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Sandra Madrid, Ph.D
Assistant Dean for Students and Community
Development
University of Washington School of Law
Campus Mailbox 353020
Seattle, WA 98195-3020
http://www.law.washington.edu
Phone: 206.543.0199
Fax: 206.543.5671
Email: smadrid@u.washington.edu

Sandra Madrid is Assistant Dean for Students and Community Development at the University of Washington School of Law.

She received her B.A. from the University of Southern Colorado; M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Prior to assuming her present position in 1989, she served as Director of the Instructional Center and the Early Identification Program in the University of Washington's Office of Minority Affairs. Her responsibilities in her current position include overseeing student recruitment, admissions and financial aid. She also serves as Director of Staff Personnel and Dean of Students.

Dean Madrid is currently a member of the National Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.; Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Hispana Leadership Institute; Chair of the Board of Directors of the United Way of King County; and serves on the Board of the YWCA of Seattle and King/Snohomish Counties. She also serves on the Judicial Screening Committee of the King County Bar Association, the Northwest Minority Job Fair Advisory Board, the Puget Sound Minority Clerkship Advisory Board, Western Washington University's Law and Ethnic Diversity Program Advisory Board, and the Washington State Minority and Justice Commission. She recently accepted a nomination to serve on the American Association of Law School Minority Group Section’s Executive Committee.

Some of her awards include the King County Bar Association's Champion of Diversity Award (2003); the Commission on Minorities in the Profession of the American Bar Association's Spirit of Excellence Award (1997); the King County Bar Association's Outstanding Non-Lawyer Award (1995); and the Washington State Bar Association Affirmative Action Award (1993).

She is also the recipient of the Washington State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Award, Nordstrom Community Service Award, and the Edward Carlson Outstanding Alumni Award from Leadership Tomorrow. She has been profiled in Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education as one of "20 Trail-Blazing Mujeres: Elite Cadre in Higher Education" (February 23, 2004); Latino Northwest Magazine (October/November 2002); recognized as one of 80 elite Hispanic women in Hispanic Business (April 2002); and featured in an article, "Coping with Color Blindness," in Washington Law & Politics (April/May 2002). Public service is a passion for Dean Madrid, having served on over 40 boards and committees since 1990.

 

 

 

 

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