Dr. Veronica Diaz is the Instructional Technology Manager at the Maricopa Community Colleges District Office, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (mcli). In that capacity, she works with faculty professional development and growth and leads various programs that promote the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning.

Previously, Veronica served as the Learning Technologies Manager for the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona responsible for the College’s teaching and learning initiatives, Principal Investigator of the HP Technology for Teaching Grant, and the Eller Tablet PC Initiative. She also served as Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona where she taught the Target Market and Distribution Channels, Market Planning, the Organization and Employment Environment at the undergraduate level, and Technology in Teaching at the graduate level.

Active in the field of eLearning and teaching innovation, Diaz is the chair of the EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee on Teaching and Learning and has presented seminars on faculty use of instructional technology and intellectual property policies for distributed learning environments. Diaz has served on various information and learning technology advisory and steering committees that advise on information technology policy, purchasing strategic alliances (document management, desktop computing, cellular technologies), the network master plan, and the wireless network. Dr. Diaz is also a Field Reader for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Higher Education Programs where she reviews grants for GEAR UP, Title III, TRIO Student Support Services, and the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program.