Opportunity and Inclusion

CASE's eight district Opportunity & Inclusion chairs play a vital role in supporting CASE's ongoing efforts in diversity. During their tenure as chairs, they work closely with the CASE Senior Director of Diversity and Talent Management to develop, coordinate and shape diversity programs at both the district and national level.

Goals for the chair group include:

Create, advocate, and facilitate diversity programming at the district level.

Increase the number of presentations, broaden the topics and build an audience of professionals at the district conferences.

Welcome and engage new professionals of diverse backgrounds to the district and or the profession.

 

Identify names of senior-level professionals of diverse backgrounds for consideration in the nomination process.

Serve as a mentor for professionals and students of diverse backgrounds. 

Opportunity & Inclusion Chairs

District I

Jenny B Hammond
Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement
Deerfield Academy

District II 

Sandra Dedinas Thomas
Director of Advancement Services
Widener University

Kenneth Westary
VP of Institutional Advancement and Executive Director CCBC Foundation, Inc.
Community College of Baltimore County

District III

DeShanna K. Brown
Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Development, Marketing & Communications
Edward Waters College

District IV

Adora Curry
Advancement Marketing & Alumni Relations Manager
University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College

District V

Justin Gibson
Associate Director of Diversity Outreach and Engagement 
University of Cincinnati

District VI

Jessica Elmore
Associate Director of Diversity Programs
Kansas State University

District VII

Gloria Ko
Director of Partnership
UCLA

District VIII

Jason Thomas
Associate Director, Talent Management
Oregon State University

Shannon Johnson
Vice President for Institutional Advancement and External Relations
Warner Pacific College

STAFF
Jevon Walton
Senior Coordinator of Diversity and Talent Management
Council for Advancement and Support of Education
(202) 478-5551
jwalton@case.org