Opportunity and Inclusion

CASE's eight district Opportunity & Inclusion chairs play a vital role in supporting CASE's ongoing efforts in the area of 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.

Debra Valentine-Gray, Chair 
Director of Regional Advancement
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
debra.valentinegray@iup.edu

Goals for the chair group include:

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

Create, advocate and facilitate 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
(413) 774-1801
jhammond@deerfield.edu

District II 
Brigette Bryant
Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
Arcadia University
(646) 664-3004
bryantb@arcadia.edu

District III
Deborah C. Fontaine, Ph.D.
Vice President University Advancement
Norfolk State University
(757) 823-8323
dcfontaine@nsu.edu

District IV
Vacant

District V
Justin Gibson
Associate Director of Diversity Outreach and Engagement 
University of Cincinnati Alumni Association
justin.gibson@uc.edu

District VI
Jessica Elmore
Associate Director of Diversity Programs
Kansas State Alumni Association
jelmore@k-state.com

District VII
Gloria Ko
Director Partnership UCLA/Alumni Career Programs
310-415-2868
gko@partnership.ucla.edu

District VIII
Maureen Procopio
Senior Director, Campaign Strategy & Institutional Benchmarking
University of Oregon
(541) 346-2061 (Work) 
maureen@uoregon.edu  
 

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

Anita Walton
Senior Director, Diversity and Talent Management
(202) 478-5651
awalton@case.org