President Fuentes

Career Highlights and Achievements

• PhD in Statistics from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Iowa 
• Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Department Head of the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University
• Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University
• Visiting Scientist or researcher at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Lucent Technologies and AT&T Bell Labs
• North Carolina State’s Equity of Women award, for major contributions to the equity and wellbeing of women (2013)
• Director of STATMOS (2011–2016), an NSF funded center created to promote multi-institutional and interdisciplinary research and training at the interface of Statistics, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, with 200 members and 21 affiliated institutions 
• Research grants from the National Science Foundation, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Editor for the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Applications and Case Studies, (JASA-ACS), among other scientific publications
• Medal of Distinguished Achievement by the American Statistical Association, Environmental Statistics Section for major statistical methodology contributions, leadership and mentoring roles (2017)
• National Academy of Sciences, participant in math, air quality and STEM committees

Awards

• Recognized for impact in the Austin community, reflected in the “Corazon Award” from Con Mi Madre
• President named “Power Player” from Austin Business Journal
• President named “Change Maker” from the Austin Woman Magazine

Board Service

2024 - Present Council of Independent Colleges Board of Directors 
2023 - Present Ascension Seton Board 
2023 - Present Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas Advisory Board 
2022 - Present National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) Committee on Student Aid 
2022 - Present Austin Community Foundation Board of Governors 
2022–2024 Frost Bank Advisory Board 
2021 - Present Catholic Cemetery Association of Austin 
2021 - Present The Austin Symphony Honorary Advisory Council 
2021 - Present Austin Area Research Organization (AARO) 
2021 - Present Assumption Cemetery Board of Directors (Chair) 
2021–2024 Ballet Austin Board of Directors 
2010–2011 US EPA. Science Advisory Board, Trichloroethylene (TCE) Panel 
2009–2015 National Children Study. iSMOC committee 
2007 Department of Justice. (U.S. v. American Electric Power)

Expert Witness and Consultant

2006–2007 US EPA. Ethylene Oxide Review Panel 
2005–2009 NIH. Member of the Biostatistical Methods and Research Design(BMRD) Study Section 
2004–2009 US EPA. Science Advisory Board Integrated Human Exposure Committee (second term)