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Institutional Climate Committee Charge and Members

Charge

To assess current efforts or recommend new initiatives designed to improve the climate of the Medical Center. This includes reviewing institutional policies or practices impacting the climate and culture of the organization, enhancing plans to advance diversity and inclusion, and responding to queries and suggestions from the Vice Chancellor’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion.

Members

• Juanyce Taylor, PhD
  Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Alia Abbas
  Associated Student Body Representative
  School of Medicine Class of 2019
• Kourtland Adams, RN
  Educator RN II
  University Physicians Telehealth Services Administration
• Kandice Bailey
  M2 - School of Medicine
• Audrey Banks, MPH
  Risk Analyst
  Office of the General Counsel
• Chasity Bounds, MHS, RRT
  Patient Care Coordinator
  University Heart Administration
• Molly Brasfield
  Director
  Human Resources
• Dashunda R. Bunton, MPA, CHTS-IM
  Project Manager II
  Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• Mary Canterbury
  Director
  Business Operations
• Erica Collins-Young, MSL
  Recruitment and Retentions Coordinator
  School of Population Health
• Kendra Courtney, MD
  House Officer
• Driscoll DeVaul
  Director
  Respiratory Care - Batson
• Johnson George, MBA, PMP, CAHIMS
  Director, Faculty Projects and Process Design
  Office of Faculty Affairs
• Victoria Gholar
  Human Resources
• Marilyn Harrington, RN, PhD, AGNP-C
  Associate Professor and Director of Diversity and Inclusion
  School of Nursing
• Yassmin Hegazy
  M2 - School of Medicine
• Will Lindsey
  Nuclear Medicine
  School of Health Related Professions
• Zack Long
  M4 - School of Medicine
• Kendria Lyles
  Senior Epic Optimization Trainer
  Division of Information Systems (DIS)
• Julieta Mendez
  Director
  Office of International Services
• Edgar Meyer
  Graduate Assistant
  School of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences
• Mohadetheh Moulana, MD
  Associate Professor
  School of Medicine, Psychiatry
• Mauda Monger
  Health Education Director
  School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
• Utsav Nandi, MD
  Instructor
  School of Medicine, Emergency Medicine
• Tylere Nunnery
  Student - School of Dentistry
• Robin Parish, MA, OTR/L, CHT
  Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
  School of Health Related Professions
• Gladys Peters, MPH
  Project Manager
  Office of the Chief Medical Officer
• Anne Reiher, DPT
  Physical Therapist
  Batson Children's Hospital
• Latoshia Robinson
  Administrative Assistant IV
• Marc Rolph
  Director
  Public Affairs
• Jennifer Sasser, PhD
  Associate Professor
  School of Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology
  Group on Women in Medicine and Science Representative
• Mandy Scott
  Director, Diversity Assessment and Programs
  Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• Paula Shelton
  Human Resources Service Partner
  Talent Development
• Felicia Tardy, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM
  Associate Professor of Medical Laboratory Science
  School of Health Related Professions
• Lateia Taylor
  Student - School of Medicine
• Tonia Taylor, PhD, COTA/L
  Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
  School of Health Related Professions
• Kedra Wallace, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Other members

• Guy Giesecke, MBA, MHA, DHA (ex-officio)
  Chief Executive Officer
  Children's of Mississippi
• J. Marc Majure, MD (ex-officio)
  Professor
  School of Medicine, Pediatrics-Pulmonary
• Johnathan Wilson, RN, PhD (ex-officio)
  Chief Administrative Officer
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Liz Youngblood (ex-officio)
  Chief Executive Officer
  Adult Hospitals
• Susan Shands Jones (ex-officio)
  Staff Attorney