Hector Zelaya has been at Arizona State University since 2004 and currently serves as Executive Director, Global Engagement, at the School of Community Resources and Development.
Previously, Hector was Executive Director, Bob Ramsey Executive Education, at the School of Public Affairs, where he served from 2012-2025. As Executive Director, he was responsible for the only accredited Certified Public Manager® Program in the State of Arizona and for the ASU cohorts of two U.S. Department of State Programs: 1) the Leadership in Public Management Institute for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders and 2) the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Academic Fellows Program on Civic Engagement. He also was responsible for the Executive MPA Program from 2018-2022.
Prior to Bob Ramsey Executive Education, Hector served in various executive education roles – eight years at the W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU, two years at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and eight years at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wharton and a Master of Business Administration from W. P. Carey.