Maria Chávez-Haroldson ’20 (GSLC, PhD) was recently elected Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees for Oregon State University. She began her service, appointed by Oregon Governor Brown and confirmed by the state Senate in 2021. Chávez-Haroldson is an international/national trainer, and her work focuses on organizational development, which is built upon equitable, diverse, and inclusive (EDI) practices.
Her doctoral research focused on the lived experiences of LatinX Diversity Champions in higher education and how they access their cultural values as key foundations for their leadership in a predominately white male-led academic world.
Learn more about Chávez-Haroldson and read her dissertation LatinX Diversity Officers in Higher Education: Capacitating Cultural Values as Champions of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion here.
