Name: Amy Diaz
Job Title: President
Institution: GateWay Community College (AZ)
Since: 2023
Previous Positions: Vice President Academic Affairs (2 years); Instructional Dean (2 years), Maricopa County Community College District/GateWay Community College; Vice President Student Affairs (12 years), Dean of Students (2 years), Director (8 years), Counselor (6 years), Rock Valley College.
Affiliations and/or Boards: National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) Board, Member (since 2024); Unmudl Futures Council (Advisory Board), Current Chair (since 2023); Member (since 2021)
State Engagement: Valley of the Sun YMCA Metro (State) Board, Member (since 2023); Multiple state-level commissions and leadership positions held in Illinois through ICCB (2004-2015).
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2026 (registered), 2025, 2024, 2023; WDI-2024.
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: AACC Commission on Research and Community College Trends and Issues, Member (since 2023); AACC New CEO Academy, Participant, Spring 2024; AACC New CEO Academy, CEO Panelist, Spring 2025; AACC Competencies for Community College Presidents, Reviewer Participant, Spring 2022.
Education: EdD, Educational Psychology, Northern Illinois University; MSEd, Counseling for Student Development in Higher Education, Northern Illinois University; BA, Secondary Math Education, University of Iowa
Other: League of Innovation’s Executive Leadership Institute Participant (2018); Aspen Presidential Fellow (2023); AFIT Member (since 2022); HLC Peer Reviewer (since 2018); NSF Grant Reviewer (since 2022); Presenter at multiple national conferences (AACC, League, NACCE, AI for Good Global Summit) within the past 4 years.