Purpose:
Provide support to University of Iowa staff in fostering a culturally diverse and inclusive university community
Scope of Concern:
- Support and develop programs that promote a welcoming respectful, and supportive campus environment
- Inform the Council and university staff of these programs, and solicit active support from the Council for their promotion
- Actively collaborate with other diversity groups on campus, and in the community
- Request annual progress reports on staff diversity and inclusivity from the appropriate university diversity office, and share these reports with the Council and university staff
Co-chairs:
Nima Chaudhary and Teri Schnelle
Committee Members
![Chaudhary Nima.jpg](/sites/staff-council.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-10/Chaudhary%20Nima.jpg?h=59867e9b&itok=lfCvjdQt)
Nima Chaudhary, Executive Committee Member at-large 2024-2025
Title/Position
Behavioral Health; Health Care
Function Representative
![Teri Schnelle cropped.jpg](/sites/staff-council.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-02/Teri%20Schnelle%20cropped.jpg?h=a00a72d7&itok=CEG4_1Im)
![Shawn Eyestone1.jpg](/sites/staff-council.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-06/Shawn%20Eyestone_0.jpg?h=b155764f&itok=1uilgLn2)
![Molly James](/sites/staff-council.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2022-08/James_Molly.jpg?h=eef0a86c&itok=li7cV25Z)
Molly James, Executive Committee Member at-large 2024-2025
Title/Position
College of Nursing
Organization Representative
![Hilary Jensen](/sites/staff-council.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-05/Hilary%20Jensen.jpg?h=27c38611&itok=6TkOiQiq)
Hilary Jensen
Title/Position
President; Provost; General Counsel; Human Resources; Strategic Communications; University College; Continuing Education
Organization Representative
![Evans Ochola.jpg](/sites/staff-council.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-06/Evans%20Ochola_1.jpg?h=4ce25a7b&itok=d6A2LbQB)
![Mel Sanders.jpg](/sites/staff-council.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-06/Mel%20Sanders.jpg?h=56f8247b&itok=JY3kqT6m)
![Santhana M Velupillai copy.jpg](/sites/staff-council.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-06/Santhana%20M%20Velupillai%20copy.jpg?h=73810e59&itok=14B0jP7d)