Dr. Clare Weber is Deputy Provost and Vice Provost for Academic Programs at California State University San Bernardino. She has more than 30 years of leadership experience in higher education and the non-profit sector. Dr. Weber has been responsible for a number of academically related programs, student success and diversity initiatives in higher education. She served as a professor and department chair and was Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Development at California State University Dominguez Hills. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Weber was a human rights investigator in Central America during the civil wars of the 1980s and regional coordinator for the international human rights organization Witness for Peace. She also coordinated a campaign to legalize street vending in Los Angeles. She has consulted with nonprofit organizations on program evaluation and strategic planning both locally and internationally. Dr. Weber earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine in Social Science, an M.A. in Latin American Studies from California State University, Los Angeles, and a B.A. in Sociology and Spanish from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y.