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

• Juanyce D. Taylor, PhD
  Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Roya Attar, OD, MBA, FAAO
  Assistant Professor
  School of Medicine Ophthalmology
• Cecelia Bass
  Director, Employee Relations
  Department of Human Resources
• Noelle Bates, MD
  House Officer
• Kimberly Bibb, MD
  Assistant Professor
  School of Medicine, Family Medicine
• J. Reid Black
  School of Medicine, Class of 2021
• Rashanda Booker, PhD
  Director  
  Institutional Equity and Partnerships
• Molly Brasfield
  Interim Chief Human Resources Officer
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Dashunda Bunton
  Project Manager III
  Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• 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
• Terri Gillespie, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
  Interim Chief Nursing Officer, Children's of Mississippi
  Chief Nursing Executive and CNO-Adult
• Natalie Hutto, JD, CPA
  Chief Development Officer
  Office of Development
• April Overstreet
  Director
  Office of Alumni Affairs
• Katie McClendon, PharmD
  Assistant Dean for Student Services
  Department of Pharmacy Practice (UM)
• Brian Rutledge, PhD
  Chief of Staff
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• 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

• LouAnn Woodward, MD (Chair)
  Vice Chancellor
• 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
• Susana M. Salazar, PhD, MS, BSD, Faculty Senate President
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Biomedical Materials Science
• Richard Summers, MD (ex-officio)
  Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
  Office of the Vice Chancellor
• Blake Jones, ASB President