Elsa Macias (eemacias@usc.edu) is the Director of Professional Development at the Center for Urban Education (CUE). Her areas of research include academic leadership and organizational change in urban colleges and universities, minority access to higher education, and educational technology. In her role at CUE she directs action research projects to improve equity in educational outcomes for minority students in post-secondary institutions. Prior to joining USC, she worked as a Senior Research Associate at the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. Dr. Macias has served in an advisory capacity to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and regularly briefs elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels.