Task Force Leadership

Executive Sponsors

Dawn Rhodes, DBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Business and Finance Officer

Roger Ward, EdD, JD, MSL, MPA, Provost, Executive Vice President, and Dean of the Graduate School

Chairs

Malika Monger, MPA, PHR, Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Flavius Lilly, PhD, MA, MPH, Vice Dean, Graduate School, and Vice Provost, Academic and Student Affairs

Diane Forbes Berthoud, PhD, MA, Chief Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer and Vice President

Project Managers

Patricia Hoffmann, MA, MSL, Director, Benefits Work/Life Strategies, and Compensation

Elisa Medina, MSW, Manager, Career Development

Work Flexibility Committee

Co-Chairs

  • Carin Cardella, MA, MS
    Public Information Officer
    UMB Police and Public Safety

    Neijma Celestine-Donnor, MSW, JD
    Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    Office of the Dean, SSW

  • Liz Graham, MS
    Executive Director
    Thurgood Marshall Law Library, SOL

Committee Members

  • Gail Betz, MSLIS
    Research, Education, and Outreach Librarian
    Information and Instructional Services, HSHSL

    Carin Cardella, MA, MS
    Public Information Officer
    Department of Public Safety

    Paulette Harris-Gross, MS
    Senior Specialist, Community Programs
    Office of the President

    Carey Martin, MA, MBA
    Business Operations Administrator
    Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Resources, SOM

  • Isabell May, PhD
    Director, Writing Center, Associate Professor
    Instruction and Academic Programs, Graduate School

    Terria McClain, MBA
    Administrative Specialist
    Family and Community Health, SON

    E. John McKee, MA
    Associate Vice President, Planned Giving and Philanthropy
    Philanthropy

    Lei Sun, PhD, MBA
    Manager, Clinical and Corporate Resource Management
    Center for Clinical Trials, Office of Research and Development

Employee Value Proposition Committee

Co-Chairs

  • Laura Kozak, MA
    Senior Associate Vice President
    Communications and Public Affairs

  • Aisha Samples, BS
    Senior Program Specialist, Workplace Mediation Services
    Clinical Law Program, SOL

Committee Members

  • Amy Daniels, PhD
    Director of Clinical Simulation Lab, Clinical Instructor
    Partnerships, Professional Education, and Practice, SON

    Taylor DeBoer, MA
    Marketing and Operations Specialist
    Graduate School Support Services, Graduate School

    Danielle Harris, MSW
    Director of Community Engagement Operations
    Office of Community Engagement

    Angela Ober, BS
    Senior Sustainability and Effectiveness Specialist
    Office of Facilities and Operations

  • Andrea Morgan, DDS
    Director of Student Advocacy and Cultural Affairs, Clinical Assistant Professor
    Division of Operative Dentistry, SOD

    Winny Mwaura, PhD
    Director of Business Operations
    Department of Psychiatry, SOM

    Scott Stafford, MSW
    Manager of Academic Affairs
    General Instruction, SSW

Employee Well-Being Committee

Co-Chairs

  • Jill Hamilton, MSW
    Contracts and Grants Specialist
    PPS Business Office, SOP

  • Chanise Reese-Queen, EdD, MSA
    Executive Director, Professional Development and Education
    Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, SOM

Committee Members

  • Kelsey Bradford, MD, MPH
    School Health Officer, Assistant Professor
    Department of Family and Community Health, SON

    Shani Fleming, MSHS, MPH
    Chief Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer, Associate Professor
    Instruction and Academic Programs, Graduate School

    Isabelle Garcia, BA
    Annual Giving Officer
    Development, SSW

    Aaron Graham, JD
    Associate Director of Career Development
    Career Development, SOL

  • Elyse Markwitz, BS
    Director of Medical Credentialing and Quality Assurance
    Clinical Support Services, SOD

    Denise Meyer
    Associate Director, EVS Administration
    EVS Custodial Services

    Tony Nguyen, MLIS
    Executive Director
    National Network of Libraries of Medicine, HSHSL

    Barbara Resnick, PhD
    Professor
    Adult Health Nursing, SON


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