The LTI Advisory Board serves and advises on high-impact strategy, policies, and programming that intersect with serving as an important stakeholder and advisory body to the Latinx Thriving Initiatives and the broader Thriving Initiatives.
The LTI Advisory Board builds on the legacy of the Chicanx/Latinx Standing Committee, and we thank everyone, past and present, who has advocated for and contributed to Berkeley’s efforts to better serve its Latine students, faculty, and staff.
The Latinx Thriving Advisory Board is responsible for:
- Advising the Latinx Thriving Initiatives constituents including the LTI Director of Organizational Transformation and LTI Faculty Director. Additionally, the Advisory Board will engage and consult with stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners as needed.
- Advise on recommendations that may bear upon the success of LTI.
- Serve as change agents and ambassadors to contribute to the efforts in their respective control units as appropriate to their respective roles.
- Provide endorsements and elevate meaningful programming and messaging that moves our campus towards Thriving.
- Develop and propose new charge ideas and initiatives in line with the Thriving priorities.
- Provide greater collaboration and cohesion amongst Latinx-focused and related entities on campus to promote synergy and to mitigate duplication of efforts.
- Support academic program accountability by providing guidance and feedback and serving as partners in research and community collaborations.
Meeting Schedule
- September 10, 2024 from 11am-12:30pm: LTI Advisory Kick-Off
- September 17, 2024 from 10-11am: LTI Advisory Board Meeting
- October 15, 2024 from 10-11am: LTI Advisory Board Meeting
- November 19, 2024 from 10-11am: LTI Advisory Board Meeting
- December 17, 2024 from 10-11am: LTI Advisory Board Meeting
- February 18, 2025 from 10-11am: LTI Advisory Board Meeting
- March 18, 2025 from 10-11am: LTI Advisory Board Meeting
- April 15, 2025 from 10-11am: LTI Advisory Board Meeting
- May 20, 2025 from 10-11am: LTI Advisory Board Meeting
LTI Advisory Board Roster
| Name | Pronouns | Community Representative | Title |
| Liliana Iglesias | she/her | Tri Chair & Director for Latinx Thriving Initiatives |
Director of Organizational Transformation, Latinx Thriving Initiatives Assistant Director, CE3 Frosh Programs Director, Undocumented Student Program |
| Lupe Gallegos-Diaz | she/her/ella | Tri Chair & Director, Chicanx Latinx Academic Student Development Office (CLSD); Past CLSC Co-chair | Director, Chicanx Latinx Academic Student Development Office (CLSD) Lecturer, Chicano Latino Studies Program/Ethnic Studies Department Co-Founder/Director, Latinxs and the Environment Program Co-Chair, UC Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association |
| Dr. Gina Ann Garcia | she/her | Tri Chair & Faculty Director, Latinx Thriving Initiatives |
Professor, Berkeley School of Education |
| Monica Garcia | she/her/ella | Staff to Committee | Manager, Stategic Initiatives & Projects - Thriving. Division for the Equity & Inclusion |
| Aurora Ortiz | she/her | University Health Services LTI Subcommittee | Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at UC Berkeley |
| Carmen Varela | Disabled Students' Program | Executive Director, Disabled Students' Program | |
| Cruz Grimaldo | Financial Aid, Scholarship - Affordability | Associate Vice Chancellor Financial Aid and Scholarships & Cal Student Central | |
| Evelyn Rojo | she/her/ella | Chicanx Latinx Student Development/ Latinx Student Resource Office, Past CLSC Member | Assistant Director Chicanx Latinx Student Development (CLSD) Office Centers for Educational Justice and Community Engagement Campus Climate, Community Engagement and Transformation |
| Harumi (Quinones) Austria | At-large member; past CLSC member | Director of Student Services Department of Psychology |
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| Johnny Morales Arellano | Alianza | Graduate Student Advising and Visiting Scholars Program | |
| Jonathan Franco | he/him/his/el | Undergraduate ASUC Rep | Latine Community Endorsed Senator |
| Jose Aguilar | Graduate Assembly Rep | Graduate Assembly Rep | |
| Julian Ledesma | he/him | Student Equity and Inclusion/ Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence |
Assistant Vice Chancellor (Interim) and Executive Director |
| Dr. Kurt Organista | Interim LRC Chair | Professor and Harry & Riva Specht Chair in Publicly Supported Social Services School of Social Welfare |
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| Dr. Lorena Oropeza | she/her | Chicanx/Latinx Studies - Director | Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies |
| Maggie Landeros | UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association; past CLSC Member | College of Education Department of Graduate Education Assistance Professor Cal State East Bay Alumni, B.A., Psychology and Sociology and a Minor in Education |
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| Marisella Rodriguez | she/her/hers | Center for Teaching & Learning | Inclusive Teaching Manager Center for Teaching and Learning |
| Martha Chavez | she/her | Graduate Division | Assistant Dean of Graduate Diversity |
| Michael Rodriguez Munoz | Latinx Faculty Association (LFA) | Associate Professor, Sociology | |
| Vicky Plaut | she/her | Vice Provost for Faculty | Vice Provost for the Faculty; Claire Sanders Clements Dean's Professor of Law; Director, Culture, Diversity & Intergroup Relations Lab |
Ex-Officio Members
| Lisa Garcia Bedolla | she/her/ella | Former Co-Chair for Latinx Thriving Initiative Steering Committee | Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division | lgarciab@berkeley.edu |
| Fabrizio Mejia | he/him | Former Co-Chair for Latinx Thriving Initiative Steering Committee | Acting Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion | fmejia@berkeley.edu |
| Elisa Diana Huerta | they/them/elle | Thriving Initiative Lead; Member of Latinx Thriving Initiative Steering Committee | Associate Vice Chancellor, Community Engagement & Transformative Care |
elisahuerta@berkeley.edu |
| Oliver O'Reilly | he/him | Member of Latinx Thriving Initiative Steering Committee | Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education | oreilly@berkeley.edu |
LTI Student Advisory Committee
The LTI Student Advisory Committee will be launching soon and once that happens, a few students from this committee will serve as representatives on the LTI Advisory Board. More information on the LTI Student Advisory Committee coming soon.