Search underway for new chief diversity officer
A search-and-screen committee has been appointed to help identify and select candidates for the next deputy vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer.
The committee is being chaired by Jerlando Jackson, professor and department chair in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in the School of Education.
Other committee members include: Ruben Anthony, president and CEO, Urban League of Greater Madison; Trish Devine, professor in the Psychology Department, College of Letters & Science; Helen Faith, Office of Student Financial Aid, Enrollment Management; Gabe Javier, associate vice chancellor for student affairs in the areas of identity and inclusion; Sheri Johnson, associate professor in Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health; José J. Madera, assistant dean in Student Academic Affairs, College of Letters & Science; Mari Magler, assistant dean and director, McBurney Disability Resource Center, Student Affairs; Maggie Riordan, student representative; Micah Roberts, Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health; Eric Sandgren, professor in Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine; Thomas Valtin-Erwin, program administrator, Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives; Chelsea Wells, student representative; and Paul Wilson, professor and department chair, Engineering Physics, College of Engineering.