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{{Short description|Educator and college president}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Astrid S. Tuminez
| image               = Astrid S. Tuminez (40752086873).jpg
| office              = 7th President of [[Utah Valley University]]
| term_start          = 2018
| term_end            =
| predecessor         = [[Matthew S. Holland]] {{small|(2009-2018)}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1964|08|08|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Iloilo]], [[Philippines]]
| education           = [[Brigham Young University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Artium Magister|AM]])<br> [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| signature           =
| spouse              = Jeffery S. Tolk
| children            = 3
| website             = [https://uvu.edu/president]
| width               =
| rank                = Czar
| nickname            = Toomie
| allegiance          = Capital
}}
'''Mary Astrid Segovia Tuminez''' (born 8 August 1964) is the seventh president of [[Utah Valley University|Utah Valley University (UVU)]] in [[Orem, Utah|Orem]], [[Utah]], and its first female president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uvu.edu/president/|title=Office of the President {{!}} Utah Valley University|website=www.uvu.edu|access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Astrid Tuminez was born in a small island village in [[Iloilo]] province, the [[Philippines]]. Though raised in extreme poverty as the sixth of seven children, she received a scholarship at the age of five to attend a private school run by Catholic nuns, along with her older siblings.<ref name="newsdeeply.com1">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/05/23/education-carves-path-from-manila-to-microsoft|title=Education Carves Path From Manila to Microsoft|website=Newsdeeply.com|date=23 May 2016 }}</ref> She credits much of her success and accomplishments to this pivotal moment in her life, and is passionate in her belief that education enables individuals to fulfill their dreams and maximize their potential:<ref name="microsoft.com">{{cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/apac/features/can-asia-address-inequalities-growth/|title=Can Asia address the inequalities of growth? - Asia News Center|website=News.microsoft.com|date=7 August 2017}}</ref>
Tuminez first came to the United States at age 18 in 1982 on a student visa. That is when she began her study at [[Brigham Young University]] (BYU).<ref>[https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/college/uvu/astrid-tuminez-picked-as-utah-valley-university-s-first-female/article_7eb21115-65fe-5789-aa45-ed009d1e3038.html Provo ''Daily Herald'' article on Tuminez]</ref> She earned a bachelor's degree in Russian and international relations from BYU,<ref name="newsdeeply.com1" /> a master's degree in Soviet Studies <ref name="sas.edu.sg">{{cite web|url=http://www.sas.edu.sg/uploaded/SAS/Newsletters/SAS_eNews/docs/Astrid_Tuminez.pdf|title=Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez : Biography|website=Sas.edu.sg|access-date=24 April 2018}}</ref> from [[Harvard University]], and a Ph.D. in political science and government from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usip.org/publications/2008/02/toward-peace-southern-philippines|title=Toward Peace in the Southern Philippines|website=United States Institute of Peace}}.</ref> She was a program officer at the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]], focused on grantmaking in democratization, conflict prevention, and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Tuminez joined AIG Global Investments as a research director and ran the Moscow office of the Harvard Project on Strengthening Democratic Institutions, where she worked with leading reformers of communism.<ref name="chartwellspeakers.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/astrid-s-tuminez/|title=Astrid S. Tuminez - Chartwell Speakers Bureau|website=Chartwellspeakers.com}}</ref>
== Career ==
As senior research consultant to the [[U.S. Institute of Peace]], she assisted in peace negotiations between the [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]] and the Philippine government from 2003 to 2007 and is member and former adjunct fellow of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usip.org/publications/2008/02/toward-peace-southern-philippines|title=Toward Peace in the Southern Philippines|website=United States Institute of Peace}}</ref><ref name="sas.edu.sg"/><ref>Cardwell, Diane. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/11/nyregion/lessons-in-democracy-never-ending-election.html "Lessons in Democracy: Never-Ending Election"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 11 November 2000. Retrieved on 29 April 2021.</ref>
In her role as Vice-Dean of Research and Assistant Dean of Executive Education in the [[Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy]] ([[National University of Singapore]]), she trained more than 2,000 private sector professionals in leadership and organizational change<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/our-people/our-faculty/faculty-profile/mary-astrid-s-tuminez|title=TUMINEZ, Astrid S.|first=LKY School of Public|last=Policy|website=lkyspp.nus.edu.sg|access-date=2018-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422133400/https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/our-people/our-faculty/faculty-profile/mary-astrid-s-tuminez|archive-date=2018-04-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> in addition to leading marketing, fundraising, and grants administration for the school.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/college/uvu/uvu-hears-from-four-candidates-for-next-president-announcement-could/article_a7a31723-b66f-5b18-8a6a-2aa13b3af579.html|title=UVU hears from four candidates for next president, announcement could come tomorrow|first=Braley Dodson Daily|last=Herald|website=Heraldextra.com}}</ref>
