Dr. Brissa Quiroz is the University Relations Lead for Microsoft, providing support to Hispanic Serving Institutions and Historically Black Colleges. Prior to her role at Microsoft, Dr. Quiroz was a full-time Engineering Lecturer and served as the Director of the Valley Industry Partnership for Cooperative Education in the Lyles College of Engineering at Fresno State University. In that role, she developed and supported strategic relationships with agricultural and manufacturing companies throughout California and Central Valley by working to fulfill their employment needs with engineering and construction management student interns. She was the President of the Society of Women Engineers San Joaquin Valley Section and was on the Board of Directors for the ASEE Corporate Industry Partnership Division. Dr. Quiroz has a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso (2002), an MS degree in Industrial Technology from California State University, Fresno (2004) and a PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso (2013).