Sherdren Burnside

Sherdren Burnside

Sherdren Burnside’s professional experience spans over 30 years of service in education, community development, and non-profit management. Burnside is an initiator who is particularly effective in new and emerging environments. She has served as the founding director of several non-profits. Prior to becoming Dirctor of Posse New Orleans, Burnside taught English in Jefferson Parish Public Schools and Delgado Community College. She also leads a faith-based non-profit and is an anti-racist organizer and trainer. She earned her B.A.

Jessica Young

Jessica Young

Jessica is a Trellis College Completion Coach at the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives. She also serves as the committee chair for the Cowen Institute's EDI Committee. Her passion for advocacy was born from her exposure to volunteer service at Tulane, where she earned her B.A. in International Relations, International Development, and Asian Studies. After receiving her M.A.

Bobby Yan

Bobby Yan

Bobby is a second-generation Chinese American director & writer from New York City. He graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans (where he founded the Tulane Asian American Student Union) and holds a Masters degree from NYU in Visual Effects. Starting out early in his career with music videos, he has directed and edited over one hundred music videos and commercials and garnered seven Emmy Awards as an editor and producer in Sports television.

Hilary N. Weaver

Hilary N. Weaver

Hilary N. Weaver, DSW (Lakota) is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Work, University at Buffalo (State University of New York). She received her BS from Antioch College in social work with a cross-cultural studies focus and her MSW and DSW from Columbia University. Her teaching, research, and service focus on cultural issues in the helping process with an emphasis on Indigenous populations. She has numerous publications including the edited volume Routledge International Handbook of Indigenous Resilience (2022).

Robert Westley

Robert Westley

Robert Westley is LOCHEF Professor of Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. His research and teaching interests are in the fields of critical race theory, constitutional law, philosophy of law, law and literature, and the legal profession.

Sheila Tahir

Sheila Tahir

Born and raised in Bulbancha, Sheila holds an intense love for her home that is complicated by the systemic conditions that exist here. She has an intimate understanding of how racial and environmental injustices throughout Louisiana's history have shaped uneven geographies across the state, and how extractive economies such as chattel slavery and the oil and gas industry have helped perpetuate these divisions that have led to such stark disparities in terms of health, wealth, and opportunity. Sheila has a M.A.

Anneliese Singh

Anneliese Singh

Anneliese Singh, PhD, LPC (she/they) serves as the Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity/Chief Diversity Officer at Tulane University and is a Professor in the School of Social Work with a joint appointment in Psychology. Anneliese’s scholarship and community organizing explores racial healing, racial justice, and NIH-funded work with trans and nonbinary people, with a focus on BIPOC and young people.

Danette Saylor

Danette Saylor

Dr. Danette Saylor serves as the Director for the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. She is an experienced administrator with over 22 years committed to creating inclusive and supportive campus communities in higher education. She earned her BS in psychology and M.Ed. in counselor education from Florida A & M University, and her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counseling from Florida State University. Dr. Saylor’s career in higher education has been extensively serving persons with disabilities and underserved BIPOC students.

Arianne Sacramento

Arianne Sacramento

Identifying as Filipino American and gender-nonconforming lesbian, Arianne is graduating from Tulane University with an MD, MBA, and MPH. She served in several student leadership roles on campus, including 2 years as the President of the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA) from 2019-2021. She recently gave a TEDx talk regarding the emotional taxation of underrepresented leaders and facilitated multiple Cultural Humility and Implicit Bias sessions for first year medical students.

Patrick Norton

Patrick Norton

Patrick Norton is the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Tulane University. In this role, Mr. Norton is responsible for all operational aspects of the university including Finance, Facilities Management, Capital Planning and Real Estate, Human Resources, Information Technology, Business Services, Risk Management, Campus Police, Internal Audit and Emergency Preparedness, and Business Continuity.

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