Ricardo R. Fernández

Ricardo R. Fernández was president of Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 1990 to 2016. Previously, he held academic and administrative appointments at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he served as Special Assistant to the Chancellor, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, and Professor of Educational Policy Studies.

Dr. Fernández was a Fellow in Academic Administration of the American Council on Education (1981-1982). In 1992, he attended the Harvard Institute for Educational Management. He chaired the boards of directors of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in 1998-1999 and the American Council of Education (ACE) in 2007-2008. Under his leadership, the Board of Trustees established the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute at Lehman College, a capstone of his years of dedicated service to the Mexican community.