The purpose of the ACHE Diversity Committee is to foster a culturally rich and inclusive educational environment to support opportunities for collaboration, mentorship, integrity, responsibility, research, scholarship, and innovation at ACHE.
The ACHE DEI Committee supports on-going, intentional, systematic recruitment, and retention efforts, as well as engagement activities designed to provide ongoing education for enhancement and support of a diverse and inclusive student body, administration, faculty, and staff; promotes a broad concept of recruiting and retaining students, administration, faculty, and staff that have widely divergent life experiences, as well as traditional associations with race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, cultural orientation, disability, military service, religious beliefs, national origin, and other distinctive immutable and mutable characteristics; increases awareness of institutional resources to support leadership development of diverse faculty and staff; reviews the effectiveness of diversity and inclusion initiatives for students, administration, faculty, staff, and collaborating stakeholders; and performs other activities assigned by the Provost (or designee) that align with the Committee’s purpose.
| Current Member | Title |
|---|---|
| Handlery, Reed* | Program Dean Designee/PT |
| Brown, Teressa | Provost |
| Smith, Christopher | Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| McIntosh, Laurel | Senior Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for ACHE |
| Shaw, Jordan | ACHE Student |
| Nassri, Louay | Associate Professor, Pediatrics |
| LeQuieu, Elizabeth | Associate Dean of Academics |
| Rachakatla, Raia | Program Director Designee/MSB |
| Zimpfer, Jade | Program Director Designee/MPH |
| Embree, Tabitha | ACHE Faculty/Staff Designee |
| Montoya, Cynthia | Recorder |
*denotes ACHE Diversity Committee Chair
Assigned Recorder: Williams, Andrea
