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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.

Academic & Curricular Activities

This group features IE Board experts and representatives from the following areas: UCLA Health, David Geffen School of Medicine, Inclusive Excellence Advisors, Institute of American Cultures Centers, Senior Dean of the College, Senior Professional School Dean, and Teaching & Learning Center.

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Christine (Tina) Christie

Wasserman Dean; Professor of Education, Division of Social Research Methodology, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies

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David McIntosh

Vice Dean, Inclusive Excellence, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

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Shannon Speed

Director, UCLA American Indian Studies Center; Professor, Gender Studies and Anthropology

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Jonli Tunstall

Associate Vice Provost of Student Diversity; Assistant Adjunct Professor, African American Studies and Education; Director, UCLA Academic Advancement Program (AAP)

Administrative Partners

This group features IE Board experts and representatives from the following areas: UCLA Athletics, Campus Human Resources, and Enrollment Management.

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Gary Clark

Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Enrollment Management

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Kenny Donaldson

Senior Associate Athletics Director, Academic & Championship Excellence, UCLA Athletics

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Tyrone Howard

Professor of Education, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

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Yonit Kovnator

ADA/Section 504 Compliance Officer, UCLA Civil Rights Office

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Christine Lovely

Vice Chancellor and Chief People Officer, UCLA Campus Human Resources

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Steve Lurie

Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Campus and Community Safety

Bruin Well-Being & Thriving

This group features IE Board experts and representatives from the following areas: UCLA Campus Climate, Student Life, Student Well-Being, and Student Resource Centers.

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Sylvia Hurtado

Special Advisor to the Chancellor; Distinguished Professor, Higher Education and Organization Change, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

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Nicole Presley

Senior Executive Director of UCLA Student Resilience and Mental Health Services, UCLA Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)

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Suzanne Seplow

Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Development & Health, UCLA Student Affairs

Community Engagement

This group features IE Board experts and representatives from the following areas: UCLA Alumni Association, Government & Community Relations, and Dialogue Initiatives.

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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

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Maia Ferdman

Deputy Director, UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute; Staff Director, Dialogue Across Difference Initiative; Project Manager, UCLA Initiative to Study Hate

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Tyrone Howard

Professor of Education, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

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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

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Denise Pacheco

Senior Director, Diversity Programs and Initiatives, UCLA Alumni Association

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Jennifer Poulakidas

Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Government and Community Relations, UCLA External Affairs

Governance Bodies

This group features IE Board experts and representatives from the following areas: Chair of the UCLA Academic Senate Committee of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (CODEI), Graduate Students Association (GSAC), Staff Assembly, and Undergraduate Students Association (USAC).

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Naomi Hammonds

President, UCLA Graduate Student Body; MPH Student in Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

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Michael McCormack

President, UCLA Staff Assembly Executive Board; Assistant Director, Leadership & Involvement, UCLA Residential Life

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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

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IE Board Members

  • Jayha Buhs Jackson, UCLA Undergraduate Students Association (USAC) President, UCLA Undergraduate Student
  • Michelle Caswell, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies — put her down as Special Advisor to EVCP on Community Engaged Scholarship, adn then home department
  • Christina (Tina) Christie, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies – Academic and Curricular Initiatives, add title
  • Gary Clark, UCLA Enrollment Management, Administrative Partners, add title
  • Kenny Donaldson, UCLA Athletics, add title, Admin Partners
  • Maia Ferdman, UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute; Dialogue Across Difference — Dialogue Initiatives, add title — Community Engagement
  • Vanessa González-Seigel, UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center — Well-Being and Thriving, add title
  • Naomi Hammonds, UCLA Graduate Student Body President — Governance Bodies, add UCLA Graduate Student
  • Sylvia Hurtado, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies — Well-Being and Thriving, add title
  • Tracy Johnson, UCLA Life Sciences Division — Academic & Currocular, add title of Dean
  • Yonit Kovnator, UCLA Civil Rights Office; ADA/Section 504 Compliance — Admin Partners
  • Christine Lovely, UCLA Campus Human Resources — Admin Partners
  • Steven Lurie, UCLA Office of Campus and Community Safety — Admin Partners
  • David McIntosh, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine — Academic & Curricular
  • David Myers, UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute; Dialogue Across Difference; Department of History — add title — Community Engagement, Dialogue Initiatives, add Initaitive to Study Hate, add Jewish Studies
  • Denise Pacheco, UCLA Alumni Association — Community Engagement
  • Jennifer Poulakidas, UCLA External Affairs — Community Engagement
  • Jessica Rett, UCLA Department of Linguistics — see notes
  • Erin Sanders O’Leary, UCLA Teaching & Learning Center; School of Education and Information Studies — Academic & Curricular, take off GSEIS, add Vice Provost
  • Suzanne Seplow, UCLA Student Affairs — Bruin Well-Being & Thriving
  • Shannon Speed, UCLA American Indian Studies Center; Institute of American Cultures; Departments of Gender Studies and Anthropology — Academic & Curricular
  • Jonli Tunstall, UCLA Academic Advancement Program; Department of African American Studies — Academic & Curricular