The Office of Compliance, Ethics & Equal Opportunity (CEEO) announces the appointment of Beck Rivera as the new Title IX coordinator. Beck is currently the deputy chief compliance officer in the CEEO and will continue in that role in addition to serving as Title IX coordinator. Beck began his new role on July 1, 2025.
Rivera has more than 10 years of experience in compliance, equal opportunity, legal research and counsel, coaching, and project management in a career that spans higher education, real estate, and government roles, excelling in ensuring institutional integrity, driving policy development, and managing complex legal and compliance challenges.
Meet UNM's new Title IX coordinator
Join CEEO for a campus event to welcome Beck Rivera as UNM’s new Title IX coordinator and learn more about the vision for Title IX at UNM.
Date: Friday, July 11
Time: 3–4 p.m.
Location: Roberts Room (Scholes Hall)
Zoom:
https://unm.zoom.us/j/98809920787
Meeting ID: 988 0992 0787
Passcode: 005266
As Title IX coordinator, Rivera, who is passionate about fostering ethical standards and equitable practices in organizational settings, plans to support institutional efforts to build an ethical, inclusive and accountable campus community.
“One of my priorities is to reinforce our network of deputy Title IX coordinators across the University, ensuring consistent access to Title IX resources, support, and information systemwide,” said Rivera. “I also plan to strengthen our connection with UNM’s branch campuses by creating more opportunities for in-person engagement and collaboration.”
Rivera has spent the past year and a half as deputy chief compliance officer where he oversees compliance best practices, including oversight of Title IX compliance, response and prevention efforts and the promotion of institution-wide ethical culture. His work also involves policy writing and assessment, regulatory implementation, program refinement, risk assessment, prioritization, and mitigation planning; stakeholder reporting, facilitation of compliance committees, operational oversight, and facilitation of compliance committees.
He also advises on policy development and implementation across equity, conduct, and safety areas, compliance oversight for the Minors on Campus policy and related risk mitigation, managing operations and budget planning for the CEEO office and facilitating university-wide training initiatives on ethics, compliance, and civil rights.
Prior to his current role, Rivera served as managing attorney and staff director for the City of Albuquerque’s Office of Civil Rights, where he directed and supervised operations in 2023.
Before his role with the city, Rivera served as the compliance program manager at UNM, where he developed, implemented, and tracked training and education programs for students, staff, and faculty. The role involved a substantial amount of training with University departments, including student and staff groups, on sex and gender discrimination and reporting requirements. He began his career at UNM as a compliance specialist in 2020 which involved outreach and cooperation with outside offices, mediated discussions, investigative interviewing and report drafting and educating individuals and groups on University policy.
Additionally, Rivera has served as a private practice attorney for Sunshine Legal LLC explaining course of action, repercussions of cases and applicable law related to children abuse and neglect, child custody, parentage, and support; divorce and legal separation, estate planning, guardianships and conservatorships. He was also the co-founder and deputy director for Hope 4 Humanity, Inc., an organization that provided necessities to the unsheltered community. He worked to build partnerships with various organizations through outreach to raise financial support and material donations for holiday events. Rivera is also an associate broker earning his real estate license in Oct. 2023.
Rivera earned his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida in 2012; his Juris Doctorate in 2015 from Cooley Law School, earning dean’s list honors; and is working towards a master of Business Administration from UNM. For fun, Rivera plays bass and vocals in a country band named A Band Named Sue.
The Office of Compliance, Ethics & Equal Opportunity (CEEO) is the neutral campus entity designated to ensure compliance with all University policies that apply to civil rights including investigations of civil rights violations. For more information, visit Compliance, Ethics & Equal Opportunity.
