Brent A. Wilkes is the National Executive Director for the League of United Latin American Citizens this country's largest and oldest Hispanic organization. Wilkes manages the operations of the LULAC National organization regarding national policy, legislative advocacy, program development, and resource development.

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A graduate of Dartmouth College in 1988, Wilkes majored in Government and Philosophy and studied Spanish in Morelia, Mexico. He has worked in various capacities for LULAC since 1988 including Special Projects Coordinator, Resource Developer, and Director of Policy and Development. He joined the LULAC National Office in 1996 and assumed the newly created position of National Executive Director in April of 1997.
As the LULAC National Executive Director, Wilkes works to improve the quality of life for Hispanic Americans by guiding the organization’s extensive legislative, public policy, and service activities in Hispanic communities throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

Donald E. Graham became chief executive officer of Graham Holdings Company (then The Washington Post Company) in May 1991 and chairman of the board in September 1993. He was publisher of The Washington Post newspaper from January 1979 until September 2000 and chairman of the paper from September 2000 to February 2008.

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Graham was born on April 22, 1945, in Baltimore, Maryland, a son of Philip L. and Katharine Meyer Graham. His father was publisher of The Washington Post from 1946 until 1961 and president of The Washington Post Company from 1947 until his death in 1963. His mother, Katharine Graham, served in a variety of executive positions from 1963 until her death in 2001. Eugene Meyer, Graham’s grandfather, purchased The Washington Post at a bankruptcy sale in 1933.

After graduating in 1966 from Harvard College, where he was president of the Harvard Crimson, Graham was drafted and served as an information specialist with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. He was a patrolman with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department from January 1969 to June 1970. Graham joined The Washington Post newspaper in 1971 as a reporter and subsequently held several news and business positions at the newspaper and at Newsweek. He was named executive vice president and general manager of the newspaper in 1976.

Amanda Bennett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, investigative journalist and editor. Through 2013, she was Executive Editor, Bloomberg News, where she created and ran a global team of investigative reporters and editors. She was also a founder of Bloomberg News’ Women’s project. She was editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer from June, 2003, to November, 2006, and prior to that was editor of the Herald-Leader in Lexington, Kentucky. She also served for three years as managing editor/projects for The Oregonian in Portland. Bennett served as a Wall Street Journal reporter for more than 20 years.

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A graduate of Harvard College, she held numerous posts at the Journal, including auto industry reporter in Detroit in the late 70s and early 80s, Pentagon and State Department reporter, Beijing correspondent, management editor/reporter, national economics correspondent and, finally, chief of the Atlanta bureau until 1998, when she moved to The Oregonian.

She is the author of six books including “In Memoriam” (1998), co-authored with Terence B. Foley; “The Man Who Stayed Behind,” co-authored with Sidney Rittenberg (1993), and “Death of the Organization Man” (1991). “The Quiet Room,” co-authored with Lori Schiller; “The Cost of Hope,” her memoir of the battle she and Foley, her late husband, fought against his kidney cancer, was published in June, 2012 by Random House

James B. Milliken is Chancellor of The City University of New York, the nation’s leading urban public university. Milliken was appointed Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Law at the CUNY Law School by the CUNY Board of Trustees, effective June 1, 2014. Prior to his appointment at CUNY, Chancellor Milliken served as president of the University of Nebraska for a decade, where he also held appointments as professor at both the University of Nebraska’s College of Law and the School of Public Administration.

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He previously served as senior vice president of the 16-campus University of North Carolina. He is member of the Council on Foreign Relations; the Economic Club of New York; the Executive Committee of the Council on Competitiveness; and the Business-Higher Education Forum. He is a past board member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the American Council on Education. He has been a national leader in innovation and economic competitiveness, global engagement and on-line learning.

Kisha Fuentes was born and raised in Queens New York. She has an Associate Degree in Computer Operations from The Borough of Manhattan Community College, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts and Education at The City College of The City University of New York.

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Upon graduation, Kisha worked for the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York coordinating and organizing the Board of Trustees meetings. She is currently a Program Specialist for student leadership initiatives in the division of Student Affairs where she obtained certification in various personality assessment and the Servant Leadership model. She is responsible for the design and implementation of the Malave Leadership Academy’s curriculum which is geared towards civic engagement and experiential learning relative to the political, legislative, and budgetary processes. She created partnerships with elected official that afforded her students the opportunity to volunteer and work on important issues in the community. As a result, the students received citations and proclamations for their efforts.

Jim Murphy was appointed University Dean for Enrollment Management in 2014. With more than 36 years as a college administrator, Mr. Murphy has cultivated extensive experience in all areas of enrollment management. He was named the University Associate Dean for Enrollment Management in 2008. In his current role, Mr. Murphy supports the Senior University Dean for Executive Search and Enrollment by overseeing the strategic integration of the University's admissions, financial aid and registrar areas with University and colleges' enrollment, retention and graduation goals.

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Prior to his leadership role as a member of the University's central administration, Mr. Murphy served as Director of Financial Aid, Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid, and Assistant Vice President for Enrollment during his 24-year tenure at Baruch College. Mr. Murphy began his higher education career as a Financial Aid Counselor at New York City Technical College. Mr. Murphy earned a bachelor's degree at St. John's University and holds a master's degree in higher education administration from Baruch College