ingreso a la Educación Superior (Exani II). Asimismo, fue durante 8 años el Director Técnico de ese centro. Bajo el sello de la Editorial Magisterio de Colombia acaba de publicar un libro sobre Estándares de Evaluación para Pruebas Objetivas y con la Editorial Trafford de Canadá un libro sobre fórmulas de correlación aplicadas a la evaluación. Rafael Vidal obtuvo su Licenciatura en Filosofía de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) y bajo la dirección de Mario Bunge obtuvo una Maestría en Filosofía de la Ciencia de la Universidad de McGill en Montreal, Canadá. Desde hace 25 años es profesor de Filosofía de la Ciencia en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UNAM. |
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George R. Boggs - President
and CEO
American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) |
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George R. Boggs is president and CEO
of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). From its
Washington, D.C., headquarters, AACC represents over 1,100 associate
degree-granting institutions and over 10 million students. Prior to
joining AACC, Boggs served as faculty member, division chair, and
associate dean of instruction at Butte College in California. For
15 years, he served as the superintendent/president of Palomar College
in California. He served as a member of the Committee on Undergraduate
Science Education of the National Research Council and has served
on several National Science Foundation panels and committees. |
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Gerald Brown - President
Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) |
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Gerald Brown is president of the Association of Community
Colleges of Canada (ACCC). Before coming to ACCC, he served as president
of John Abbott College in Montreal from 1988 to 1998, and was an active
participant in the Quebec educational scene. Prior to joining John
Abbott College, he was a director of English Educational Services
for the Ministry of Education in the province of Quebec and a secondary-level
school principal. He has chaired several committees including the
Canadian College Presidents' Network, the Canadian College Presidents'
Academy, the Board Task Force on Governance, the ACCC Environmental
Task Force and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors. Brown has worked
on submissions to the House and Senate Standing Committees in areas
such as continuing education, labour market issues and student debt.
He also served as President of the Consortium for International Development
in Education (CIDE). He holds a master's from McGill University. |
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Madeleine Green - Vice
President
American Council on Education (ACE) |
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Madeleine Green is vice president for international
initiatives and director of the Center for Leadership Development
at the American Council on Education (ACE). From 1978-91 she directed
the ACE Fellows Program which prepares future leaders for positions
in higher education administration. During the 1990-91 academic year,
Green served as interim president of Mount Vernon College in Washington,
D.C. She has served as a member of the board of trustees of Wilson
College (Philadelphia) since 1988. She has written widely on topics
related to leadership and management. Her recent publications include:
"Investing in Higher Education: A Handbook of Leadership Development"
and "Transforming Higher Education: Views from Leaders Around
the World." She holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University
and a doctorate from Columbia University. |
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Rafael López
Castañares - Executive Secretary General
Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación
Superior (ANUIES) |
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Rafael López Castañares
asumió este cargo para el periodo 2005-2009 al concluir su
gestión como Rector de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado
de México (UAEM). Doctor en Química por la Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México, estudió la Maestría
en Ciencias con especialidad en Química Orgánica y la
licenciatura en Química. Estudió además una Especializad
en Química de Materiales en la Universidad de Tokio. Ha realizado
estancias de investigación en la Universidad Texas A&M,
el Centro Nuclear de Karlsruhe y el Centro de Takasaki en Japón,
entre otras. López Castañares cuenta con una extensa
producción científica que incluye más de 70 artículos
en revistas nacionales e internacionales especializadas, presentaciones
en aproximadamente 80 congresos nacionales e internacionales, la coautoría
de libros y la dirección de más de 46 tesis de licenciatura
y posgrado. Es además editor en jefe de la Revista Journal
of Material Education en Español, así como árbitro
de revistas internacionales y evaluador de proyectos científicos
nacionales internacionales. Gracias a su trabajo científico
es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) desde 1986.
