Carmen Z. Lamagna

Carmen Z. Lamagna is a Professor and the Vice Chancellor at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her achievements as an educator and manager may be gleaned from the positions she has held in prestigious international bodies. She was the Treasurer (2011-2014) and Board member (2017-present) of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), Administrative Board Member (2017-present) of the International Association of Universities (IAU), with the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) as an ex-official board member (2010-2018), having served as the first female President from 2008 to 2010, and AUAP Advisory Council member for 2021. She was one of the awardees of the 2006 Presidential Award for Overseas Filipinos, was selected as one of the top 100 women in the world by the International Alliance for Women in 2012 and was awarded as one of the 100 most influential Filipinas in 2014 by the Filipina Women Network. She has inspired women to act in support of women's empowerment and advancement in society as Bangladesh's first female Vice Chancellor. Her extraordinary accomplishments in promoting women through education-based programs, initiatives, or personal action in a developing country like Bangladesh have earned her the most coveted recognition.