Muriel C. Lopez-Wagner is the Chief Data Officer and Associate Vice President of Institutional Intelligence at CSUSB and has over 20 years of experience in the field of institutional research. She oversees the offices of Institutional Research & Analytics, Digital Transformation, and Compliance Initiatives. She builds capacity for assessment and continuous improvement on campus, facilitates conversations and informs policy in data governance, information security, and privacy, and educates campus leaders on the meaning of data through data visualization tools. She participates in various committees such as the Strategic Planning, WSCUC Steering Committee, Assessment Capability Collaborative, Institutional Data Team, Information Security, Graduation Initiative 2025, High Impact Practices, and Student Success Initiative. Her PhD is in Applied Developmental Psychology.