La UNAM le otorgó la Medalla “Gabino Barreda” y
además ha recibido el Premio de Investigación Científica
que otorga el Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ),
la medalla “Benito Juárez” de la Benemérita
Sociedad de Geografía y Estadística del Estado de México,
la Venera “José Vasconcelos” de la Sociedad Nacional
de Geografía y Estadística y la “Gran Cruz de
Honor” del Colegio Nacional de Abogados Foro de México
A.C. entre otros. Ha sido presidente nacional de la Sociedad Polimérica
y es desde 2003 presidente de la Asociación Mexicana de Educación
Continua y a Distancia (AMECYD). En la UAEM ha sido catedrático
desde 1977, además de haber sido director de la Facultad de
Química y posteriormente Coordinador General de Investigación
y Estudios Avanzados. |
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Karen McBride - Vice
President
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) |
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Karen McBride serves as Vice President
of the International Relations of AUCC and is responsible for the
association's activities in the areas of advocacy, government relations,
research, representation and liaison to support universities' internationalization.
McBride's previous experience includes her role as a research
advisor to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign
Affairs and International Trade and its Sub-Committee on Development
and Human Rights. She has also served on the research team for the
review of Canada's foreign policy by a special parliamentary committee
in 1994 and was substantially involved in the section of the report
dealing with Canada's international cultural and educational relations.
McBride holds a Master's of Arts in international affairs from
Carleton University in Ottawa. |
Norma Angélica
Juárez Salomo- President
Mexican Association for International Education (AMPEI) |
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Norma Angélica Juárez holds
a PhD in International Education with a specialization in pedagogical
innovations, alternative experiences and new technologies. During
her career, she has worked as Coordinator of International Cooperation
and Development and as Coordinator of several language immersion programs
at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos. She has 20 years
of teaching and research experience on numerous projects and offers
courses and seminars at various institutions.
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PAST PRESIDENT OF THE
CONAHEC BOARD
Salvador Malo - Former Director General of CENEVAL |
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Salvador Malo recently finished his term
as the director general of CENEVAL, A.C., Mexico's Nacional Centre
for Quality Assessment in Higher Education. He has a long career in
science and higher education, and was a member of the Mexican Task
Force Group for Collaboration in Higher Education in North America.
With a degree in physics from UNAM and a doctorate in physics from
Imperial College at the University of London, he worked for three
years at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria.
Malo conducted surface science research for several years at Mexico's
Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo (an oil industry-related technical
and research center), where he held several positions, including Vice-President
of Research. He later joined the Mexican Department of Education and
initiated several programs to promote development of the sciences
in Mexican state universities, including the well-known "Sistema Nacional
de Investigadores". His past positions at UNAM include Vice-President
for Planning, professor in the School of Sciences and UNAM's Center
for University Studies, as well as and Secretary General and Vice-President
of Administration. |
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Marianna Velázquez
Student Organization for North America (SONA) |
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Marianna Velazquez is a student
at the University of Arizona in the Business Administration program.
She is originally from León, Guanajuato, Mexico. She is currently
working on organizing the Student Organization of North America's
5th conference to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 12-15th,
2005. Please visit SONA's conference website for more information
at: http://www.conahec.org/conahec/Conferences/SONA2005/english/en_Conference2005.htm |
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Francisco Marmolejo
- Executive Director
Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC)
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Francisco Marmolejo has served as executive
director of the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration
(CONAHEC) at the University of Arizona since 1995. Previously, he
was an ACE fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His
past positions include vice president for administration and finance
and vice president for academic affairs at the Universidad de las
Américas in Mexico City. He has taught at several universities
in Mexico and also served as director of the Mexico City Center of
PROFMEX (a consortium for research on Mexico) and is currently on
their board of directors. He has been a member of educational committees
at COPARMEX (Mexican Business Association) and the American Chamber
of Commerce. Marmolejo has consulted for the Mexican Ministry of Education
(SEP) on issues related to administration and international initiatives.
Currently, he serves on the external advisory board of the Universidad
Autónoma de Nuevo León, UASLP and the Mexican Association
for International Education. Marmolejo holds an MBA from the Universidad
Autónoma de San Luis Potosí and has conducted doctoral
work at UNAM. |
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