��ɫֱ��

Pheng Xiong (Max) currently serves as the Senior Associate Registrar at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He holds a BS in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (2008) and an MS in Administrative Leadership (2009) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the higher education program at Morgan State University, where his dissertation explores sense of belonging among LGB first-generation college students.

Before joining RIT, he served as the University Registrar at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa where he led initiatives to modernize the office, student services, technology systems, curriculum management, and academic policies. He also held various positions within the registrar's office at George Mason University and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). 

Max is active in the ��ɫֱ�� (��ɫֱ��) and state & regional associations. He currently serves on the College & University Editorial Board and was a 2022 ��ɫֱ�� Congressional Hill Day Advocate. He has presented at ��ɫֱ�� annual meetings and chaired the Student Access & Equity Committee in Group V from 2022 to 2025. In addition, he served as treasurer for the Chesapeake and Potomac Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers (CAPACRAO) from 2014 to 2017, chaired the Audit Committee for the Pacific Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers (PACRAO) from 2020 to 2023, and was elected Treasurer-elect of PACRAO in 2024.