Loretta Nunez, M.A., AuD, CCC-A/SLP, ASHA Fellow, FNAP is Director of Academic Affairs & Research Education for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) where 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) Council, and the National Academy of Medicine Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education. She is an active member of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) Program Committee and Co-chair of the Scholarship Subcommittee. Dr. Nunez is an audiologist and speech-language pathologist. She is a Fellow of ASHA, a Distinguished Fellow and Practitioner of the National Academy of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, and the recipient of the Award of Appreciation from the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD) for contributions to the discipline. Prior to joining ASHA in 2003, Dr. Nunez held faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Akron, and Kent State University. She earned a Doctor of Audiology degree from Central Michigan University and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in speech-language pathology and audiology from The Ohio State University.