Eduardo J. Martí was appointed President of Queensborough Community College on July 1, 2000. An experienced educator, he has led several community colleges with distinction for more than 26 years. An advocate for community college education, high standards and traditional values of education, Dr. Martí serves on the Board of Trustees of Teachers College at Columbia University, as well as the Community College Research Center Advisory Board of Columbia University. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System (HETS), the Board of Governors of the Council for Aid to Education, and The College Board’s Commission on Community Colleges. He is a previous member of the Board of Trustees of Excelsior College and of The California Community College Collaborative at the University of California, Riverside (C4). Having previously served on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), he was elected once again in March 2009. He has served as past President of the Association of Presidents of Public Community Colleges of the State of New York and as a member of the ACE Commission on International Education. In May 2007, he was appointed by Governor Spitzer to the New York State Commission on Higher Education. In that capacity, he chaired the Workforce & Economic Development Committee. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Queens Chamber of Commerce and past member of the Board of Directors of the Queens Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Martí serves on the Board of the Queensborough Community College Fund, Inc. Three times a graduate of New York University, Dr. Martí holds the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science, and Ph.D. degrees in biology from the institution. He is the recipient of the Founders Day Award from New York University and was chosen as the recipient of the New York University Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in November 2007. In October 2008, the New York Post honored Dr. Marti with their Liberty Medal Award as a champion of human rights. He was previously named to the Honor Roll of the Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges. As the recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad award, he spent June 2004 traveling in China with leaders of minority serving institutions.