Dr. Antonio Flores

On February 26, 1996, Antonio Flores became the third president and chief executive officer of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). Established in December 1986 with 18 founding members, HACU is a national organization which represents more than 400 colleges and universities that collectively serve more than two-thirds of the nearly 2 million Hispanic students in higher education.  HACU’s international membership of leading higher education institutions in Latin America and Spain, includes nearly 50 flagship universities.

Flores has extensive professional experience in higher education. He has taught at private and public institutions, both community colleges and comprehensive research universities; has conducted research and policy studies, published and unpublished, on higher education issues; has been an administrator of campus-based and statewide programs; has done extensive advancement work at the state and national levels; and has provided public service at the local, state, national, and international levels. Flores’ longstanding career in higher education includes a series of diverse and challenging responsibilities involving senior executive leadership.

Flores holds a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, a Master of Arts degree in counseling and personnel from Western Michigan University, and undergraduate degrees in business administration and elementary education from Universidad de Guadalajara and Centro Normal Regional, Mexico, respectively.