University Inclusive Excellence Council
Primary Function of Inclusive Excellence Council
The Inclusive Excellence Council is a permanent standing council of the University of Dayton, established for the purpose of advancing and supporting efforts across the University to achieve and sustain inclusive excellence.
Its primary functions include:
• Advise the University’s president and vice president for diversity and inclusion on Universitywide strategic and organizational matters related to diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Dayton.
• Serve as an organizational mechanism to cultivate and sustain synergy and collaboration of initiatives and programming related to diversity, equity and inclusion across the University.
• Monitor and report on the University’s progress in the execution of the The Flyers Plan for Community Excellence, the University’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategic plan for 2020–24.
• Make recommendations for effective internal and external communication of University initiatives in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Work to identify and advance systemic structures, practices, policies and traditions that will advance diversity, equity and inclusion, while also removing barriers of the same type.
Council Members 2020-2021
Joanna Abdallah
President of the Graduate Student Association
Nabil Abouzahra
Staff Representative
Amy Anderson
Associate Provost for Global & Intercultural Affairs
Kim Bakota
Executive Director for Equity Compliance and Title IX/Section 504 Coordinator
Shane Borah
Student Representative (Graduate)
Lisa Borello
Director of the Women’s Center
Lawrence Burnley
Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion (co-chair)
Natalie Coppolino
President of the Student Government Association
Kathleen Costales
Faculty Representative, Associate Professor of Global Languages & Cultures
Samuel Dorf
Associate Professor of Music; Vice President of the Academic Senate
Laura Gentner-Hutchinson
Coordinator of LGBTQ+ Services
Sangita Gosalia
Staff Representative, Director of Campus Engagement in Center for International Programs
Merida Allen
Executive Director of Multi-Ethnic Education & Engagement Center, and Associate Dean of Students (co-chair)
Susan Brown
Interim Director of the Office of Learning Resources
Sara Harrison
Executive Director of Procurement and Payable Services
Chief Savalas Kidd
Executive Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police
Jay Mathews
Faculty Representative, Associate Professor of Physics
Carolyn Roecker Phelps
Associate Provost for Faculty & Administrative Affairs
Leslie Picca
Faculty Co-Chair, Professor of Sociology and Roesch Chair in the Social Sciences
Shara Shrestha
Student Representative (Undergraduate)
Eddy Rojas
Academic Dean, School of Engineering
Carlos Stewart
Senior Associate Director of Development, Diversity and Access Initiatives for Advancement and Alumni Relations
Crystal Sullivan
Executive Director of Campus Ministry
Tiffany Taylor Smith
Executive Director for Inclusive Excellence Education and Professional Development
Troy Washington
Vice President for Human Resources
Donnell Wiggins
Assistant Vice President for Recruitment and Admission
Molly Wilson
Vice President for Marketing and Communications