Equity Task Force Members
Steering Committee
- Don Thompson, task force chair, Purdue Board of Trustees
- Rodrigo Bañuelos, professor of mathematics, Purdue College of Science
- Michael Berghoff, Purdue alumnus, chair of Purdue Board of Trustees
- Theresa Carter, Purdue alumnus, Purdue Board of Trustees
- Ken Christmon, associate vice chancellor of admissions, Purdue Fort Wayne
- Kristin Early, professor, Criminal Justice Program, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Purdue Global
- Assata Gilmore, Purdue Student Government president, Purdue Krannert School of Management
- Julie C. Liu, associate professor of chemical engineering and associate professor of biomedical engineering
- Lawrence Hamer, dean, College of Business, Purdue Northwest
- Toni Munguia, director of recruiting, retention and diversity, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
- Deb Nichols, University Senate chair; associate professor of human development and family studies, Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences
- Madelina Nuñez, Purdue Graduate Student Government president; School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Purdue College of Liberal Arts
- Venetria Patton, chair, Purdue Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff; professor of English; head, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Purdue College of Liberal Arts
- Willie Reed, dean, Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine
- Randy Roberts, 150th Anniversary Professor and Distinguished Professor of History, Purdue College of Liberal Arts
- Alysa Christmas Rollock, vice president for ethics and compliance, Purdue University
- Noah Scott, student trustee; Krannert School of Management, Purdue Board of Trustees
- Shawn Taylor, Purdue alumnus, Krannert School of Management
- Patrick Wolfe, dean, Purdue College of Science
Faculty, Staff and Alumni Representatives
Don Thompson
Chair, Equity Task Force Committee and Purdue Trustee
CEO and Founder, Cleveland Avenue
Felica Ahasteen Bryant
Representative
Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Director, Native American Cultural Center
Jay Akridge
Steering Committee
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Diversity
Paul Asunda
Faculty Representative
Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Department of Technology, Leadership and Innovation
Stacey Baisden
Representative
College of Liberal Arts, Department of Political Science, Operations Administrator and Graduate Coordinator
Rodrigo Banuelos
Steering Committee
College of Science, Department of Mathematics
Eric Barker
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, College of Pharmacy
William Bell
Representative
Vice President for Human Resources
Michael Berghoff
Steering Committee and Chairman, Board of Trustees
President, Lenex Steel Corporation
D'yan Berry
Purdue Alumni Representative
Gary Bertoline
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
Michael Bobinski
Representative
Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Ethan Braden
Representative
Vice President for Marketing
Mike Brzezinski
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, International Programs
Barrett S. Caldwell
Faculty Representative
College of Engineering, School of Industrial Engineering
Heidi Carl
Representative
Executive Director of Financial Aid, Office of Enrollment Management
Theresa Carter
Steering Committee and Purdue Trustee
P.E. Major General, USAF (Retired)
Alok Chaturvedi
Faculty Representative
Krannert School of Management
Kenneth Christmon
Steering Committee
Associate Vice Chancellor of Admissions, Purdue Fort Wayne
Michael B. Cline
Representative
Executive Vice President for Administrative Operations
Brenda Coulson
Representative
Director, Talent Acquisition, Office of Human Resources
Latonia Craig
Representative
Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence, College of Veterinary Medicine
Marlo David
Faculty Representative
Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
Johnathan Decker
Regional Campus Faculty Representative
Purdue Fort Wayne, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
Spencer Deery
Planning Group
Senior Communication Strategist and Policy Analyst, Office of Marketing and Media
Ja’Niah Downing
Representative
Associate Director of Admissions, Office of Enrollment Management
Natasha Duncan
Representative
Associate Dean for International Education and Affairs, Honors College
Kristin Early
Steering Committee
Criminal Justice Faculty, Purdue Global
Julius Eason
Representative
Senior Manager, Office of Graduate Diversity Initiatives, Graduate School
Levon Esters
Faculty Representative
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication, College of Agriculture
Matt Folk
Representative
President and CEO of the Purdue for Life Foundation, and Vice President of University Development and Alumni Engagement
John Gates
Steering Committee
Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Office of the Provost
John Gipson
Representative
Director, Summer Session, Department of Summer Programming
Lawrence Hamer
Steering Committee
Dean, College of Business, Purdue Northwest
Lisa Harrell
Steering Committee and Planning Group
Chief People Officer, Cleveland Avenue
Isaac Harris
Faculty Representative
Department of Mathematics, College of Science
Darren Henry
Representative
Director of Diversity Initiatives, Krannert School of Management
Kathleen Howell
Faculty Representative
Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
Christine Hrycyna
Faculty Representative
Head, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
David Hummels
