The DEI Council Staff Subcommittee are your SOM DEI staff advocates, assembled based on our passion and work around campus in advancing DEI efforts and staff initiatives. Our desire as a group is to give voice to the SOM staff’s needs. We work to build a sense of community and belonging for all to feel welcome and appreciated. As your SOM DEI staff advocates, we are here to listen and take forward concerns and needs of the SOM Staff. We hope that you will get to know us and see us as allies that stand with you.

“Having staff representation on the SOM DEI Council and forming a staff subcommittee provides an incredible opportunity for the greater staff community across the School of Medicine.”

– Paul Marini, Director of Operations & Strategy for Radiology

Stephanie Brown, PhD

Paul Marini (co-chair)

Christine Ackley

Angela Benson

Dallas Carter

Nicole R Cornett

Tawanda Harvey

Myra R Suarez

Juan P Trujillo

Arlin Will

We envision the School of Medicine to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where all SOM staff feel valued for their efforts and understand the importance of their contributions in achieving the larger mission of the School of Medicine.

We can achieve this vision by…

1. Listening and understanding the needs of the SOM staff.
2. Advocating the needs of SOM staff to SOM DEI Leadership and Administration to ensure their voices are heard.
3. Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across SOM staff by sharing and providing resources, programs, and best practices.
4. Supporting belonging by building outlets of community for SOM staff.