Governor Doug Ducey appointed Regent Cecilia Mata to an eight-year term on the Arizona Board of Regents in August of 2020. She is treasurer of the board, member of the University Governance Operations Committee and also represents the board on the Campus Research Corporation (CRC) Board.

Regent Mata is the founder, president and owner of AllSource Global Management, LLC, a professional services company doing business with the Department of Defense.  

Regent Mata, who was born and educated in Panama, is fluent in English, Spanish and Chinese. 

She received the 2022 People’s Choice’s Lifetime Achievement Award – Governor’s Celebration of Innovation, 2019 Women Business Enterprise IMPACT Award from WBEC-WEST, 2018 Workforce Arizona Council (WAC) Outstanding Council Member of the Year from the State of Arizona, the 2016 Minority-Owned Small Business Champion of the Year from the Arizona Small Business Administration and the 2013 Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Businesswoman of the Year.

She is a devoted advocate of public higher education, Arizona’s public universities, women-owned small business and small businesses in general. In Panama, Regent Mata earned degrees in business administration from Universidad Santa Maria la Antigua (bachelor’s degree) and Universidad Latinamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (master’s degree).