Lorelle L. Espinosa

Lorelle L. Espinosa serves as assistant vice president for American Council on Education's (ACE) Center for Policy Research and Strategy, where she is responsible for the codevelopment and management of the center's research agenda, which focuses on issues of diversity and equity in twenty-first century higher education, public finance and higher education systems, and transformational leadership. Espinosa has served the higher education profession for nearly 20 years, beginning in student affairs and undergraduate education at the University of California, Davis, Stanford University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to ACE, she served as a senior analyst at Abt Associates, Inc., and as director of policy and strategic initiatives for the Institute for Higher Education Policy.