Working Groups & Projects

The Diversity and Inclusion Council is broken into the following five working groups, each with different responsibilities.

Communication & Education:  Information sharing within and beyond council “walls”; education and awareness (tools, resources, recommendations).

Will Alexander (Neurology) - William.Alexander@dm.duke.edu

Michelle Arlotto (Molecular Physiology Institute) - Michellee.Arlotto@dm.duke.edu

Keithara Davis (medical student) - keithara.davis@duke.edu

Jennifer Goins (Immunology) - Jennifer.Goins@dm.duke.edu

Alina Nicoara (Anesthesiology-Cardiac Division) - alina.nicoara@duke.edu

Richard O'Brien (Neurology) - richard.obrien@duke.edu

Sherolyn Patterson (Neurosurgery) - Sherolyn.Patterson@dm.duke.edu

Angel Romero Ruiz (Community and Family Medicine) - Angel.Romero@duke.edu

Recruitment & Hiring Practices:  Search committee strategies, etc.

Alejandro Aballay

Kim Huffman

Sharon Endow

Mike Boyce

Justine Strand de Oliveira

Margarita Bidegain

Lisa Ho

Steve Patierno

Mark Stacy

Michael Haglund

Culture & Climate:  Diversity Task Force Report; assessing and advancing Inclusion (AAMC diversity and engagement survey, faculty and work climate surveys).

Gina Streaty

John McCall

Randy Grimes

Jurgen Wanke

Kathryn Andolsek

Jessica Friedman

Rachel Reilly

Sharon Updike

Sherilynn Black

Erin Lesesky

Building Bridges:  Staff and faculty relations; inter-professionalism.

Elizabeth Ross

Bob Crouch

Wendy Covington

C. Ann Keefe

Linda Cendales

Jeanine Holland

Benchmarking & Data Mining:  Internal demographic patterns and national trends and projections; strategic plans;identifying opportunities, challenges and best practices.

Christine Marx

Goldis Malek

Ying-hui Chou

Viviana Martinez-Bianchi

Kim Johnson

Mani Berenji

Tony Fuller