Gumecindo Salas was Vice President of Governmental Relations for the Hispanic Association for College and Universities (HACU). Prior to his joining HACU, Gumecindo was employed by Michigan State University (MSU) as a professor of Urban Studies and Integrative Studies of Social Science. Prior to his teaching position at MSU, he served as director of Minority Programs. He taught for the Detroit Public Schools and later for Wayne State University, where he helped establish a Chicano Boricua Studies program and served as its director for three years prior to joining Michigan State University.

Following graduation from college, he worked one year in Cartagena, Colombia for the United States Information Agency. He earned Bachelor and Master’s degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit. His Ph.D. was earned from the University of Michigan in Continuing and Higher Education.

Salas served as an elected member of the Michigan State Board of Education for two terms. (Information retrieved on February 19, 2014 from http://www.alcohol101plus.org/main/salas.cfm)