DEI External Advisory Council

“I am serving on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council because it presents a platform to provide my insight and experience regarding the powerful impact of diversity and inclusion.  I also have a great passion for positively impacting college students, and I believe an environment of diversity plays an important role in their overall success.”

“I am serving on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council because working in highly technical fields for the last 20 years, I have found it rewarding and imperative that we continue to focus on improving diversity and inclusion across corporate, social and educational environments. My membership on this council represents a key way to achieve this.”

“I am serving on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council because as an alumnus of the CoE and repeated past participant in the Summer Engineering Academy at the University of Michigan, I am invested in the evolution of the College’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. I benefited greatly from those who contributed to this great work before and now it is my responsibility to do the same for someone else.  I consider it an honor to serve.”

“I am serving on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council because it presents a platform to provide my insight and experience regarding the powerful impact of diversity and inclusion.  I also have a great passion for positively impacting college students, and I believe an environment of diversity plays an important role in their overall success.”

“I am serving on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council because when the topic of diversity is raised in mixed settings, the conversation often becomes polarized along demographic and ideological lines.  For organizations to thrive, they must foster an inclusive climate, one in which every student, faculty, staff member, and manager, regardless of the demographic from which they come or with which they identify, can feel they can bring their whole selves into the university and the workplace. In short, I am interested in participating on the Board to contribute to, and learn from the process of operationalizing the aspiration of a truly inclusive campus at scale.”

“I stand bold and unapologetic in my truth and am committed to helping others do the same! Whether it’s the courtroom, coworkers, candidates or community, advocating for others is my passion.”

“I am serving on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council because our institutions are very similar and we (Virginia Tech) consider the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering to be a peer institution.  I believe there is much I can learn from UMich and also feel that there is much I can share regarding inclusion and diversity activities and perspectives.”

“I am serving on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council because I am passionate about creating organizations that want to create inclusive cultures in which everyone has the opportunity to do their best work.”