Diversity Leaders Group
Purpose
To help advance diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within schools and units
Objectives
- To enhance communication and collaboration across schools and units
- To share best practices aimed at advancing the university’s overall diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
- To support staff who have explicit responsibility for addressing issues of diversity, equity and inclusion within schools and units
Group members
- Mónica Russel y Rodríguez (Chair), Assistant Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Office of the Provost
- Tahera Ahmad, Associate Chaplain and Director of Interfaith Engagement, Religious and Spiritual Life
- Sarah Brown, Program Manager, Women's Center
- Shannon Bartlett, Associate Dean, Inclusion and Engagement, Pritzker School of Law
- Lesley-Ann Brown-Henderson, Executive Director of Campus Inclusion and Community, Student Affairs
- Jasmine Gurneau, Senior Program Coordinator of Native American and Indigenous Initiatives, Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
- Joan Johnson, Director of Faculty, Office of the Provost
- Omari Keeles, Assistant Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Searle Center for Advancing, Learning and Teaching
- Bruce Lindvall, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, McCormick School of Engineering
- Sekile M. Nzinga, Director, Women's Center and Interim Associate Provost and Chief Diversity Officer
- Janet Olivo, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, and Outreach for the Feinberg School of Medicine
- Lauren Pourian, Assistant Director for Services with Students with Disabilities, AccessibleNU
- Dorina Aguilar Rasmussen, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing and Communications
- Jill Sieben-Schneider, Director, AccesibleNU, Associate Dean of Students
- Pamala Silas, Associate Director, Outreach and Engagement, Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Karen Tamburro, Director, Equal Opportunity and Access, Office of Equity
- Daviree Velazquez Phillips, Director of Multicultural Student Affairs
- Damon L. Williams, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, The Graduate School
- Constance Wright, Assistance Dean for Academic Standing