Elizabeth de Windt has been Executive Director of the Instituto Cultural Domínico-Americano since 1991, and Chancellor of UNICDA since March of 2001. Licda. de Windt is a graduate of UNPHU (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña), where she studied psychology. She has vast academic experience at several levels: elementary school, secondary school, and university. She was Director of the Elementary School, English teacher, and psychologist at the Colegio Loyola (1972-1985). She was later Dean of the Faculty of Education and the Humanities, as well as Director and Professor of the Department of Psychology and Orientation at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1975-1989). She worked as Coordinator and Professor of Psychology and Advisor to the University, at the Universidad de la Tercera Edad (1989-1992), and Administrative Director of the Center for Business Development (1985-1991). She has a certification from the University of Michigan, English Language Institute with mastery of the English tongue; she also has a certification from the University of British Columbia in Research Methods in Education. She has done postgraduate studies in both psychology and education.

She has received several plaques and other acknowledgments. Among the most relevant are the following:

Instituto Cultural Domínico-Americano – ICDA – for ten years of prolific and excellent work as Executive Director (1991-2001)

Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, for her work as Director of the Department of Psychology, October, 1987

Interamerican Psychology Society for her collaboration in the organization of the XVIII Congress of the SIP. (1981)

Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Department of Psychology and Chair of Conduct Modification, for merit in her work in the field of Psychology in the Dominican Republic. (1980)

Unión Nacional de Colegios Católicos (National Union of Catholic Schools) for her collaboration in the organization of the XIII Interamerican Congress of Catholic Education (1980)

Professional Associations

TESOL – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Member, 1992 – present

Asocicación Dominicana de Psicología, Inc., Founding Member, 1975, President 1978 – 1979

Instituto Nacional de Educación Sexual, Member, 1975

Asociación Interamericana de Psicología, Member, 1978, National representative, 1979-81, 1983-89, Secretary for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, 1981-83