Our Advisory Board

The Region 3 Comprehensive Center is fortunate to have a distinguished and diverse Advisory Board. The Board is made up of five experts from each territory, representing a variety of educational perspectives, fields and levels. We are grateful to have each of the following educators on our Board.

For Puerto Rico:

• State Department of Education
• Eliezer Ramos, Secretary
• Angel Toledo, Undersecretary of Academic Affairs
• Damarys Varela, Operations Manager
• Regional Office of Education
• Ricardo Pitre, Regional Superintendent (Mayagüez)
• School
• José Cardona, Director, School Carmen D. Ortiz
• Institution of Higher Education
• Josue Hernández, Vice President of Professional Programs, University of Puerto Rico
• Business and Community Stakeholder
• Aida Díaz, President, Transforming Leadership and Management Institute

For the U.S. Virgin Islands:

• State Department of Education
• Dionne Wells Hedrington, Ed.D., Commissioner
• Victor Somme III, Assistant Commissioner
• Local Education Agency
• Ericilda Ottley-Herman, Superintendent, St. Croix District
• School
• Sharon Richardson, Assistant Principal, Charlotte Amalie High School
• Institution of Higher Education
• Karen Harris Brown, Ph.D., Dean, School of Education, University of the Virgin Islands
• Business and Community Stakeholder
• Margarita Benjamin, President, USVI PTSA