Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership Board Selected Dr. Josefina Castillo Baltodano as Presidential Sponsor

Josefina Castillo Baltodano assumed office as the 12th president of Marian College on July 1^st, 2006. Marian College is a premier applied liberal arts college in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.Dr. Baltodano brought to Marian multifaceted higher educational leadership experience as a successful administrator, trustee and faculty member. She came to Marian from Alliant International University in California, where she was executive vice president.

From 1980 to 2006, Dr. Baltodano served at the University of California–Berkeley as both an administrator and a faculty member.

Previously she also served at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, Calif., where she was vice president for university research, dean of the School of Management, and vice president for university relations.

She is a member of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Women in Higher Education and past-chair of the National Network Executive Board for the American Council on Education’s Office of Women in Higher Education. Dr. Baltodano is also a member of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s Review Board. She served as a commissioner on the State of California Student Aid Commission; as vice chair of the Board of Regents for the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif.; as a board member of the Mexican Museum in San Francisco; and as a trustee for Mills College, a liberal arts college in Oakland, Calif., and the San Francisco Ballet. In 2005, she was awarded the “Special Congressional Recognition for Outstanding and Invaluable Service to the Community,” presented by U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi.