Joaquin Alvarado is senior vice president for Diversity and Innovation at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In this role, Alvarado provides strategic guidance and leadership for strengthening the Corporation's capacity to serve as a catalyst for innovation and inclusion within public media. Alvarado has served as director of the San Francisco State University's Institute for Next Generation Internet (INGI) and he is architecting the National Public Lightpath as a framework for public media, education and community leadership in the future of the Internet.