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In 2009, Maldonado received the "Tejano Achiever Award" from the [[interest group]], the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). Maldonado is a member of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education<ref name=vitae/> and was the president of that organization in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tache.org/Portals/0/NewsArchive/2008/33rd_Annual_TACHE_Conference_Agenda_Feb-13-16-2008.pdf|title=1974-2008 Presidents and Conference Locations|publisher=tache.org|date=February 13, 2008|page=5|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> In 2005, as the LCC vice president, Maldonado was among fourteen people from Laredo appointed to the President's Laredo Advisory Council of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat2.asp?newID=1601|title=14 leaders serve on President's Laredo Advisory Council|date=July 19, 2005|publisher=University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio|accessdate=September 15, 2015}}</ref>
In 2009, Maldonado received the "Tejano Achiever Award" from the [[interest group]], the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). Maldonado is a member of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education<ref name=vitae/> and was the president of that organization in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tache.org/Portals/0/NewsArchive/2008/33rd_Annual_TACHE_Conference_Agenda_Feb-13-16-2008.pdf|title=1974-2008 Presidents and Conference Locations|publisher=tache.org|date=February 13, 2008|page=5|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> In 2005, as the LCC vice president, Maldonado was among fourteen people from Laredo appointed to the President's Laredo Advisory Council of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat2.asp?newID=1601|title=14 leaders serve on President's Laredo Advisory Council|date=July 19, 2005|publisher=University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio|accessdate=September 15, 2015}}</ref>
===Successor===
===Successor===
In May 2016, the trustees voted 6-1, with two members absent, to name as Maldonado's successor Ricardo Solis, the former dean of academic, professional, and technical education at GateWay Community College in [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_3c9b0e38-1bc5-11e6-b9cf-6f8e1d2c683c.html|title=LCC names finalist for president of college|date=May 16, 2016|publisher='''The Laredo Morning Times''|accessdate=May 17, 2016}}</ref> A month later, the trustees bought out the last remaining month of Maldonado's contract and hired Solis as the replacement under a three-year contract at an annual salary of $180,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_985ab416-33ef-11e6-98a5-83fc3b3ff0c5.html|title=LCC trustees buy out president's contract, hire his replacement|author=Judith Rayo|publisher='''The Laredo Morning Times ''|accessdate=June 16, 2016}}</ref> Maldonado had started as president with $150,000 in annual compensation in 2007.<ref>Tricia Cortez, "LCC ups perks; Board gives additional $3,000 per month to incoming president," ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' April 21, 2007, p. 1.</ref> Upon his departure from LCC, Maldonado received some $100,000 in unused sick leave and vacation days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_4c7c97a6-6e3e-11e6-9d26-836d26e17949.html|title=Former LCC president paid for hundreds of hours of unused sick leave, vacation days|author=Judith Rayo|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=August 29, 2016|accessdate=August 30, 2016}}</ref>
In May 2016, the trustees voted 6-1, with two members absent, to name as Maldonado's successor Ricardo Solis, the former dean of academic, professional, and technical education at GateWay Community College in [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_3c9b0e38-1bc5-11e6-b9cf-6f8e1d2c683c.html|title=LCC names finalist for president of college|date=May 16, 2016|publisher='''The Laredo Morning Times''|accessdate=May 17, 2016}}</ref> A month later, the trustees bought out the last remaining month of Maldonado's contract and hired Solis as the replacement under a three-year contract at an annual salary of $180,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_985ab416-33ef-11e6-98a5-83fc3b3ff0c5.html|title=LCC trustees buy out president's contract, hire his replacement|author=Judith Rayo|publisher='''The Laredo Morning Times ''|accessdate=June 16, 2016}}</ref> Maldonado had started as president with $150,000 in annual compensation in 2007.<ref>Tricia Cortez, "LCC ups perks; Board gives additional $3,000 per month to incoming president," ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' April 21, 2007, p. 1.</ref> Upon his departure from LCC, Maldonado received some $100,000 in unused sick leave and vacation days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_4c7c97a6-6e3e-11e6-9d26-836d26e17949.html|title=Former LCC president paid for hundreds of hours of unused sick leave, vacation days|author=Judith Rayo|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=August 29, 2016|accessdate=August 30, 2016}}</ref>