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, Krannert School of Management
Carolyn Johnson
Representative
Associate Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Office of the Provost
Chrystal Johnson
Faculty Representative
Social Studies Education, College of Education
Nastasha Johnson
Faculty Representative
Libraries and School of Information Studies
Paula Johnson
Faculty Representative
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
Lowell Kane
Representative
Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Center, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Greg Kapp
Representative
Interim Vice President, Office for Development
Mel'dre King
Purdue Alumni Representative, 2016
Cindi Koh Knox Sharp
Faculty Representative
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy
Xinran Lehto
Faculty Representative
Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, College of Health and Human Sciences
Julie Liu
Steering Committee
School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Mark Lundstrom
Deans Advisory Council
Acting Dean, College of Engineering
Alejandra Magana
Faculty Representative
Computer and Information Technology, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
Nancy Marchand-Martella
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, College of Education
Maria Marshall
Faculty Representative
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture
Marie Martin-Murphy
Representative
Director of Diversity Initiatives, College of Pharmacy
Linda Mason
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, Graduate School
Theresa Mayer
Representative
Vice President for Research and Partnerships
Beth McCuskey
Representative
Vice Provost for Student Life, Office of the Provost
Beth McNeil
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, Libraries and School of Information Studies
Sara Mellady
Representative
Chair, Campus Support Staff Advisory Committee
Sandy Monroe
Representative
Executive Director, Undergraduate Advising
Margo Monteith
Faculty Representative
Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences
Meredith Moore
Planning Group
External Communications, Cleveland Avenue
Karen Bishop-Morris
Regional Campus Faculty Representative
Department of English, College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
Antonia (Toni) Mungia
Steering Committee
Director of Recruitment, Retention, and Diversity, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
Bethany Myles
Planning Group
Executive Assistant to Mr. Don Thompson, Cleveland Avenue
Deborah Nichols
Steering Committee
Chair, University Senate
Carina Olaru
Representative
Director, Latino Cultural Center and Student Advocacy and Education, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Venetria Patton
Steering Committee
Head, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Christa Pazera
Representative
Director of Residential Life, University Residences
Rhonda Phillips
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, Honors College
Karen Plaut
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, College of Agriculture
Mark Puente
Representative
Associate Dean for Organizational Development, Inclusion and Diversity
Willie Reed
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
David Reingold
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
Randy Roberts
Steering Committee
Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
Alysa Rollock
Steering Committee
Vice President for Ethics and Compliance
Jesus Romero
Representative
Coordinator for Leadership Development
Julie Rosa
Planning Group
Associate Vice President, Communications, Office of Marketing and Media
Chris Ruhl
Representative
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Pam Sari
Representative
Director, Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center
Katherine (Katie) Sermersheim
Deans Advisory Council
Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Students
Nikeya Sharp
Representative
Student Support Specialist, Crisis Management, Office of the Dean of Students
Ary Suarez Trujillo
Representative
Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture
Shawn Taylor
Steering Committee
Purdue Alumni, 1982
Renee Thomas
Representative
Director, Black Cultural Center
Jacquelyn Thomas-Miller
Representative
Director, Office Advising and Recruiting, College of Education
Angela Threlkeld Dodd
Alumni Representative
, 1983
Monica Trieu
Faculty Representative
School of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Brock Turner
Representative
Vice Chair, Campus Support Staff Advisory Committee
Marion Underwood
Deans Advisory Council
Dean, College of Health and Human Sciences
Shiyan Wang
Representative
School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Randall Ward
Representative
Disability Resource Center Director and Associate Director of Student Success
Jason Ware
Faculty Representative
Honors College
Mitchell Warren
Representative
Director of Admissions, Office of Enrollment Management
Kim Weldy
Planning Group
Executive Assistant, Purdue Board of Trustees
Tim Werth
Representative
Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives, Information Technology at Purdue
Evette Williams
Planning Group
Managing Director, Investor Relations Cleveland Avenue
Henry Williams
Faculty Representative
Krannert School of Management
Patrick Wolfe
Steering Committee and Chair, Deans Advisory Council
Dean, College of Science
Virginia Booth Womack
Representative
Director, Minority Engineering Program
Student Representatives
Temitope Adeoye
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Educational Studies
Ruth Bambo
