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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 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
• Ivory Bogan
  Executive Director
  Facilities Manager
• 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
• Gaarmel Funches, PhD
  Director, Office of Health Careers Opportunity
  Office of the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
• Terri Gillespie
  Chief Nursing Executive & CNO-Adult
• Demondes Haynes, MD
  Professor
  School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
• Natalie Hutto
  Director
  Office of Development
• April Mann
  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)
• Brent Necaise
  UMMC Gay-Straight Alliance Co-President
  School of Medicine Class of 2018
• Norma Ojeda, MD
  Professor
  School of Medicine, Pediatrics-Neonatology
  Group of Women in Science President 2018
• Brian Rutledge, PhD
  Chief of Staff
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Carmela San Luis, MD
  House Officer
• Cathy Smith
  Chief of Human Resources
• Patrick Smith, MD
  Assistant Professor
  School of Medicine, Family Medicine
• Stanley Smith, PhD
  Associate Professor
  School of Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology
• 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
• Sarah Sterling, MD (Faculty Senate president)
  Assistant Professor
  School of Medicine, Emergency Medicine
• Richard L. Summers, MD (ex-officio)
  Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• William Thomas (ASB president)
  N3 – School of Nursing