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Vice Chancellor's Council on Diversity and Inclusion Charge and Members

Charge

To elevate and prioritize matters relating to diversity and inclusion at the Medical Center. The Council provides leadership and consultation on goals and metrics of the strategic diversity and inclusion action plan including campus initiatives designed to enhance diversity and inclusion for students, faculty, staff, and the community-at-large.

Members

• LouAnn Woodward, MD (Chair)
  Vice Chancellor
• Juanyce D. Taylor, PhD
  Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Cecelia Bass
  Director, Employee Relations
  Department of Human Resources
• Noelle Bates, MD
  House Officer
• Jonathan Black
  School of Medicine, Class of 2021
  President, Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)
• Ivory Bogan
  Executive Director
  Facilities Management
• Rashanda Booker, PhD
  Director  
  Institutional Equity and Partnerships
• Jerry Clark, PhD
  Chief Student Affairs Officer and Associate Dean for Student Affairs
  School of Medicine
• Emily Cole
  Associate Director
  Student Records
• Carrie Cooper
  Director
  Student Financial Aid
• Lisa Didion, MD
  Associate Professor
  School of Medicine, General Pediatrics
• Tom Fortner, MBA
  Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer
• Gaarmel Funches, PhD
  Director, Office of Health Careers Opportunity
  Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
• Bernadette Grayson, PhD, MCR
  Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences
  Faculty Senate President
• Terri Gillespie, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
  Interim Chief Nursing Officer, Children's of Mississippi
  Chief Nursing Executive and CNO-Adult
• Paula Henderson, MBA
  Chief Human Resources Officer
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Natalie Hutto, JD, CPA
  Chief Development Officer
  Office of Development
• April Overstreet
  Director
  Office of Alumni Affairs
• Rondah Marks
  Chief Marketing Officer
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Katie McClendon, PharmD
  Assistant Dean for Student Services
  Department of Pharmacy Practice (UM)
• Mohadetheh Moulana, PhD
  Group on Women in Science and Medicine President (2018-19)
  School of Medicine, Psychiatry
• Brian Rutledge, PhD
  Chief of Staff
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Carmela San Luis, MD
  House Officer
• Mandy Scott
  Director
  Diversity Assessment and Programs
• Cathy Smith
  Chief of Human Resources
• Patrick Smith, MD
  Chief Faculty Affairs Officer and Professor
  School of Medicine, Family Medicine
• Jimmy Stewart, MD
  Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Professor
  School of Medicine
• Doris Whitaker, MDiv, BCC
  Director
  Pastoral Services

Other members

• Kevin Cook, MSBA (ex-officio)
  Health System Chief Executive Officer
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Ralph Didlake, MD, MA (ex-officio)
  Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Susan Shands Jones (counsel)
  Staff Attorney
• Charles O’Mara, MD (ex-officio)
  Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Richard Summers, MD (ex-officio)
  Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Edgar Meyer, ASB President