DEI Strategic Planning Committee

Overview

We created a collegiate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategic Planning Committee in spring 2021 during Phase 2 of our climate assessment and thanks to their work since then, we now have a DEI strategic plan for the College. The committee has completed their appointment obligations. Going forward our CFANS Office for Diversity & Inclusion and our Committee on Diversity and Inclusion will be taking the lead on plan implementation. 

The committee consisted of 13 members with representation from students, faculty and staff. Four members were appointed in consultation with our SDI consultants, the CFANS Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) and Dean Brian Buhr. Nine members were selected by a sub-group of the CFANS CDI, CFANS Director of Human Resources Yvonne Shorts Lind, CFANS Office for Diversity and Inclusion Director Jody Gray and our SDI consultants.

List of Members

Name

Role

Email Address
Andres Gomez Faculty, Committee on Diversity & Inclusion Member gomeza@umn.edu
Beth Ventura Faculty bventura@umn.edu
Nic Jelinski Faculty jeli0026@umn.edu
Sujaya Rao Faculty, Department Head sujaya@umn.edu
Abby Reynolds Professional & Academic Staff abby@umn.edu
Amy Morey Professional & Academic Staff morey041@umn.edu
Grant McCormack Professional & Academic Staff grantkm@umn.edu
Illana Livstrom Civil Service/Bargaining Unit Staff livst002@umn.edu
Marie Monter Former CFANS Staff, Committee on Diversity & Inclusion Member mmonter@umn.edu
Sarick Matzen Post-Doc smatzen@umn.edu
Myah Walker CFANS Alumna  
Jody Gray Former CFANS Office for Diversity & Inclusion Director grayjl@umn.edu
Yvonne Shorts Lind Former CFANS Human Resources Director lind1652@umn.edu