Institutions
University of Puerto Rico
Administers Puerto Rico’s public university system.
University of Puerto Rico · Universidad de Puerto Rico · UPR
Spanish legal name: Universidad de Puerto Rico. Spanish legal names are retained. Some English names are functional translations.
- Government level
- State-level
- Branch or grouping
- Executive
- Type
- Public corporation
- Sources consulted
- Oct 17, 2026
What it does
Administers Puerto Rico’s public university system.[sources]
In everyday life
The university presidency and governing Board have different responsibilities. Student and faculty representation helps explain how university governance is shared.
Where it fits
- Medical Sciences chancellor seat: Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration Art. 5 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Head of the Institute of Cooperativism: Puerto Rico Cooperative Development Commission Art. 5(a)(iii) ↗Art. 18: UPR Institute of Cooperativism ↗ · Sources consulted:
Map groupings support navigation; they do not themselves establish reporting authority.
Leadership & appointments
Institution leadership
A name is not published without current verification of the role.
- Appointment
- Verification pending
- Confirmation
- Verification pending
- Term end
- Verification pending
An absent name does not imply a vacancy. Names from the seed report are not automatically treated as current officeholders.
Governance & composition
The Board’s page describes 14 seats: student and faculty representatives elected by their peers; the Education secretary and AAFAF leadership; and public-interest members appointed under law. It identifies designated representatives for Education and AAFAF. The list below records published identities; individual appointment dates and terms require further reconciliation.[Sources & method]
| Published member | Seat or representation | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Dalmau Santana | Chair | Verification pending |
| Vanessa Santo Domingo Cruz | Vice chair | Verification pending |
| Terilyn Sastre Fuente | Secretary | Verification pending |
| Eliezer Ramos Parés | Education secretary; designated representative: María A. Mulero Patrana | Verification pending |
| Vicky González Vega | Interim AAFAF director; designated representative: Enrique A. Guzmán Matos | Verification pending |
| Mayda Velasco Bonilla | Published member | Verification pending |
| William Muñiz Rivera | Faculty representative | Verification pending |
| Emilio Colón Beltrán | Published member | Verification pending |
| Hermán Cestero Aguilar | Published member | Verification pending |
| Gonzalo F. Córdova Santini | Published member | Verification pending |
| Rafael Méndez Tejeda | Faculty representative | Verification pending |
| Julio A. Cabral Corrada | Published member | Verification pending |
| Josué García Torres | Graduate student representative | Verification pending |
| Benjamin Rivera Meléndez | Undergraduate student representative | Verification pending |
Members, vacancies, and terms are not certified as a complete roster. An expired term is not automatically treated as a vacancy; some laws allow service until a successor qualifies.
Sources consulted: Oct 17, 2026
Sources & method
The consultation date is not the institution’s own update date.
- Universidad de Puerto Rico – Los que saben estudian en la UPR ↗https://www.upr.edu/Sources consulted: Oct 17, 2026
- Pages - Informes de las Agencias ↗https://transicion2024.pr.gov/Agencias/Pages/default.aspxSources consulted: Oct 17, 2026
- UPR — Junta de Gobierno: composición e integrantes ↗https://juntagobierno.upr.edu/junta-de-gobierno/Sources consulted: Oct 17, 2026
- Ley 66-1978 — Administración de Servicios Médicos (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/66-1978.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Apr 16, 2024
- Ley 247-2008 — Comisión de Desarrollo Cooperativo (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/247-2008.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Apr 16, 2024