Dr. Loretta Nunez is Senior Director of Academic Affairs & Research Education for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She directs activities that support academic, clinical and research education; personnel preparation; faculty development; and higher education trends and forecasting in communication sciences and disorders. Dr. Nunez leads ASHA’s Envisioned Future 2025 strategic objective to advance interprofessional education and collaborative practice. She represents ASHA on the Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative (IPC), Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Member Council, and National Academy of Medicine Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professions Education. She is a Fellow of ASHA and a Distinguished Fellow and Practitioner of the National Academy of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology. Dr. Nunez received the Award of Appreciation from the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders for contributions to the discipline and is a recipient of the 2024 NAP Interprofessional Group Recognition Award awarded to members of the IPC. She is a member of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) and a former AIHC Advisory Board member and co-chair of the AIHC Scholarship Committee. Dr. Nunez is dually credentialed as an audiologist and speech-language pathologist and has extensive experience in clinical, academic, and association settings related to health professions education.