Steering Committee

Gioconda Guerra Pérez, Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, OVCDEI
Staci Provezis, Associate Provost for Planning and Assessment, Office of the Provost
Beth Hoag, Director for Assessment and Planning, Student Affairs
Amy Edwards, Associate Provost and Director of Division of Management Information
Nathan Todd, Professor, Department of Psychology
Angela Reggans, Assistant Director of Labor & Employee Relations, Illinois Human Resources
Patricia Jones, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Compliance, OVCRI
Elizabeth Tsukahara, ex-officio, Associate Director for Communications, OVCDEI
Kaamilyah Abdullah-Span, ex-officio, Director of Campus Culture & Climate, OVCDEI

Leadership Team

Kaamilyah Abdullah‐Span, Chair, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Nizam Arain, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Lorenzo Baber, College of Education
Domonic Cobb, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Linell Edwards, Office of the Provost
Bria Marcello, Illinois Human Resources
Elizabeth Tsukahara, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Nicholas Vasi, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Maryalice Wu, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning

Working Groups

Faculty/Staff Working Group

Nizam Arain, Chair, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Ellen Althaus, Grainger College of Engineering
Joe Bohn, College of ACES
Bridget Hillier, Gies College of Business
Lisa Merrifield, Illinois Extension
Alyssa Prorok, Department of Political Science 
Angela Reggans, Illinois Human Resources
Sharon Reynolds, Office of the Provost
Rochelle Sennet, College of Fine & Applied Arts

Student Working Group

Domonic Cobb, Chair, Student Affairs
Lizet Alvarez, Grainger Engineering, 2025
Matthew Jenkins, Fine & Applied Arts, 2024
Eddie Collins, Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2024
Emma Kuhns, ACES, 2024
Emilia Mancero, Media, 2026
Evelyn Morales, Applied Health Sciences, 2025
Odi Ogbuefi, Media, 2026
Akash Saini, Education, Graduate Student
Abby Stiefvater, Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2025
Queenie Yu, Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2025

Assessment Working Group

Maryalice Wu, Chair, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
Sowmya Anand, Office of Proposal Development
Brandon Araujo, Office for Access & Equity
Zaheeda Darvesh, Office for Access & Equity
Linell Edwards, Office of the Provost
Ryan Young, Student Affairs

Communications Working Group

Elizabeth Tsukahara, Chair, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Charlotte Bauer, Graduate College
Stephanie Henry, Office of the Provost
Claire Hettinger, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Nicholas Vasi, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology