Committee

Co-chairs

Mary Grace Almandrez

Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer

mgalmandrez@uri.edu

Jeannette Riley

Professor, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

jen_riley@uri.edu

Members

Gifty Ako-Adounvo

Vice Provost, Global Initiatives

Lulu Alryati

Undergraduate Student

Jacqueline “Jacquie” Britto

Graduate Student

Marland Chang

At-large student, Student Veteran Affairs

Lori Ciccomascolo

Associate Vice President, Student Affairs

Erin Earle

Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions

Maling Ebrahimpour

Dean, College of Business

Corey Fernandez

Alumni of Color Network representative and Academic Advisor/Success Coach for Talent Development

Michelle Fontes

Assistant Dean, College of Environmental and Life Sciences

Nisa Ghonem

Assistant Professor, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Brian Heikes

Professor, Oceanography

William Melendez

Graduate Student

Trish Morokoff

Professor, Psychology

Holly Nichols

Clinical Counselor

Eileen Orabone

Executive Assistant to the AVP/CDO

John Pennypacker

Manager, Web Communications, Marketing & Communications

Martha (Marty) Rojas

Associate Professor, English

Mary Stanley

Coordinator, College of Education and Professional Studies

John Stringer

Director, Institutional Research

jstring@uri.edu

Annemarie Vaccaro

Professor, College Student Personnel

Ad hoc members

Kristina Perrelli

Director, UC/New Student Programs, Orientation

Jacqui Tisdale

Assistant Director, Outreach & Intervention