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Commission on Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity

This presidential commission advises ACE and its Center for Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity (CAREE) on issues related to diversity in higher education. The Commission contributes to programs and activities coordinated by CAREE and provides leadership in four broadly defined CAREE program goals:

• Raising awareness of the importance of increasing diversity at all levels on college and university campuses.
• Reviewing and discussing research studies and publications on issues of diversity.
• Serving as presenters, conveners, and mentors in leadership and professional development programs, academic meetings, and policy forums.
• Facilitating connections and linkages among the academy, the K-12 community, and corporate and philanthropic partners to promote diversity.

As role models for achieving greater diversity in postsecondary education, the CAREE Commissioners assume an active role in Council activities and work with the CAREE staff to ensure that the interests and concerns of minority constituencies are represented within ACE and throughout the entire higher education community.

Commission Chair

James A. Anderson, Chancellor, Fayetteville State University (NC)
Term Ending June 30, 2012

ACE Staff

Diana Córdova, Director, Center for Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity
Gailda Pitre Davis, Associate Director, Center for Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity

Term Ending June 30, 2010

Rodolfo Arévalo, President
Eastern Washington University

Ding-Jo H. Currie, President
Coastline Community College (CA)

Carole Falcon-Chandler, President
Fort Belknap College (MT)

Manuel J. Fernós, President
Inter American University of Puerto Rico Central Office

S. Verna Fowler, President
College of the Menominee Nation (WI)

Stephen J. Kopp, President
Marshall University (WV)

Earl S. Richardson, President
Morgan State University (MD)

Larry D. Shinn, President
Berea College (KY)

Term Ending June 30, 2011

F. Javier Cevallos, President
Kutztown University (PA)

Roy Flores, Chancellor
Pima Community College (AZ)

Willie J. Gilchrist, Chancellor
Elizabeth City State University (NC)

R. Barbara Gitenstein, President
The College of New Jersey

Katherine Hiyane-Brown, President
Whatcom Community College (WA)

Karen Lawrence, President
Sarah Lawrence College (NY)

Tomás D. Morales, President
College of Staten Island, City University of New York

Charlie Nelms, Chancellor
North Carolina Central University

Allen L. Sessoms, President
University of the District of Columbia

Term Ending June 30, 2012

Reginald S. Avery, President
Coppin State University (MD)

Steven J. Diner, Chancellor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Colin S. Diver, President
Reed College (OR)

Gena D. Glickman, President
Manchester Community College (CT)

Tito Guerrero, President
Cambridge College (MA)

Adena Williams Loston, President
Saint Philip's College (TX)

Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet, President
Antioch University Seattle (WA)

Richard L. McCormick, President
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick Campus

Judy Catherine Miner, President
Foothill College (CA)

Christine J. Sobek, President
Waubonsee Community College (IL)

Special Appointment

Lezli Baskerville, President and CEO
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (DC)

Carrie L. Billy, President and CEO
American Indian Higher Education Consortium (VA)

Antonio R. Flores, President
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (TX)