University of Virginia
PAE-6: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Objectives: 1. To provide a forum where representatives from various segments of the University community can come together to discuss and consider forward-looking, proactive strategies, methods, and approaches that will help to make U.Va a more diverse and welcoming environment at all levels; 2. To create a setting in which representatives can present diversity-related issues and considerations that are occurring either within their own administrative unit, or within other areas that they have either knowledge about or interest in; and 3. To review information and materials that are intended to enhance and celebrate diversity that are being used or discussed in other higher education institutions, or in other settings, to determine whether they might have any applicability to U.Va.

Jonathan Bowen, Assistant to the President and Writer, President's Office Gertrude Fraser, Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment and Retention, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost Margaret Dame, Clinician III, Provost Employee Council Michelle Packer, Associate Director of Development,Senior Vice President for Development and Public Affairs Sheri Winston, Director - Audio Visual Group, Assistant Vice President for University Relations Carolyn Dillard, News Officer for Broadcast and Diversity Communications, Assistant Vice President for University Relations M. Norman Oliver, Professor, Office of the Vice President and Dean, School of Medicine R. Ed Howell, Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Center Cheryl Apprey, Director for Graduate Student Diversity Programs, Office of the Vice President for Research Tamara Sole, Learning and Development Manager, Office of the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Gary Nimax, Assistant VP & Director of University-Related Foundation Administration, Office of the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Leslie Haughton, Director – Supplier Diversity, Office of the Vice President for Management and Budget Debbie Mincarelli, ITC Human Resource Manager, Office of Information Technology and Communication Maurice Apprey, Dean of African-American Affairs, Office of the Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer Erica Spangler, Director of Graduate Admissions, School of Architecture Robert Fatton, Julia Allen Cooper Professor, College of Arts and Sciences Sarah Wilcox-Elliott, Assistant Director of Student Affairs, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration Kellie Sauls, Associate Director of Admissions, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration Andrea Roberts, Assistant Professor, McIntire School of Commerce Bob Covert, Associate Professor, Curry School of Education Ashley Fleming, Inquiries and Prospects Manager, School of Continuing and Professional Studies Maria Chee, Associate Director – BIS, School of Continuing and Professional Studies Carolyn Vallas , Lecturer - Assistant Dean - Center for Diversity in Engineering , School of Engineering and Applied Science Martha Ballenger, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, School of Law Judy Pointer, Program Manager, School of Medicine - Center for Health Disparities Connie Lee, Associate Professor, School of Nursing Clay Hysell, Lecturer, School of Nursing Valerie Gregory, Associate Dean of Admissions, Office of Admissions Shurtone Lee, Athletics Vicki Gist, Assistant Dean of Students, Office of the Dean of Students Don Sundgren, Chief Facilities Office, Facilities Management Rebecca Leinen, Human Resource and Training Director, Facilities Management Vincent Jones, Police-Lieutenant, UVA Police Department Rachel Spraker, Affirmative Action Specialist, Equal Opportunity Programs Blaine Norum, Professor, Faculty Senate Aaron Laushway, Associate Dean of Students, General Faculty Council Al Sapienza, Director – Organizational Development, University Libraries Sharon Davie, Director, Women’s Center Andrew Chancey, Assistant Director for Finance and Program Analysis, Miller Center Edward Warwick, Program Coordinator, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center Debbie Berkeley, Assistant Director, Elson Student Health Center Kate O'Varanese, Graduate Student, Learning Needs Evaluation Center Laurie Shaffer, Learning Needs Evaluation Center Jasmine Jefferson, Graduate Student Salma Nabi, Undergraduate Student Esther Park, Student

The Office for Diversity and Equity (ODE) provides leadership, information, consultation, coordination, and assistance to the various units and constituencies within the University of Virginia in an effort to embrace diversity and equity as pillars of excellence, synergize actions at all levels of the institution, and cultivate inclusiveness and mutual respect throughout the community. The Office also reaches beyond the University to establish beneficial relationships with individual and institutional partners who share mutual goals and interests. ODE was created in fall 2005 as a recommendation of the President’s Commission on Diversity and Equity, a yearlong study launched on fall 2003 to examine the social and academic cultures at the University.

As Vice President and Chief Office for Diversity and Equity, Dr. Marcus Martin leads University efforts to promote an inclusive and welcoming environment that embraces the full spectrum of human attributes, perspectives, and disciplines.