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