Hispanic Serving Institution Implementation Team (2018-2019)
Angela R. Marquez Ph.D., Special Assistant to the President for HSI, Chair
Work Group 1 – Institutional Infrastructure
Eric Silva – TRiO Scholar Advisor, TRiO Student Support Services – Chair
Maria Akrabova, Ph.D. – Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages
Miguel Garza Wicker – Director of Digital Strategy
Evelynn Guzman de Leon – Student Retention Specialist, College Assistance Migrant Program
Sarah Harman – Executive Director, Office of University Effectiveness
Chalane Lechuga, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Department of Chicana/Chicano Studies
Adriana Nieto, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Department of Chicana/Chicano Studies
Braelin Pantel – Associate Vice President Student Engagement and Wellness / Dean of Students
M. Marina Pereira Ph.D. – Associate Dean, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Tisha Townsend – TRiO Scholar Advisor, TRiO Student Support Services
Steve Willich – Director, LGBTQ Student Resource Center
Jeremy VanHooser – Diversity Coordinator, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Work Group 1, Sub Group – Cultural Competence
Samantha Borrego – Advisor, College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences – Chair
Horacio Borja-Duran – Coordinator of Family, Spanish, and Special Programs, Roadways
Gregor Mieder – Coordinator, Immigrant Services Program
Brandi Scott – Associate Dean, Center for Equity and Student Achievement
Katherine Young, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Secondary K-12 Education, School of Education
Work Group 2 – PreK-12 Outreach
Cynthia Baron – Director, Center for Multicultural Excellence & Inclusion – Chair
Maria Bracamontes – Program Assistant, Department of Modern Languages
Tayla Dornbush, Ph.D. – Education Director, Center for Visual Art
Megan Hughes-Zarzo, Ph.D. – Director, Honors Program
Matthew Jenkins – Associate Professor, Integrated Media, Department of Art
Hsiu-Ping Liu, Ph.D. – Professor, Department of Biology and Director CO-AMP, Center for Advanced STEM
Carla Mirabelli – Director, Center for Urban Education and TRiO Upward Bound
Ambrosio Rodriguez-Hernandez – Admissions Counselor, Admissions
Luis Sandoval – Associate Director, Excel
Work Group 3 – Transfer & Enrollment Management
Tiffani Baldwin, Ph.D. – Coordinator of Transfer, Roadways – Co-Chair
Courtney Matsumoto – Program Coordinator, Advanced Manufacturing Sciences Institute – Co-Chair
Joshua Gabrielson – Associate Director of Admissions, Transfer Services
Laura Gorny, Ph.D. – State and Federal Reporting Specialist, Institutional Research
Bill Herman Ph.D. – Associate Dean, College of Business
Erin Hiltner – Associate Athletic Director for Student Services, Intercollegiate Athletics
Deborah A. Horan, Ph.D. – Chair and Professor, Elementary Education and Literacy, School of Education
Lori Kester – Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management
Jennifer Lampe – Transfer Evaluation Supervisor, Office of the Registrar
Connie Sanders – Interim Registrar, Office of the Registrar
Megan Scherzberg, Ph.D. – Director of Orientation, Transition and Retention, Roadways
Brandy Schooler – Prior Learning Specialist, Office of Registrar
Vaughn Toland – Executive Director, Admissions and Outreach, Admissions
Kim Williams – Associate Director, Advising Intervention Services
Work Group 4 – Financial Aid
Juan Gallegos – Assistant Director Center for Multicultural Excellence & Inclusion – Co-Chair
Thomas Hernandez – Associate Director, Financial Aid & Scholarships – Co-Chair
Michelle LeBoo – Associate Director, Financial Aid – Reporting and Communications
Ariadna Ochoa Magallanes – Specialist, Immigrant Services Program
Thad Spaulding – Executive Director, Financial Aid and Scholarships
Gwen Thompson – Senior Director of Development, University Advancement
Work Group 5 – Policy
Ally Garcia – Director, TRiO Student Support Services – Chair
Ramon Del Castillo, Ph.D. –Chair and Professor, Department of Chicana/Chicano Studies
Raquel Jimenez – Interim Director, College Assistance Migrant Program
Megan Jones – Policy Administrator, Office of General Counsel
Yadira Solis – Graduate Intern, College Assistance Migrant Program
Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Implementation Team, 2017-18
Working Group 1: Institutional Infrastructure
- Myron Anderson, Ph.D. – Associate to the President for Diversity
- Lori Kester – Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management
- Julie Lucas, – Sr. Director, Integrated Marketing and Communications
- Joshua Mackey, Ed – Director, Human Resources
- Chris Mancuso – Web Communications Manager
- Ned Muhovich, Ph.D. – Director, Advising Center
- Braelin Pantel – Associate Vice President, Student Engagement and Wellness
- Miriam Marina Pereira – Associate Dean, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
- Eric Silva – Assistant Director, First Year Success
- Chalene Lechuga, Ph.D. – Professor, Chicano Studies
