The Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley has launched a search for a diversity director as part of a larger diversity initiative designed to strengthen the school’s research, teaching and public service related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
The school hopes that hiring a new part-time diversity director will help facilitate execution of the Berkeley-Haas Equity, Inclusion, Diversity Plan, which was shared with the central UC Berkeley campus in July and upheld by the university as a best practice.
“Diversity and inclusion are important drivers of the Berkeley-Haas mission to develop leaders who redefine how we do business,” Haas Dean Rich Lyons said in a statement. “People looking at opportunities from very different angles strengthens our courses, programs and research, expanding the positive difference we can make in our world,” he continued.
Specific goals of the Haas diversity strategy include tracking faculty efforts to promote diversity through teaching and research, securing $500,000 in funds for diversity scholarships and initiatives, recruiting and retaining a diverse staff, analyzing Haas student satisfaction surveys to identify any differences according to gender or ethnicity and building awareness of the importance of equity, inclusion and diversity across the Haas community.
In addition to the search now underway for a director of diversity, Haas has devoted significant additional leadership toward the initiative. The existing equity, inclusion and diversity leadership team includes Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Chizuk, Associate Professor Rui de Figueiredo and Director of Human Resources Denise Boyd. Jo Mackness, Center for Responsible Business executive director, will continue to lead Haas’ diversity and inclusion efforts as an interim diversity director until a permanent director is named, and Susie Hanna-Jordan, an analyst in the dean’s suite, serves as the diversity project manager.
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