People Type: External Advisory Board

David Asai is a former senior director for Science Education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), where he served from 2008 to 2024. Prior to joining HHMI, Asai was on the faculty at Purdue University, where he served as Head of Biological Sciences, and then at Harvey Mudd College, where he was Stuart Mudd …

Dr. Aaron Brower was the Executive Director for UW Extended Campus and the Senior Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin System until summer 2023, when he retired. From 2012 to 2018, Brower served as Provost of UW-Extension (and Interim Chancellor of UW Colleges and UW-Extension in 2014). UWEX has a …

Nora Domínguez is president emeritus of the International Mentoring Association, director of the Mentoring Institute, and a professional consultant at the University of New Mexico (UNM), with more than 25 years of experience developing financial and learning strategies to improve organizational and individual performance. Domínguez earned her bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the National Autonomous …

Deborah Faye Carter is an associate professor of Higher Education at the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. Deborah received her bachelor’s in Sociology and Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her master’s and PhD in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. From 1997 to 2004, Carter worked as …

Dr. Diana Hess is a professor of the UW–Madison School of Education Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She previously served as Dean for the UW–Madison School of Education. Hess also previously served as senior vice president of the Spencer Foundation in Chicago. The organization funds research to improve education policy and practice. Since 1997, Hess …