Meet the CAL Board of Trustees

The Center for Applied Linguistics is governed by a Board of Trustees elected to serve three-year terms. The board meets twice annually at CAL’s headquarters in Washington, DC. CAL is honored to have the following individuals serving on our Board of Trustees, a talented group of professionals dedicated to our mission of promoting access and equity for linguistically and culturally diverse people around the world.


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Micheline Chalhoub-Deville

Professor, School of Education, UNC Greensboro


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David Cassels Johnson

Professor, Multilingual Education, University of Iowa; Visiting Professor, Language Policy and Planning, Shanghai International Studies University


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Ester J. de Jong, Chair

Professor, Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education, University of Colorado


Montserrat Garibay

Montserrat Garibay

Educator and Advocate for Public Education and Labor Rights

Former Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of English Language Acquisition


Francis Hult

 Francis M. Hult

Professor of Education; University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)


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Magaly Lavadenz

Leavey Presidential Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership and founding Executive Director of the Center for Equity for English Learners in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University


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Marguerite Lukes

Director of Research and Innovation, Internationals Network


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Diep Nguyen, President

President and CEO, Center for Applied Linguistics


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Elizabeth Peña

Professor, School of Education; University of California, Irvine


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M. Adelaida Restrepo

Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida


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Anthony Tassi

CEO, Good+ Foundation


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Teresa Satterfield

Professor of Spanish, University of Michigan


Manka Varghese

Manka Varghese

Professor in Language, Literacy, and Culture at the University of Washington’s College of Education

President, American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)


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Shelly Spiegel-Coleman

Strategic Advisor, Californians Together

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Andrea Sterzuk

Professor of Language and Literacy Education University of Regina

Visit the links below to view the names of the distinguished individuals who have served the CAL Board of Trustees or as CAL President in the past.