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Inclusive Excellence Advisory Board

To realize our mission, the Office of Inclusive Excellence works with our invaluable Inclusive Excellence (IE) Advisory Board.

Representing vital areas across UCLA, IE Advisory Board members leverage their direct experience with local culture and climate to advise their departments how to best identify, amplify, and champion the pluralistic excellence of all members of the Bruin community.

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IE Board Members

  • Jayha Buhs Jackson, President, UCLA Undergraduate Students Association (USAC)
  • Michelle Caswell, Special Advisor to Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost on Community-Engaged Scholarship; Professor, Department of Information Studies, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies
  • Christina (Tina) Christie, Wasserman Dean; Professor of Education, Division of Social Research Methodology, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies
  • Gary Clark, Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Enrollment Management
  • Kenny Donaldson, Senior Associate Athletics Director, Academic & Championship Excellence, UCLA Athletics
  • Maia Ferdman, Deputy Director, UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute; Staff Director, Dialogue Across Difference Initiative; Project Manager, UCLA Initiative to Study Hate
  • Vanessa Aviva González-Seigel, Director, UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
  • Naomi Hammonds, President, UCLA Graduate Student Body; MPH Student in Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
  • Tyrone Howard, Professor of Education, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies
  • Sylvia Hurtado, Special Advisor to the Chancellor; Distinguished Professor, Higher Education and Organization Change, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies
  • Tracy Johnson, Dean, UCLA Life Sciences Division
  • Yonit Kovnator, ADA/Section 504 Compliance Officer, UCLA Civil Rights Office
  • Christine Lovely, Vice Chancellor and Chief People Officer, UCLA Campus Human Resources
  • Steven Lurie, Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Campus and Community Safety
  • Michael McCormack, President, UCLA Staff Assembly Executive Board; Assistant Director, Leadership & Involvement, UCLA Residential Life
  • David McIntosh, Vice Dean, Inclusive Excellence, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
  • Sarah Murphy, Deputy Director of Development, College Development and Regional Giving, UCLA Humanities
  • David Myers, Distinguished Professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Department of History; Director, UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute; Faculty Director, Dialogue Across Difference Initiative; Director, UCLA Initiative to Study Hate
  • Denise Pacheco, Senior Director, Diversity Programs and Initiatives, UCLA Alumni Association
  • Nicole Presley, Senior Executive Director of UCLA Student Resilience and Mental Health Services, UCLA Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
  • Jennifer Poulakidas, Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Government and Community Relations, UCLA External Affairs
  • Jessica Rett, Chair of the UCLA Academic Senate Committee of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (CODEI); Thomas Bye and David Bohne Professor of Linguistics, UCLA Department of Linguistics
  • Erin Sanders O’Leary, Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, UCLA Teaching & Learning Center
  • Suzanne Seplow, Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Development & Health, UCLA Student Affairs
  • Shannon Speed, Director, UCLA American Indian Studies Center; Professor, Gender Studies and Anthropology
  • Jonli Tunstall, Associate Vice Provost of Student Diversity; Assistant Adjunct Professor, African American Studies and Education; Director, UCLA Academic Advancement Program (AAP)