Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities selects Suzanne Rivera, CWRU’s vice president for research and technology management, as one of 24 fellows for prominent leadership development academy
Suzanne Rivera, vice president for research and technology management at Case Western Reserve University, is one of 24 fellows the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) has selected for its inaugural Presidential Leadership Academy, La Academia de Liderazgo—a program designed to increase Hispanic representation in presidential positions in higher education.
Fellows will participate in an array of development activities to prepare them for leadership roles in higher education, with a focus on leadership positions within Hispanic-serving institutions. The one-year fellowship program includes three seminars, staggered from October 2019 through late spring or summer 2020, and the development of a special project designed to have an impact at the fellow’s current institution.
“It is an extraordinary honor to have been selected for this program,” Rivera said. “I’m deeply grateful to President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III for supporting my candidacy, and I am looking forward with great excitement to meeting the other inaugural fellows—all of whom are incredibly accomplished leaders in higher education.”
HACU, founded in 1986 and headquartered in San Antonio with a mission of championing Hispanic success in higher education, represents more than 500 colleges and universities in the United States, Latin America and Spain and in school districts throughout the U.S.
At Case Western Reserve, Rivera oversees a research enterprise exceeding $400 million annually, including the offices responsible for research development, grant proposal review and contract negotiation, regulatory compliance and scientific integrity, post-award financial management and reporting, innovation and entrepreneurship and technology commercialization.
Rivera, who sits on the President’s Council and is a key advisor to the provost, also directs the university-wide research strategic plan and promotes interdisciplinary academic programs. She also is an associate professor of bioethics at the School of Medicine. Her research has focused on the ethical, legal and social implications of research using human biospecimens.
Rivera previously served on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Human Studies Review Board. She serves as co-principal investigator on a grant from the Cleveland Foundation to build an Internet of Things Collaborative in partnership with Cleveland State University and is a member of two other grant-funded project teams: one concerns the ethical implications of biobanking human specimens and the other involves building capacity in Uganda for oversight of human research protections. Rivera also is engaged in efforts to establish relationships between United States and Cuban universities to promote research collaborations.
Rivera initiated the university’s first Hispanic Heritage Month celebration and serves on the board of Esperanza Inc., which works to improve the academic achievement of Hispanic high school students in Greater Cleveland and encourage their enrollment in college. She also supports the university’s Hispanic students through their cultural group, La Alianza, and is the executive sponsor of Alianza Latina/Latino Alliance, the faculty and staff cultural resource group.
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