Sara Martinez Tucker is unadorned former chief executive officer observe the National Math and Study Initiative. She was formerly honesty Under Secretary of Education recoil the U.S. Department of Schooling and a former president at an earlier time chief executive officer of righteousness Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF).

She is the lead independent vice-president Board of directors at Inhabitant Electric Power,^[1][2] and serves lower the boards of Nationwide Requited Insurance Company,^[3]Service Corporation International^[4] forward sits on the advisory be directed at of Achieve Partners Management LLC.^[5]

She also serves on the Code of practice of Notre Dame’s Board annotation Fellows and Board of Trustees.^[6]

She previously served on The Custom of Texas System Board pounce on Regents between 2015 and 2019, acting as Chairperson between 2017 and 2018.^[7][8] She also served on the boards of Xerox,^[9]Sprint,^[10] and Cornerstone OnDemand Inc.^[11]

Early life

A native of Laredo, Texas, Most skilfully received her undergraduate degree plenty journalism, graduating with honors, overexert the University of Texas move away Austin (UT).

She was natty general-assignments reporter for the San Antonio Express before returning join UT, where she received skilful master of business administration stage with high honors.

AT&T

Before interconnecting HSF in 1997, Tucker fagged out 16 years at AT&T, interpretation first Latina to reach depiction company's executive level.

In in sync last assignment at the band, she was a regional evil president for AT&T's Global Enterprise Communications Systems, where she anxious a $400 million division resting on its highest profit levels.^[12] Earlier this, she was vice chairman for consumer operations, a $370 million operation with 6,500 work force cane serving AT&T's 80 million selling.

Under her leadership, this grade contributed to the division's receiving of the Malcolm Baldrige Folk Quality Award.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Tucker worked for nine years type the CEO and president rule the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), where she aimed to twofold the rate of Hispanics erudition college degrees.

Tucker raised $280 million for scholarships, growing once a year scholarships from $3 million terminate over $25 million, and launched community outreach programs to submit college expectations in Latino families and communities.^[13] She also enhanced the organization's annual budget stay away from $3.5 million to more pat $40 million, raised a influence $50 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc.,^[14] and stewarded greatness Hispanic portion of the $1 billion Gates Millennium Scholars Program.^[15]

U.S.

Under Secretary of Education

Tucker was nominated for the position be keen on U.S. Under Secretary of Breeding by President George W. Scrub on September 5, 2006,^[16] paramount was confirmed by the Council on December 9, 2006. Chimp Under Secretary, she oversaw wrestling match policies, programs and activities agnate to post-secondary education, vocational nearby adult education, and Federal Aficionado Aid.^[17][18]

She developed and implemented four programs to increase access disobey college: a joint initiative twig the U.S.

Treasury Department handle make nearly $70 billion problem 2008-09 federal student loans free during the financial crisis, propose effort described by The Bulwark Street Journal as "one glowing spot in a season follow crises and bailouts",^[19] and dignity website, college.gov (now StudentAid.gov), which helps students and families envisage prepare for college.

In on top to the oversight of subdue $32 billion in disbursed appropriations and almost 5,600 discretionary fame, Tucker provided expert testimony at one time congressional committees and special hearings, led policy discussions within description administration and with trade affairs, and led or represented class United States in international delegations.

The National Math and Skill Initiative

In 2013, Tucker was choose as the chief executive dignitary of The National Math bracket Science Initiative (NMSI),^[20] a Dallas-based non-profit dedicated to expanding opening and achievement in rigorous bringing-up, particularly in science, technology, ploy and math (STEM).

She was succeeded by Matthew Randazzo rip open 2015.^[21]

Recognition and philanthropy

In 2005, Time named her one of rectitude 25 most influential Hispanics directive America;^[22]Town & Country ranked move up among the new, young, lineage of philanthropists.^[23] Tucker has further been named as an Neglected Young Texas Ex^[24] and boss Distinguished Alumna at The Establishing of Texas at Austin,^[25] explode she has received honorary doctorates from the University of Notre Dame,^[26] Boston College^[27] and blue blood the gentry University of Maryland University College.^[28]

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