- Steve Willich – Director of LGBTQ Student Resources Services
- Ellen Boswell – Director, Office of Institutional Research
Sub Group: Cultural Competence
- Samantha Borrego, (Chair) – Advisor, College of Letters Arts & Sciences
- Gregor Mieder – Coordinator, Immigrant Services
- Colleen Toomey – Equity Program Coordinator
- Tanya Greathouse – Lecturer, Social Work Department
- Xajes Martinez – Assistant Director LGBTQ Student Resource Services
- Katherine Young, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, School of Education
- Brandi Scott – Director, CESA
Working Group 2: Outreach to PreK-12 Schools
- Cynthia Baron – Associate Director, Learning Communities and First Year Success
- Patrick Fay – Assistant Director, Admissions
- Anthony Grant – Director, Athletics
- Megan Hughes-Zarzo – Director, Honors Program
- Matthew Jenkins – Assistant Professor, Art, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Carla Mirabelli – Director, Center for Urban Education
- Julie Reyes – Associate Director for Research, Center for Faculty Excellence
- Luis Sandoval – Pre-Collegiate Coordinator, Excel Program
Working Group 3: Transfer and Enrollment
- Evelyn Guzman – Coordinator, New Student Orientation (Co-chairs)
- Courtney Matsumoto – Coordinator, Advanced Manufacturing Sciences Institute (Co-chairs)
- Samantha Borrego – Advisor-College Letters, Arts, and Sciences
- Joshua Gabrielson – Assistant Director Transfer Services, Admissions
- Camilia Naranjo – Advising and Retention Coordinator, First Year Success
- Vaughn Toland – Executive Director, Admissions and Outreach
- Kim Williams – Associate Director, Academic Advising
- Tiffany Baldwin, Ph.D. – Coordinator of Transfer Student Success and Persistence
- Isaac Garcia – Colorado Challenge Counselor
- Connie Sanders – Graduate and Transfer Evaluator
Working Group 4: Financial Aid
- Thad Spaulding (Chair) – Deputy Director, Financial Aid and Scholarships
- Gerardo Ceballos – Pre-Collegiate Counselor, Excel Program
- Cynthia Hejl – Director, Financial Aid
- Michelle LeBoo – Associate Director, Financial Aid
- Gwen Thompson – Senior Director of Development
- Rey Hernandez – Julian, Ph.D. – Interim Associate Dean, College of Business
Subgroup: Financial Literacy
- Koreena Montoya, (chair) – Program Manager, Center for Urban Education
- Theresa Godinez, consultant – Associate Director, Financial Aid
- Ariadna Ochoa – Specialist Immigrant Services
- Debbie Magana – Associate Director of Student Academic Success Center
- Juan Gallegos – Brother to Brother Coordinator
- Hsiu-Ping Liu – Director and Associate Professor, Center for Advanced STEM Education, Biology
- Thomas Hernandez – Assoc. Director, Financial Aid and Scholarships
Working Group 5: Advocacy and Policy Development
- Allyson Garcia, (Chair) – Advisor, TRIO, Student Support Services
- Ramon Del Castillo – Chair and Professor, Chicano/a Studies Department, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Cathy Lucas – Chief of Staff, Associate to the President for Marketing and Communications
- Megan Jones – Business Intelligence
- Raquel Jimenez – CAMP Academic Advisor
- Alejandra Perez-Urkoski – Govt. Relations Manager, Marketing and Communications
Staff Resources
- Angela Marquez, Ph.D. – Special Assistant to President, HSI
- Esther Rodriguez – Consultant, Hispanic-Serving Institution
- Kari Talich – Business Intelligence Specialist, Team DELTA
- Morgan Swaney – Business Intelligence Specialist, Team DELTA
Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Implementation Team, 2016-17
Working Group Assignments
Working Group 1: Institutional Infrastructure
Myron Anderson, Associate to the President, Diversity
Lori Kester, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management (co-chair)
Julie Lucas, Sr. Director, Integrated Marketing and Communications
Joshua Mackey, Director, Human Resources
Matthew Makley, Associate Professor, History, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; President, Faculty Senate
Chris Mancuso, Web Communications Manager
Elizabeth Mendez-Shannon, Assistant Professor, Social Work, College of Professional Studies
Ned Muhovich, Director, Advising Center
Sean Nesbitt, Director, Facilities, Planning and Space Management
Braelin Pantel, Associate Vice President, Student Engagement and Wellness and Dean of Students (co-chair)
Miriam Marina Pereira, Associate Dean, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Eric Silva, Assistant Director, Learning Communities and First Year Success
Working Group 2: Outreach to PreK-12 Schools
Cynthia Baron, Associate Director, Learning Communities and First Year Success (chair)
Patrick Fay, Assistant Director, Admissions
Anthony Grant, Director, Athletics
Velveta Howell, Special Assistant to the President/Special Counsel for Diversity, Equal Opportunity and General Counsel
Megan Hughes-Zarzo, Director, Honors Program
Matthew Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Art, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Carla Mirabelli, Interim Director, Center for Urban Education
