Gay Perez, along with overseeing more than 3 million square feet of residential building space and almost 7,000 student residents in her professional role, serves as the ACUHO-I President. Her previous ACUHO-I involvement includes chairing the ACUHO-I Foundation Board, serving as the Residence Education Director on the Executive Board, and being a James C. Grimm National Housing Training Institute faculty member. She has represented the Association at the inaugural Collegiate Way conference in Durham, England, the Roelf Visser South Africa Housing Training Institute, and the Global Housing Training Institute in Geelong, Australia. She is also past president of the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers.