As a first generation college graduate, Maria has dedicated her career to improving access to education for all learners. Currently she serves as Arizona State University's Senior Vice President for Strategy. She is responsible for enterprise-wide strategy and planning of new growth opportunities for ASU. Prior to this work, she was Vice Chancellor, Planning & Budget at UC, Riverside. There she managed an $800 million budget and oversaw campus-wide strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, institutional research and capital asset strategies. Ms. Anguiano has also served as a senior advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's, CFO of ed-tech start-up Minerva Project and held finance roles at Barclays Capital and Deloitte. She serves on the board of the UC Regents, KIPP Foundation, Campaign for College Opportunity, Foundry College, and the James Irvine Foundation. Ms. Anguiano holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business