Executive Leadership

Michael Benitez, Vice President for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Michael Benitez, Jr., Ph.D.

Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor

Julie Sharer-Price

Julie Sharer-Price

Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion

Office Directors

Manuel Del Real

Manuel Del Real, Ph.D.

Executive Director for HSI and Inclusion

Chalane Lechuga

Chalane Lechuga, Ph.D.

Director of Faculty Diversity Research and Development and Professor

Jeremy VanHooser

Jeremy VanHooser

Associate Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Equity Diversity Inclusion Faculty Fellows

Dr. Chereka Dickerson, Professor of English at MSU Denver

Chereka C. Dickerson, Ph.D.

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Department of English

Bill Herman

Bill D. Herman, Ph.D.

College of Business

Department of Marketing

Dr. Jovan Hernandez

Jovan Hernandez Ph.D.

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Department of Psychological Sciences

Elizabeth Macy Headshot

Elizabeth Macy Ph.D.

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Department of Music

K Scherrer, M.A., LCSW, Ph.D.

K. Scherrer Ph.D.

College of Health and Human Sciences

Department of Social Work

Daphne Simmonds

Daphne Simmonds, Ph.D.

College of Business

Department of Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Graduate Assistant

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Team

Itzel Martinez Bernal

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Graduate Assistant

Program: Master of Social Work

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Team

Emma Rowinski

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Graduate Assistant

Program: Master of Science in Clinical Behavioral Health

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Team

Rachael Smallwood

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Graduate Assistant

Program: Master in Social Work

Diversity Project Assistants

Buffy Ribble, Ph.D.

Nico Gomez-Lucero

Graphic Designer

Program: Bachelor of Science in Sport Management

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Team

Bee Gonzalez

Diversity Projects Assistant

Program: Bachelor of Arts in English, Rhetoric and Professional Composition

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Team

Jaytee Savage

Diversity Project Assistant

Program: Bachelor of Arts

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Team

Sam Young

Diversity Projects Assistant

Program: Bachelor of Science in Social Work

Office of Diversity and Inclusion

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns related to equity, diversity or inclusion.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Council

Campus Location:

Jordan Student Success Building (JSSB) 440
890 Auraria Parkway
Denver, CO 80204

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 173362
Campus Box 1
Denver, CO 80217-3362