Committees on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

On this page you will find a number of committees on DEI on campus. This list is intended to show the span of DEI work across the college. This list will continue to grow an expand as the work of DEI across the college does!

If your committee is not listed, please email diversity@providence.edu and we will work to include it!

Access / DEI / International Committee — Continuity Task Force

Charge: 

Develop plans to ensure underrepresented and potentially vulnerable students have access to those resources and mentors they need for success; address needs of special populations:  including international students (especially with respect to travel restrictions, commuter students, and students with disabilities).

Members:

• Jonathan Gomes
• Kaitlin Bevins
• Kara Cebulko
• Maureen Outlaw
• Martha Perez-Schmitz
• Nancy Eagan
• Quincy Bevely
• Robert Hassan
• Sarah Edmonds
• Shannon Dolan
• Taiwo Adefiyiju

Board of Trustees Committee on DEI

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee consists of the Executive Vice President, the senior executive for DEI, the Vice President for Mission and Ministry, and at least eight (8) additional members appointed by the Chairperson of the Board, including two (2) faculty members, two (2) students, one (1) member of the Providence College Community Advisory Committee, and four (4) trustees.

The Committee is concerned with ensuring that the College’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as inspired by Catholic teaching and St. Dominic’s wide embrace of all people, informs all facets of the academic and social life of the campus community.  This includes, but is not limited to, assurance of an environment of equitable and inclusive policies and practices; recruitment and retention of diverse students, faculty, staff, and trustees; ongoing and transparent assessment of campus climate; and continuing progress toward the achievement of the DEI initiatives in the PC200 strategic plan.

Committee members include:

Trustees 

• Mr. Andre Owens, Esq. ’85, Chair 
• Rev. Francis Belanger, O.P. ’99G 
• Mr. Rudy Cline-Thomas ‘00 
• Ms. Maureen Davenport Corcoran ’79 
• Ms. Susan Esper ‘91, ‘19P & ‘22P 
• Ms. Ann Manchester-Molak ’75 
• Ms. Marta V. Martínez ’79 & ’19Hon. 
• Mr. Christopher Reilly ’84 
• Ms. Jill Shah ‘91 
• Rev. Kenneth Sicard O.P. ’78 
• Mr. Christopher Walker ‘86 

Non-Trustee Members 

• Dr. Christopher Arroyo 
• Rev. Perer Batts, O.P., Ph.D. 
• Dr. Quincy Bevely 
• Mr. Robert Ferreira ‘83 
• Rev. Thomas Moore Garrett, O.P., J.D. 
• Mr. Zekar-Yah Henry ‘26 
• Ms. Mirlen A. Mal 
• Ms. Amari Mims ‘25 
• Dr. Alex Orquiza 

The Faculty DEI Council

Committee Members:

• Comfort Ateh (Associate provost for DEI and moderator of meetings)
• Quincy A Beverly
• Joan Branham
• Jacob Mailloux
• Maureen Outlaw
• Lynne Lawson
• Sarah Ahmed
• Sydnee C Manley
• Jordyn L Hagar
• Bret D Cormier
• Abigail T Brooks
• Bruno Shah
• Adam H Villa
• Mark Caprio
• Christian F Wilwohl,
• Abigail R Corrington

History Department Diversity Committee

Committee Members:

Faculty:

• Ted Andrews
• Pat Breen
• Jennifer Illuzzi
• Sharon Murphy
• Fr. David Orique, OP
• Alexander Orquiza

Student:

• Kara Berlin-Gallo
• Katherine Burdick
• Noah DeRossi-Goldberg
• Diana Doorley
• Lianne Hipolito
• Bianca LaBella
• Jacqui Lopez
• Emiliano Moreno
• Jacqui Ryan
• Abigail Turano

Faculty Senate Committee on DEI

This committee’s charge is to propose policies promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Faculty Senate.

Committee Members:

Dana Dillon (Theology, PSP)

• Edward Szado (Finance)
• Jeffery Nicholas (Philosophy)
• Maia Bailey (Biology, FIPS), Chair
• Wendy Chen (Finance)

Inclusion Committee – Athletics

The Inclusion Committee within Athletics’ charge is the following:

1. To develop an increased skill set and knowledgebase for DEI education in Athletics.
2. To support programming efforts and drive recommendations for Athletics
3. To build an inclusive community within Athletics

Committee Members:

• Andrea Cooper
• Bob Walsh
• Bree Nasti
• Christian Bates
• Gabriela Dias
• Jen Rynearson
• Jeneil Foster
• Jessie Fong
• Jill LaPoint
• John Mark Andrade
• John Senter
• Kaitlyn O’Malley
• Priscilla Edwards
• Richie Gomes Jr
• Rimi Olatunji
• Tiara Johnson

Providence College School of Business Committee on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The charge of the PCSB committee on DEI include but are not limited to:

1. Make amendments to the PCSB syllabus template along the lines of making sure campus resources and special PCSB resources are listed.
2. Create a repository of case material that does a better job painting a picture of business practice, issues etc. that reflect the diversity of our world. 
3. Advise on planning and execution of an on-campus event to formally kick-off the Alumni of Color network with network members, faculty and student leaders. 
4. Support, as necessary, inclusion of a diversity & inclusion course in the management department.
5. Help create buy-in for FY21 implicit bias/DEI training for freshmen and participate in parallel “train-the-trainer” work so that the members of the task force can help support culture change at the PCSB going forward (an outside consultant will deliver this training.
6. Advice Associate Dean Elcik and her staff on the integration of more DEI initiatives into FLIP.

Chairpersons: James Perry

Support Role: Judi Robinson

Members:

• M. Cary Collins
• Abigail Corrington
• Sydnee Manley
• Melissa Mardo
• Chris Earley
• Gabriela Moretti
• Kevin Newman
• Nea North
• John Schibler
• Arati Srinivasan
• Matthew Conroy ’92
• William Daley ’94
• Margaret Moore ’06
• Daniel Gleason ’05
• Nicholas Sirianni ’05
• Diego Garcia ’25
• Carl Picerno ’26
• Tatiana So ’27 
• Pamela Pennetta ’24, ’25