David Aragon Email & Phone Number

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Served on the leadership team of the Vice Chancellor and provided organizational and administrative direction including change management facilitation across a division consisting of 4 departments and multiple.
• Supported C-suite leaders on matters related to policy, strategic planning, budget and finance, personnel, public/media relations, and organizational and program development.
• Advised Deans and Associate Deans across 7 colleges and schools to enhance student success program design and strategy, select program personnel, and facilitate professional development.
• Served as an Inclusive Excellence discussion leader/facilitator and steering committee thought leader for the Inclusion, Diversity, and Excellence in Academics strategic planning process.
• Authored article: Aragon, D. and Hoskins, C., Evolving Institutional Diversity by Incorporating Disability. American Association of Colleges and Universities. Diversity & Democracy: Building Institutional Capacity for.
• Facilitated employee advisory committees on race/ethnicity, women, gender/sexuality, and accessibility.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Provided administrative leadership to an expansive alliance of pre-collegiate and undergraduate ‘academic excellence’ learning community programs serving over 1,200 pre-college and 1,600 undergraduate first-generation.
• Helped achieve increased student success outcomes for retention for all students of color from 80% to 85% and six-year graduation from 64% to 68% over the period from 2008 to 2016.
• Managed a scholarship budget over $1M in institutional and donor funding and championed effective learning practices across a network of 14 learning community scholarship program teams.
• Fielded, coordinated, and consulted on responses to inquiries from media officials, student leaders, government agencies, and concerned citizens, authored program review self-studies and reports, and wrote the annual.
• Initiated collaborative partnerships with school districts and community-based organizations promoting student development and college readiness to traditionally underserved youth in urban and rural settings.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Administered a robust scholarship and academic excellence program for 200 undergraduates traditionally underrepresented in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
• Consistently achieved retention rates of 80-85% and 6-year graduation rates of 65-70% for program participants and facilitated their successful transition into corporate careers.
• Proposal team member, best-practices presenter, and management team leader for 5-year, $5M grant project, NSF CO-WY Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, that supports the retention and graduation of.
• Led and facilitated an external advisory committee of 20 engineering, business, and human resources executives and managers resulting in corporate contributions and strategic guidance to achieve desired outcomes in.
• Generated $158K in corporate sponsorships for the NAMEPA/WEPAN Engineering Education National Conference as Co-chair of the national development committee.

Denver Metropolitan Area

• Served top corporate clients with access to diverse talent through continuous leadership development and placement of outstanding ethnically diverse college student internship placements leading to entry level hires.
• Placed 50 college interns in 14 business and technology corporations in partnership with industry managers, and guided the interns with monthly coaching, advising, and mentoring.
• Organized a career and professional development training program including curriculum, presenters, and facility logistics for 300 interns that also featured an annual community service social impact project.
• Generated $100,000 annually through a benefit golf tournament supported by INROADS stakeholders.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Educational Foundations, Policy, And Practice

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Philosophy