She was previously [[Microsoft]]'s regional director for corporate, external and legal affairs for Southeast Asia, leading a team supporting 15 markets.<ref>Tanner, Courtney. [https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2019/03/27/utah-valley-university/ "She was once labeled ‘the dumbest girl’ in class. Now, she’s been inaugurated as the president of Utah Valley University"], ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]'', 27 March 2019. Retrieved on 29 April 2021.</ref> Her role was to strengthen government relations, cultivate corporate citizenship,<ref name="microsoft.com1">{{cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/apac/features/asia-vision-series-dr-astrid-s-tuminez/|title=Asia Vision Series: Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez - Asia News Center|website=News.microsoft.com|date=18 September 2017}}</ref> and enhance understanding of trending issues shaping regulation and policy, specifically drivers of inclusive growth in the 4th Industrial Revolution.<ref name="microsoft.com"/>
In 2013, Tuminez was named a Top 100 Global Influencer by the Filipina Women's Network of the United States.<ref name="microsoft.com1"/> Tuminez was a director of the Philippines' second largest bank, the [[Bank of the Philippine Islands]], and boardmember of [[Singapore American School]]<ref name="uvu.edu">{{cite web|url=https://www.uvu.edu/presidentsearch/docs/tuminez-cv.pdf|title=CV|website=Uvu.edu|access-date=24 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417032715/https://www.uvu.edu/presidentsearch/docs/tuminez-cv.pdf|archive-date=17 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ASKI Global, an NGO which trains and finances entrepreneurship among Asian women migrant laborers. She was ASKI's Chair of the Board until 2017.<ref name="chartwellspeakers.com"/>
In 2018 she was appointed President of [[Utah Valley University]], succeeding [[Matthew S. Holland]], son of [[Jeffrey R. Holland]], a member of the LDS Church's [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]. At the time, Tuminez was resident in Singapore.<ref>[https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/college/uvu/astrid-tuminez-picked-as-utah-valley-university-s-first-female/article_7eb21115-65fe-5789-aa45-ed009d1e3038.html ''Daily Herald'' article on Tuminez appointment]</ref>
== Personal ==
Tuminez is fluent in English, Russian, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), French, Tagalog and Spanish.<ref name="microsoft.com1"/> Tuminez is married and has four
children. She is a member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] and joined at age 11.<ref>[https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/editorial/2018/04/23/tribune-editorial-welcome-to-new-uvu-president-astrid-s-tuminez/ "Welcome to new UVU President Astrid S. Tuminez"], ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]'', 23 April 2018. Retrieved on 29 April 2021.</ref>
Tuminez enjoys running and has completed one marathon and four half-marathons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/college/uvu/facts-about-utah-valley-university-s-next-president-astrid-tuminez/collection_1ec4f37b-17a0-51c0-bddc-8a7f4c1b3b7c.html#3|title=5 facts about Utah Valley University's next president Astrid Tuminez|website=Heraldextra.com}}</ref> She had 11 years of martial arts training in a system called Tan's Dazzling Hands while living in New York City.<ref name="uvu.edu"/> She is a 'super fan' of the UVU wrestling team.<ref>Cortez, Marjorie. [https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/2/9/21126460/uvu-astrid-tuminez-president-wrestling-utah-valley-university "‘Show him the lights,’ urges UVU wrestling super fan Astrid Tuminez"], ''[[Deseret News]]'', 9 February 2020. Retrieved on 29 April 2021.</ref>
== Selected publications ==
*''Rising to the Top? A Report on Women's Leadership in Asia'', A Report from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Asia Society, launched at the April 2012 Women Leaders of New Asia Summit, Shanghai and Zhenjiang, 18–20 April 2012.
*''Russian Nationalism Since 1856. Ideology and the Making of Foreign Policy'' (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, Inc., 2000).
*''Asia and the Global Economic Crisis'', A Task Force Report, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 12 March 2009 [written with other Task Force members].
*''Russia in Southeast Asia: A New "Asian Moment?"'' (with Hong, Mark), in ASEANRUSSIA Foundation and Future Prospects, Victor Sumsky, Mark Hong and Amy Lugg, eds. (Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 2012), pp.&nbsp;43–55.
*''Reframing Conceptual Approaches to Interpret Sex Worker Health'' (with Joseph D. Tucker), Journal of Infectious Diseases 2011:204 (SUPPL 5) S1206-S1210.
*''The Problem That Has Been Named'' Global-is-Asian (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy), No. 11, July–September 2011, pp.&nbsp;34–37.
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