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Science, African Student Association
Liam Bettez
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Interfraternity Council
Zachary C. Brown
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication, National Society of MANRRS
Myson Burch
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Computer Science, Black Graduate Student Association
Christina Core
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, National Society of Black Engineers
Mitchell Demerly
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Science, Purdue Foundation Student Board
Ansaarullah Rasul Diop
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Environmental and Ecological Engineering
Taylor Doehrman
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Agriculture
Emily Dougherty
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Agriculture, Department of Food Science, Purdue Foundation Student Board
Angel Enriquez
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, School of Biomedical Engineering
Jared Florell
Krannert School of Management, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Assata Gilmore
Steering Committee
Krannert School of Management, President, Purdue Student Government
Brenda Gonzalez
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Biological Sciences, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
Laura Roa Gonzalez
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Association
Camille Griffith
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Native American Student Association
Ceouna Hegwood
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Health & Human Sciences, Black Student Union
Simon Hernandez
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Liberal Arts, Latino Student Union, Latino Cultural Center, and Delta Pi Rho
Cynthia Hernandez-Lopez
Undergraduate Student Representative
Krannert School of Management, Latino Student Union and Delta Phi Mu
Gaganpreet Hundal
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Computer and Information Technology
Sydni Jennings
Regional Campus Student Representative
Purdue Fort Wayne, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of International Language and Culture Studies
Alia Kabba
Undergraduate Student Representative
Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Women in Technology, National Society of Black Engineers
Vasundhara Kaul
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Sociology
Sebastian Kenny
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Biological Sciences
Afi Kpelly
Undergraduate Student Representative
Purdue Global, Early Childhood Education
Vanessa Kwarteng
Graduate Student Representative
College of Engineering, Black Graduate Student Association
Tyler Lamar
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Engineering, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue Student Government
Jayla Langford
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Science, Strong Sister, Silly Sister
Vanessa Longe
Undergraduate Student Representative
Honors College, Student of Purdue Against Racism
Samara Miller
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Krannert School Management, President, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Nathan Rowland Miller
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Engineering, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue Music Organization
Jasmine Moore
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, PULSe Graduate Student
Christian Nichols
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Science, Black Student Union
Rachel Nigh
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Liberal Arts, Panhellenic
Ankita Nikalje
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Educational Studies
Madelina Nuñez
Steering Committee
Graduate School, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, President, Purdue Graduate Student Government
Lumari Perez
Undergraduate Student Representative
Krannert School of Management, Latino Student Union
Luke Pfeiffer
Undergraduate Student Representative
Krannert School of Management, Rising Professionals
Andrianna Plummer
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Health and Human Sciences, National Pan-Hellenic Council
Brian Robinson
Undergraduate Student Representative
Purdue Polytechnic Institute
Giovanna Salazar
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Liberal Arts, Latino Cultural Center
Val Schull
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Agriculture and Biomedical Engineering, Purdue Graduate Student Government
Noah Scott
Steering Committee
Graduate School, Krannert School of Management, Student Trustee
Christa Serratos
Undergraduate Student Representative
Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Latino Cultural Center, Minority, Technology Association and Delta Phi Mu
Shreeja Shrestha
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Multicultural Greek Council
Ariel Smith
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Black Cultural Center
Noah Smith
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Feminist Action Coalition
Ahmee’L Taylor
Regional Campus Student Representative
Purdue Northwest, College of Business
Vijay Udayamohan
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Boiler Gold Rush
Camille Vann
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Agriculture, Minorities in Agriculture
Carey Walls
Undergraduate Student Representative
College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue Chapter of the NAACP
Junhan Zhao
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate School