EOAA Liaisons
The EOAA liaison program is essential to implementing the University’s equal opportunity and affirmative action policies. Essentially, the EOAA liaison has five key responsibilities:
- Primary unit resource: The liaison serves as the primary unit resource on EOAA issues within the unit. This includes communications and outreach to the faculty, staff and students in the unit about EOAA services within the unit and centrally. It also includes taking initiative to ensure compliance with University policies within the unit.
- Searches and hiring decisions: The liaison advises hiring authorities and search committees about the importance of equity and diversity in the search process and the responsibility to review affirmative action goals in the process.
- Complaints of discrimination or harassment: The liaison is often the first individual to respond to complaints or concerns about discrimination and harassment, retaliation, and nepotism. The liaison works with the EOAA Office to respond promptly and appropriately to complaints.
- Education: The liaison participates in educational updates and works with the central EOAA office to provide appropriate educational programming within the unit. This includes educational efforts to improve the climate for diversity in the unit.
- New initiatives: The liaison supports leadership in developing new initiatives and programs—such as recruiting or mentoring programs—that are customized for effectiveness within that unit.
Academic Units
Carlson School of Management (CSOM)
- Blair Herm - 612-625-0334 - [email protected]
College of Biological Sciences (CBS)
- Andrea Backes - 612-624-3207 - [email protected]
- Rachel Kalaidis - 612-624-4506 - [email protected]
College of Continuing Education (CCE)
- Sarah Groskreutz - [email protected]
College of Design
- Jessica McCann - 612-624-1721 - [email protected]
College of Education and Human Deveopment (CEHD)
- Mani Vang - 612-301-3750 - [email protected]
College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS)
- Lori Loberg - 612-624-8439 - [email protected]
- Angela Nalezny - 612-301-2466 - [email protected]
College of Liberal Arts (CLA)
- Laura Dawis - 612-625-8484 - [email protected]
- Sue Schultz - 612-625-1909 - [email protected]
College of Pharmacy
- Darren Hoff - 612-625-4902 - [email protected]
College of Science and Engineering
- Joy Wise Davis - 612-301-1070 - [email protected]
College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
- Leslie Sharkey - [email protected]
Duluth Medical School
- James Keith - [email protected]
Graduate School
- Etty DeVeaux - 612-626-6955 - [email protected]
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
- Gayle Peters - 612-626-9326 - [email protected]
Law School
- Jean Sanderson - 612-625-5515 - [email protected]
Medical School
- Lavon Anderson - 612-624-1048 - [email protected]
- Anne Ehrenberg - 612-625-0667 - [email protected]
- Steven Johnson - 218-726-7898 - [email protected]
- Moyya Kemp - 612-301-2472 - [email protected]
- Cindy Livon-Shragg - 612-626-0129 - [email protected]
- Michele Morrissey - 612-625-6766 - [email protected]
- Colleen O’Neill - 612-624-2468 - [email protected]
- Christina Steere - 612-624-0117 - [email protected]
- Mary Tate - 612-625-1494 - [email protected]
School of Dentistry
- Carol Meyer - 612-626-2332 - [email protected]
School of Nursing
- Wendy Looman - 612-624-6604 - [email protected]
- Jennifer Dineen - 612-626-9352 - [email protected]
School of Public Health (SPH)
- Lauren Eldridge - 612-624-9970 - [email protected]
- Tracey Kane - 612-626-8861 - [email protected]
- Susan Rafferty - 612-624-7196 - [email protected]
- Stacey Samson - 612-626-9266 - [email protected]
Administrative Units
Academic Health Center (AHC)
- Sarah Averbeck - 612-626-5858 - [email protected]
- Jeanette Steeves - 612-624-9301 - [email protected]
Boynton Health Service (BHS)
- Hosea Ojwang - 612-626-1184 - [email protected]
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
- Tricia Budke - 312-625-3361 - [email protected]
- Julie Manning - 612-624-4497 - [email protected]
Hormel Institute
- Minda Anderson - 507-437-9603 - [email protected]
- Charlie Day - [email protected]
Office of Budget and Finance
- Valerie Watson - 612-626-1400 - [email protected]
Office of Information Technology
- Kendric Moore - 612-625-6153 - [email protected]
- Heather Rafshol - 612-626-3128 - [email protected]
Office of the President
- Tina Marisam - 612-624-9547 - [email protected]
Office of the Senior VP for Academic Affairs and Provost
- Olga Kavun-Wozniak - 612-325-2468 - [email protected]
- Katie Stuckert - 612-624-8844 - [email protected]
Office of University Relations
- Bobby Wangaard - 612-625-8262 - [email protected]
Office of the VP for Equity and Diversity (OED)
- Katie Louis - [email protected]
Office of VP for Human Resources (OHR)
- Mike Overline - [email protected]
Office of the VP for Research
- Megan Ferden - 612-624-7921 - [email protected]
Office of the VP for University Services
- Ann Durushia - 612-626-0291 - [email protected]
University Libraries
- Adrianne Wade - 612-624-5802 - [email protected]
University of Minnesota Extension Service (EXT)
- Leslee Mason - 612-624-4205 - [email protected]
System Campuses
University of Minnesota Crookston Campus (UMC)
- Emily Kveno - 218-281-8345 - [email protected]
University of Minnesota Duluth Campus (UMD)
- Corey Christensen - 218-726-8809 - [email protected]
University of Minnesota Morris Campus (UMM)
- Sarah Mattson - 320-589-6021 - [email protected]
University of Minnesota Rochester Campus (UMR)
- Nicole Smith - 507-258-8010 - [email protected]