Waleska Crespo Rivera

Waleska Crespo Rivera is a Puerto Rican businessperson and academic administrator. She is president of Universidad Central del Caribe.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Crespo and the second or maternal family name is Rivera.
Waleska Crespo Rivera
President of Universidad Central del Caribe
Assumed office
February 2018
Preceded byJosé Ginel Rodríguez
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (BS)
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus (MHSA, DPH)
Occupationbusinessperson, administrator

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 José Ginel Rodríguez.[3][5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Waleska Crespo Rivera" (PDF). Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce. 2014.
  2. "Waleska Crespo Rivera" (PDF). Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce. 2015.
  3. "UCC tiene nueva presidenta". Medicina y Salud Pública (in Spanish). 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  4. "Renuncian las directoras ejecutivas de la ACAA y del Hospital Cardiovascular". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). September 23, 2015.
  5. VOCERO, Laura Isabel González, EL. "Confiados en detener éxodo de médicos". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish).
  6. "Waleska Crespo está enfocada en proveer educación de calidad". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). April 1, 2018.
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