UC Chicano/Latino Advisory Council (CLAC)

The UC Chicano/Latino Advisory Council meets the university's goals of inclusive excellence by cultivating a thriving Chicano/Latino presence on all ten campuses.

The Council provides input to UC leadership on how to address the lack of representation by Chicanos/Latinos in senior faculty and staff positions. It also recommends strategies for improving rates of success among Chicano/Latino students along the educational pipeline. The Council identifies the most significant barriers to expanding the presence of Chicano/Latino students, faculty and staff at UC. Those barriers stand in the way of UC's goal of becoming a national model of Chicano/Latino leadership in higher education. The council is convened by the Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and comprises senior staff and faculty from all UC campuses.

The UC Chicano/Latino Advisory Council guides the President and the Provost on varius matters, including:

Pathways to leadership positions for Chicano/Latino faculty, administrators and students
Preparation, access, recruitment and retention of Chicano/Latino undergraduate and graduate students
Efforts to diversify UC faculty and staff

The Council also provides guidance and expertise to state, national and community education leaders and stakeholders about issues affecting the advancement of UC's Chicano/Latino community members.

Membership

The Council comprises two representatives (one staff and one faculty member) from each UC campus, along with two ad hoc student leader representatives and one alumni representative, nominated and selected annually by Council members. These positions are held for two-year terms with the possibility of reappointment. Member appointments are approved by the vice provost for equity, diversity and inclusion. Co-chairs are elected by the full council.

Campus	Name and title
Berkeley	Gina Garcia Professor for the School of Education Elisa Diana Huerta Director, Center for Educational Justice and Community Engagement
Davis	Luis Carvajal-Carmona Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity Pablo Reguerin Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Irvine	Frances Contreras Dean, School of Education Stephanie Reyes-Tuccio Assistant Vice Chancellor, Educational Partnerships at the Center for Educational Partnerships
UCLA	Sylvia Hurtado Professor of Education Carina Salazar Executive Director for Career and Immersive Experiences
Merced	Orquidea Largo Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Outreach Officer Rudy Ortiz Professor, Molecular Cell Biology
Riverside	Louie Rodriguez Vice Provost and Dean, Division of Undergraduate Education & Professor of Education Elizabeth Romero Assistant Vice Chancellor, Government and Community Relations
San Diego	Gilberto Mosqueda Professor of Structural Engineering Frank Silva Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff, Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
San Francisco	James Rouse Associate Director of Operations, Family Community Medicine Alicia Fernandez Professor and Associate Dean of Population Health and Health Equity in the School of Medicine
Santa Barbara	Cuca Acosta Associate Director of Admissions Ines Casillas Professor of Chicano Studies and Director of the Chicano Studies Institute
Santa Cruz	Judith Estrada Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Juan Poblete Professor, Literature Department, Spanish Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and Member, HSI Task Force
Office of the President	Cynthia Davalos Associate Vice President, Graduate, Undergraduate and Equity Affairs Claudia Martinez Associate Vice Provost, Educator Programs and CA Subject Matter Project Patricia Osorio-O'Dea Director, Academic Program Coordination Arnold Sanchez Ordaz Assistant Director, Educator Programs Alejandro Sandoval Project Policy Analyst, Educator Programs
Alumni Representative	Taty Aguilera Co-Chair for the UC Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association Lupe Gallegos-Diaz Director, Chicanx Latinx Academic Student Development Center Co-Director, Latinxs and the Environment Initiative

Leadership

Vice Chancellors for Equity and Inclusion

Advisory councils, special work groups and affinity groups

President’s Native American Advisory Council

UC Black Administrators' Council (UCBAC)

UC Chicano/Latino Advisory Council (CLAC)

Racial Justice Statement from CLAC

The UC Chicano/Latino Advisory Council (CLAC) joins the many voices demanding a world in which Black lives matter — in both words and practice.

Read the full statement (PDF)