Luis Sandoval, Pre-Collegiate Coordinator, Excel Program
Brandi Scott, Director, TRIO Student Support Services
Working Group 3: Transfer and Enrollment
Samantha Borrego, Advisor-College Letters, Arts and Sciences
Ruth Chavez, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, College of Business
Joshua Gabrielson, Assistant Director Transfer Services, Admissions
Evelyn Guzman, Coordinator, New Student Orientation
Angela Marquez, Associate Director, Equal Employment Opportunity
Paula Martinez, Registrar
Courtney Matsumoto, Program Coordinator, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Mark Potter, Associate Vice President, Undergraduate Studies
Linda Stroup, Chair and Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Professional Studies
Vaughn Toland, Director, Admissions (chair)
Kimberly Williams, Associate Director, Academic Advising
Working Group 4: Financial Aid
John Burtness, President and Chief Executive Officer, MSU Denver Foundation (chair)
Gerardo Ceballos, Pre-Collegiate Counselor, Excel Program
Clayton Daughtrey, Associate Dean, College of Business
Theresa Godinez, Associate Director, Financial Aid
Cynthia Hejl, Director, Financial Aid
Michelle LeBoo, Associate Director, Scholarships
Hsiu-Ping Liu, Director and Associate Professor, Center for Advanced STEM Education, Biology
Koreena Montoya, Program Manager, Center for Urban Education
Jennifer Phou, Assistant Bursar, Enrollment Services
Working Group 5: Advocacy and Policy Development
Horacio Borja-Duran, Student, Family Outreach Programming Coordinator, First Year Success
Ramon Del Castillo, Chair and Professor, Chicano Studies Department, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Cathy Lucas, Chief of Staff, Associate to the President for Marketing and Communications
Loretta Martinez, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Trustees
Luis Torres, Deputy Provost, Academic Affairs – Retired (chair)
Staff Resources
Facilitator: Esther Rodriguez, Special Assistant to the President for HSI
Data Resource: Kari Talich, Business Intelligence Specialist, Team DELTA
(Last updated 01/20/16)
HSI Task Force Members, 2015
Esther Rodriguez, Director, Center for Urban Education, Co-Chair
Luis Torres, Deputy Provost, Co-Chair
Pre-Collegiate or K-12 Pipeline:
- Myron Anderson, Associate to the President for Diversity
- Cynthia Armendariz, Director, Excel Program (Pre-Collegiate and Retention)
- Susana Cordova, Chief of Schools Officer/Acting Superintendent, Denver Public Schools
- Vicki Leal, Interim Director of Data Management, Enrollment Services
- Hsui Ping Liu, Director Center for Advanced STEM Education (Summer Science Scholars), Colorado Alliance for Minority Participation, Associate Professor, Biology
- Michelle Pacheco, Assistant Director, Admissions, Office of Admissions
- Ron Ramirez, Board Member, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (MSU Denver Alumni)
- Luis Rivas, Associate Professor, English, Co-PI, CAMP (College Assistance Migrant Program)
- Gabriela Rodriguez, Student, Intercultural Communications
Transfer/Adult/Military Veterans
- Michelle Brown, Associate Director of Admissions, Nontraditional and Readmits, Veterans
- Leroy Chavez, Director, Veterans Upward Bound
- Clayton Daughtrey, Associate Dean, College of Business
- Joshua Gabrielson, Assistant Director, Admissions/Transfer Services, Office of Admissions
- Rudy Gonzales, Executive Director, Servicios de la Raza
- Elizabeth Parmelee, Director, Center for Individualized Learning
- Bethy Tessema, Admissions Counselor, Office of Admissions
- Adriann Wycoff, Associate Professor, Chicano(a) Studies, Co-PI, CAMP (College Assistance Migrant Program)
Retention of Existing MSU Denver Students
- Cynthia Baron, Associate Director, First Year Success
- Carla Castillo, Advisor, Colorado Challenge Program
- Ramon Del Castillo, Chair and Professor, Chicano (a) Studies, Co-Chair, Equity in Excellent
- Curtis Esquibel, Director, Denver College Attainment Network (DenverCAN)
- Cesiah Guadarrama-Trejo, Student, Political Science
- Perla Gheiler, Director, Strategic Initiatives and Outreach, Marketing and Communications
- Theresa Godinez, Associate Director, Financial Aid and Scholarships, Office of Financial Aid
- Sandra Haynes, Dean, College of Professional Studies
- Abigail Jimenez, Student, Biology (major), Chemistry (minor)
- Lunden MacDonald, Director, First Year Success, Co-Chair, Equity in Excellence
- Elizabeth Mendez Shannon, Assistant Professor, Social Work
- Mark Potter, Associate Vice President, Undergraduate Studies
Staff and Ex-Oficio
Ellen Boswell, Director, Office of Institutional Research
Samantha Kalinowski, Assistant Director, Office of Institutional Research
Stella Todd, Associate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Office Contact
Manuel Del Real, Ph.D.
Executive Director of HSI Initiatives and Inclusion
Office StaffCampus Location:
Jordan Student Success Building (JSSB) 440
890 Auraria Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 173362
Campus Box 1
Denver, CO 80217-3362