UC Chicanx/Latinx Leadership Summit

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• Event description
• Agenda

Event description

December 2, 2025 — Virtual via Zoom

Join your colleagues for one day of virtual connection, joy and comunidad!

The UC Chicano/Latino Advisory Council is pleased to invite you to join the 6th Annual Chicanx/Latinx Leadership Summit, which will take place virtually. The summit is an annual meeting where faculty and staff come together and use their collective knowledge to identify systemwide challenges and opportunities affecting the Latinx community. This year’s theme is Leadership in Action: Building on the Past, Leading Today, Inspiring Tomorrow. 

Point of Contact: Arnold Sanchez Ordaz

Agenda

Open Zoom and overview of the day
8:30–9:05 a.m.

Presenter: Cuca Acosta, Director of Admissions and Chair of Strengthening Opportunities for Latinx, UC Santa Barbara

Introduction to Vice Chancellor Jeffrey Stewart
9:05–9:10 a.m.

Presenter: D. Inés Casillas, Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies and Director of the Chicano Studies Institute, UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara Welcome
9:10–9:20 a.m.

Presenter: Jeffrey Stewart, Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UC Santa Barbara

UC Welcome
9:20–9:30 a.m.

Presenter: James B. Milliken, President, University of California

Keynote
9:30–10 a.m.

Presenter: José Hernandez, UC Regent

An Examination of Latinx Leadership Across the UC System
10–10:30 a.m.

Presenter: Frances Contreras, Professor of Education and former Dean, UC Irvine

Break
10:30–10:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions
10:45–11:50 a.m.

Staff Session

Moderator: Elizabeth Romero, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Governmental & Community Relations, UC Riverside

Grounded Hope: Practicing Care and Clarity Amid Institutional Change

Panelists:

• Stephanie Reyes-Tuccio, Vice Provost for Educational and Community Partnerships, UC Irvine
• Joaquin Becerra, Dean of Students, UC Santa Barbara
• Patricia Osorio-O’Dea, Director and Deputy to the Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs and Academic Programs, UC Office of the President
• Pablo G. Reguerín, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, UC Davis

Faculty session

Moderator: Sylvia Hurtado, Distinguished Professor, UCLA

Moving Faculty into UC Leadership Roles

Panelists:

• Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Hitchcock Dean of the Graduate Division, Chancellor’s Professor, UC Berkeley
• Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Director of the Center for Reimagining Leadership, UC Santa Cruz
• Adriana Galván, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education, Professor of Psychology, UCLA

Break
11:50 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Awards and Closing Remarks
12:15–12:30 p.m.

Presenters:

• Judith Estrada, Director of Educational Programs for the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UC Santa Cruz
• Veronica Fematt, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Director, UC Santa Barbara