Lourdes Castro Ramírez is the current President of the University Health System Foundation. Prior to her position with University Health System, Castro Ramírez served in President Barack Obama’s Administration as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary leading the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Public and Indian Housing. From April 2009 to March 2015, Castro Ramírez led the San Antonio Housing Authority as the President/CEO. Castro Ramírez received both her Master’s in Urban Planning and Bachelor’s in Political Science and Chicano/a Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She also completed an executive finance course at Harvard Business School. Lourdes is an active civic and community leader serving in local and state organizations.