Waleska Crespo Rivera
Waleska Crespo Rivera | |
|---|---|
| President of Universidad Central del Caribe | |
| Assumed office February 2018 | |
| Preceded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (BS) University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus (MHSA, DPH) |
| Occupation | businessperson, administrator |
Waleska Crespo Rivera is a Puerto Rican businessperson and academic administrator. She is president of Universidad Central del Caribe.
Education[]
Crespo Rivera completed a bachelor's degree and internship in Nutrition and Dietetics with a focus in diabetes and obesity management at University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. In 2000, she completed a master's degree health services management and administration (MHSA) at University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-RCM) where she also completed a doctor of public health (DPH) with a focus on health services management and administration.[1][2][3]
Career[]
Crespo Rivera was the executive director and chief executive officer of the Cardiovascular Center for Puerto Rico[4] and the Caribbean.[2] She was an adjunct professor in health services administration at University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.[1] She served on the board of the Puerto Rico Hospital Association, Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Puerto Rico Medical Tourism Corporation.[2] Crespo Rivera was the executive director of Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Manatí, Puerto Rico and an administrator at the Hospital Hermanos Meléndez. In February 2018, she became president of the Universidad Central del Caribe, succeeding her predecessor .[3][5][6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Waleska Crespo Rivera" (PDF). Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce. 2014.
- ^ a b c "Waleska Crespo Rivera" (PDF). Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce. 2015.
- ^ a b "UCC tiene nueva presidenta". Medicina y Salud Pública (in Spanish). 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Renuncian las directoras ejecutivas de la ACAA y del Hospital Cardiovascular". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). September 23, 2015.
- ^ VOCERO, Laura Isabel González, EL. "Confiados en detener éxodo de médicos". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish).
- ^ "Waleska Crespo está enfocada en proveer educación de calidad". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). April 1, 2018.
- Living people
- 21st-century Puerto Rican educators
- Women heads of universities and colleges
- Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
- University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus alumni
- Puerto Rican business executives
- American women chief executives
- Puerto Rican women in business
- 21st-century American businesswomen
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- American health care chief executives
- 21st-century American women educators
- 21st-century American educators