Advisory Committee

These ten members serve on the Center on English Language Proficiency Advisory Council for 2025-2026.

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Alfredo Artiles

Ph.D.

Director, Research Institute in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University

Angelica Infante-Green

M.A.

Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education

Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos

Ph.D.

Executive Director, Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education

Diep Nguyen

Ph.D.

President and CEO, Center for Applied Linguistics

Dina Castro

Ph.D.

Director, Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being at Boston University

Jenni Torres

Ed.D.

Executive Director, WIDA

Tommy Chang

Ed.D.

CEO, New Teacher Center

Ilana Umansky

Ph.D.

Associate Professor, College of Education, University of Oregon

Ayanna C. Cooper

Ed.D.

Director, Institute Founder, A1 Cooper Consulting, Adjunct Faculty member at Howard University

Paulina Yourupi-Sandy

M.A.

Systems Transformation Grant  Coordinator 
Dept. of Education 
Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia