Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Miguel Baique, Ed.D., MPA

Dr. Miguel Baique serves as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the FIRST-GEMS Consortium. A Queens, NY native, Dr. Baique left his hometown in 2011 to pursue higher education and has been in the upstate New York region since. Holding multiple minoritized identities (e.g., low-SES background, first-generation Latino), Dr. Baique knew early on in his post-secondary career (as a student and professional) that he wanted to champion change and advocate for underrepresented and marginalized populations. Dr. Baique possesses a wealth of education, experience, and knowledge in the higher education sector, specifically in areas of access, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), student development, involvement and engagement practices, programming, operations, and administration.

Dr. Baique currently serves as the Director of the David T. Kearns Center for Leadership & Diversity in Arts, Sciences, and Engineering at the University of Rochester. Prior to his current role, Dr. Baique served as the Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering & Applied Science at Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY).

Learn more about Dr. Baique’s professional background by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Education/Training

Education

  • Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), University of Rochester, Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development

  • Master of Public Administration (M.P.A), State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport

  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Sociology & Communication, State University of New York (SUNY), College at Geneseo

Additional Training

  • Change Management Certificate, Cornell University, Industrial and Labor Relations (IRL) School

  • Certificate in D&I in HR Management - Assessment, Inclusion, and Retention, Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI)

  • Fellow, State University of New York (SUNY) Hispanic Leadership Institute

  • Diversity and Inclusion Certificate, Cornell University, Industrial and Labor Relations (IRL) School

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate, University of South Florida, Muma College of BusinessAdditional Training