Kasey Urquidez, Ed.D.

Kasey serves as the university’s chief enrollment officer, overseeing the offices of Undergraduate Admissions and New Student Enrollment, Early Academic Outreach,  Scholarships and Financial Aid, and the Student Engagement and Career Development.

An active member of many regional and national boards, she currently serves as a Commissioner for the Arizona Commission on Postsecondary Education as well as a Commissioner and former Chair for the Metropolitan Education Commission representing the City of Tucson. In addition, she serves as Vice Chair on the Board of Trustee's for the Women’s Foundation of the State of Arizona, on the National Hispanic Fund’s Advisory Board for Arizona, and the Cambridge Assessment’s Higher Education Western Regional Council. 

Kasey served as a member of the National Guidance and Admission Assembly Council for the College Board and was elected to the Board of Trustees in October 2017. She also served as a member of the Admissions Practices Committee for the National Association of College Admissions Counseling (NACAC). In 2012, Kasey was selected as one of Tucson’s 40 under 40. In 2015, she received the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award. She an honorary member of the Arizona Bobcats Senior Honorary. In 2020, she was inducted into the Order of Omega Greek Hall of Fame. 

As a proud Arizona alumna, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Family and Consumer Sciences in 1994. Since then, she has earned two master’s degrees, from Chapman University and the University of Arizona, respectively, and a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership with a concentration in Higher Education Administration from Northern Arizona University.

Administrative Support:

Laura Teso
lpteso@email.arizona.edu 
520-621-3705