Campus Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CCDEI)
We are pleased to announce the members of the Campus Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CCDEI). This committee will identify equity gaps and make recommendations to address systemic historical inequities, prioritizing equity for historically marginalized groups and issues related to improving campus climate through campus engagement, review of relevant data, reports and research. Committee members also will share recommendations for presidential review.
The following individuals serve as committee representatives:
Co-Chairs
Angee Ortega McGhee, Staff
Associate Resource Analyst, Lucas College and Graduate School of Business
Monica Allen, Faculty (Service Begins Spring Semester 2022)
Associate Professor, Public Health and Recreation
Kathleen Wong(Lau), Chief Diversity Officer
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Students
To Be Determined, Non-STEM Student Representative
Azariah Cole-Shephard, STEM Student Representative
Undergraduate Student, Electrical Engineering
Alani Fluker, Student Athlete Representative
Undergraduate Student, Public Health
Kevin Gaytan, Graduate Student Representative
Graduate Student, Social Work
Anoop Kaur, Associated Students Representative
Undergraduate Student, Biological Sciences, Concentration in Systems Physiology
Vinson Vũ, Student Success Centers Representative
Undergraduate Student, Business Administration, Management Information Systems
Unique Williams, Greek Organization Representative
Undergraduate Student, African American Studies
Staff
Joe Fessehaye, Staff-at-Large Representative
Early Alert Coordinator, Peer Connections
Jose Macias, Athletics Representative
Athletic Academic Advisor, Student Athlete Success Services
Ana Navarrete, Solidarity Network Representative
Program Director, UndocuSpartan Student Resource Center
Bonnie Sugiyama, Solidarity Network Representative
Director, PRIDE Center and Gender Equity Center
Claudia Tercero, Classified Staff/Staff Counsel Representative
Administrative Assistant to the Associate Vice President, Development
Alma Verduzco, Maintenance and Operations Representative
Facilities Worker II, Maintenance and Operations
MPP Representatives
Valerie Gonzales
Associate Director for Digital Engagement, Alumni and Community Engagement
Julie Paisant
Senior Director,Employee Relations, Retention and Equal Opportunity, University Personnel
Faculty
To Be Determined, Faculty-at-Large Representative
Tanya Bakhru, Faculty Diversity Committee Representative
Professor, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies/SISS
Marion Campisi, Faculty-at-Large Representative
Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Michael Dao, Tenure-Track Faculty Representative
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Sharmin Khan, Lecturer Faculty Representative
Lecturer, Linguistics and Language Development
To Be Determined, Tenured Faculty Representative
Alums1
Alerie Flandez, Alumn of 10 or More Years
Academic Advisor, Davidson College of Engineering Student Success Center
Danny D. McLane, Alumn of 2 - 10 Years
Founder and CEO, Jamii Technology
Standing Committee Members:
Magdalena Barrera, Vice Provost for Faculty Success
Office of the Provost
Ravisha Mathur, Designee for Chair of Academic Senate, and Past Chair of Academic Senate
Associate Professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Development
Alison McKee, Academic Senate Chair [on leave]
Professor, Film and Theater
Walt Jacobs, Special Assistant to the Provost on Racial Justice Initiatives
Dean, College of Social Sciences
Patience D. Bryant, Director of Black/African American Equity
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Fernanda Perdomo-Arciniegas, Interim Director of Chicanx/Latinx Equity
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Jahmal Williams, Director of Advocacy for Racial Justice
Community and Government Relations
To Be Determined Director of Co-Curricular Learning, Educational Equity, and Assessment, Divison of Student Affairs
Not Position Specific Member
To Be Determined, Advocate for People with Disabilitites Representative2
1 See Alumni vs Alumnus
2 New for Fall 2022