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Vice Provost for Workforce Equity and Diversity Luis A. Piñero is the assistant vice provost who directs the Office for Equity and Diversity (OED). He joined the Office of Affirmative Action and Compliance, OED’s predecessor, on August 16, 1982, and has served the office in progressively responsible positions during a 25-year career. He holds a B.A. from Marquette University (1979), and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1982). He is certified as a Global Learning Partners Fellow, Vella Approach to Sustainable Learning (1999), and as a Center for Creative Leadership—Benchmarks® Feedback Facilitator (1998). He was appointed to his current position on February 3, 2000. The assistant vice provost serves as campus wide strategic planner and consultant on workforce equity and diversity, related professional development, and human resources planning. He provides oversight and strategic direction to eight OED staff members and collaborates with academic leaders, employing units, governance bodies and labor organizations to promote workforce diversity, nurture human resources, and attain campus strategic priorities. Critical priorities for 2007–08: OED integration into the Office of the Provost; OED staffing and professional development; technical assistance and development opportunities in support of Equity and Diversity Committees; the Sexual Harassment Information Project; collaborating with the OED Advisory Committee; collaborating with WISELI; OED web resources enhancements; and supporting and enhancing campuswide, climate-focused initiatives. The associate director assists the OED assistant vice chancellor in directing the administrative and policy development responsibilities of the Center including the UW–Madison’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Program. The associate director’s areas of responsibility include: administration; consulting with committees, units, and individuals regarding affirmative action/equal employment opportunity and diversity; and professional development and training. The associate director provides leadership to the OED Compliance unit and directly supervises the senior AA compliance specialist, the data manager, and one administrative assistant position. Assistant
Director (Complaint Investigator) The assistant director/complaint investigator is an impartial fact-finder who addresses complaints of discrimination from faculty, staff, students, and visitors to the campus under Federal and State laws and University of Wisconsin System or University of Wiscsonsin–Madison Policies or Procedures. The assistant director/complaint investigator conducts investigations and issues written reports which, if appropriate, include recommendations for corrective action. The assistant director also manages the OED Outreach and Education Unit and directs that unit’s policy implementation responsibilities. Stephen has filled the position since October 2004 after a thirty-year career in the Federal government including fifteen years in the Civil Rights Division, the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, and the Office for Victims of Crime in the U.S. Department of Justice. During the remainder of his career he worked for the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education where he served as special assistant, acting branch chief, team leader, and as the senior Investigator in the DC Enforcement Office. Stephen served as the office coordinator for the Title IX athletics issues. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and received a master’s degree in American history from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. Disability
Coordinator/Employment Barbara joined the staff of the Office for Equity and Diversity in December 2006 as the disability coordinator/employment. She holds a double master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation administration (1997) from the Rehabilitation Institute at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale. Her undergraduate degree is in therapeutic recreation frm the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse (1985). Prior to joining the OED, Barbara was employed at the City of Madison as the occupational accommodation specialist coordinating employee and applicant accommodation requests and providing expertise for the City on disability-related employment issues. She has also served as a director of programs for people with disabilities locally and at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale. Barbara has more than 20 years of experience working with individuals in community employment, and clinical settings. The primary responsibilities of the disability coordinator/employment are to:
Diversity
Education Coordinator
Seema Kapani is from India. She received her doctoral degree in sociology from UW–Madison. In her current position at the Office for Equity and Diversity (OED), she directs the Leadership Institute, the SEED and SEEDED seminars and is responsible for campuswide diversity education and training programs for faculty and staff. Prior to joining the OED, she was the assistant director for nine years at the International Student and Scholar Services, UW–Madison. In this role, she developed and presented seminar and workshops on domestic as well as international diversity related issues. As the diversity education coordinator she designs, develops, and facilitates professional development programs focusing on equity and diversity issues for faculty, staff, and students. She provides one-on-one diversity education consultation for needs assessment, training, and follow-up to departments engaged in organizational development and change. Seema has 15 years of training and teaching experience in a wide variety of settings, such as higher education, business, and non- and for-profit organizations. She has also provided diversity related training and seminars nationally and internationally. Her passion in life is to build coalitions, to build bridges across "diversity divides." Her special areas of interest are:
Compliance
Specialist Susan Nelson joined the office in 1990. Prior to that, she worked for the University of Wisconsin System Administration. She received a B.A. degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a J.D. degree from the UW–Madison Law School. As a member of the OED Compliance Unit, this position is responsible for ensuring that the University is in compliance with federal, state and UW System Board of Regents affirmative action and equal employment opportunity (aa/eeo) laws, regulations and policies; for developing, implementing and monitoring the University’s regulatory compliance plans and for preparing relevant reports and documentation to confirm federal and state aa/eeo compliance. The Compliance Specialist coordinates federal Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) audits, serves as campus liaison to federal, state, and city/county regulatory agencies and to other UW–Madison offices in ensuring aa/eeo requirements are met. Equal Opportunity Program Specialist - Senior Bonnie Sundal joined the Office of Equity and Diversity in December of 2007. She has many years of Affirmative Action and Diversity experience. She has worked the last six years at System Administration in the HR and Diversity Office. Her background includes AA programming and training, Human Resource software implementation skills and AA plan software development. This position provides access to and accountability for the affirmative action/equal opportunity data base and is responsible for analyzing, compiling and preparing statistical reports required to comply with federal contractor, State of Wisconsin, UW–System, and UW–Madison reporting requirements. Office
Coordinator
Kathee joined the staff of the Office for Equity and Diversity in 2002. She brings extensive administrative support experience to the OED from a variety of positions she has held at the University. The Office Coordinator is a paraprofessional who supports the assistant vice chancellor for workforce equity and diversity and serves as departmental office manager and lead worker. This position provides administrative and budget support to the assistant vice dhancellor, associate director, assistant director/complaint investigator and the compliance and education and outreach Units; collaborates with OED staff and LEA Divisional Budget Officer to ensure that planning objectives, priorities, and expenditures are consistent with the OED budget and Strategic Plan; coordinates the assistant vice chancellor’s calendar, schedules meetings and arranges meeting locations. Identifies and monitors priority concerns for the assistant vice chancellor/director and notifies of approaching deadlines. Coordinates travel, processes invoices and requisitions and procures supplies and serves as the administrator, coordinator, and executive assistant to the director for the Leadership Institute. Learning Communities Assessment & Program Development Specialist William (Will) Clifton joined the Office for Equity and Diversity (OED) in August 2005 as the Workforce Learning Communities Assessment & Program Development Specialist. Clifton received his Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction (Educational Communications and Technology: emphasis in Student Affairs, Higher Education) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His double major M.S. Ed is in Higher Educational Administration and Applied Linguistics from Southern Illinois University–Carbondale, and his B.A. is in psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to joining the OED, Clifton served as a research evaluator, student services administrator, and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in the School of Education at UW–Madison. Clifton has also served as an administrator at Rutgers University and as an instructor at Northeastern University. In addition to his current assessment and program development duties, Clifton advises student organizations and facilitates on- and off-campus discussions on issues of social justice and transformation, and white privilege. University Services Associate Kathryn (Kate) received her B.S. in Criminal Justice from UW–Platteville in 2006 and is currently working on her Masters in Criminal Justice. She supports the OED staff and oversees the processing of the Affirmative Action Data Questionnaires, Affirmative Action Review Forms, and Applicant Data Cards. Kate also provides administrative support for the Learning Communities (Leadership Institute, SEED, SEEDED, and Student SEED). Kate serves as backup to the department coordinator as well.
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