Meet Kasey Urquídez

Kasey Urquídez

Candidate for Board Director

Vice President, Enrollment Management & Dean, Undergraduate Admissions
University of Arizona

NACAC

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ACAC

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

College Board: Colloquium Conference Committee: Member, 2022 – present
College Board: Committee on Membership: Member, 2021 – present
Arizona Women in Higher Education: Immediate Past Chair, 2021 – 22; Board Chair, 2020 – 21, Vice-Chair, 2019 – 20, Board Member, 2017 – 19
Metropolitan Education Commission: Commissioner, 2010 – 22; Chair, 2013 – 15; Vice-Chair, 2011 – 13; Commissioner, 2010, 2016 – 22
College Board: Board of Trustees: Member 2017 –21
Women’s Foundation of the State of Arizona, Board of Trustees: Member 2016 – present; Vice-Chair, 2021- present; Governance Chair, 2019 – 21; Marketing Chair, 2017 – 19
Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education, Commissioner: Appointed by Arizona Governor Ducey, 2015 -21
College Board Guidance and Admission Assembly Council: Member, 2011 –14
College Board National Advisory Committee: Native American Student Advocacy Institute: Member, 2008-11
College Board National Forum Program Planning Committee: Member, 2010 – 11

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: Vice President, Enrollment Management & Dean, Undergraduate Admissions, 2014-present; Assistant/Associate Vice President, Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, 2010-2014; Assistant Dean, Admissions & Director, Recruitment, 2007-2010; Coordinator/Assistant Director/Senior Associate Director, Recruitment, 2004-2007; Program Coordinator, College of Education, 2001-2004; Director, New Student Orientation & Recruitment Programs, 1995-2001; Academic Advisor, 1994-1995

EDUCATION

Ed.D. Northern Arizona University, Educational Leadership; Dissertation: “Access and First-Year Retention of Low-Income Latino and Native American Students in Higher Education,” Flagstaff, AZ
M.Ed. The University of Arizona, Teaching and Teacher Education, Tucson, AZ
M.A. Chapman University, Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Orange, CA
B.S. The University of Arizona, Family and Consumer Resources, Family Studies, Tucson, AZ

AWARDS

Outstanding Community College/University Advocate award from the Metropolitan Education Commission: Recipient, 2022
Greek Hall of Fame Inductee by Order of Omega: Recipient, 2021
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award: Recipient, 2015
Tucson’s 40 under 40 Award: Recipient, 2014
Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things, Eller College of Management: Honoree, 2014
Inclusive Excellence Team Award, Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, Recruitment and Retention: Recipient, 2014
Billy Joe Varney Award for Excellence, The University of Arizona: Recipient, 2010

PRESENTATION & PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

2023 College Admissions Decoded NACAC Podcast: A Guide for Students with Learning Differences to Applying, Choosing, and Thriving in College
2021 Texas, Rocky Mountain, Great Plains ACAC Super conference: Supporting & Empowering Women in the Counseling Profession
2021 Eduventures: Webinar Panelist: Lessons Learned from Recruitment Season, Key Takeaways to Take into Yield Season
2020 NACAC’s Chief Enrollment Management Officers’ Forum: Serving Diverse Student Populations Now and Into the Future
2020 Webinar Panelist: College Enrollment and Access in the Age of Crisis, Chronicle of Higher Education
2019 College Board National Forum: #UAFamily – Engaging and Recruiting Campus Employees and Their Families
2019 Admissions, Race & Identity Conference: Training to Avoid Implicit Bias, Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice (CERPP)
2018 Prepárate: Educating Latinos for the Future of America Conference: #HSI – Enhancing our “Servingness” to Meet the Needs of the Community
2017 Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education’s Human Capital Conference: Creating a Diverse and Inclusive University Strategy for Enrollment Across Modalities
2017 ACT Enrollment Planners Conference: Living the Lifecycle: Why & how to integrate recruitment, student success and advancement