A Strategy for Tomorrow
The Tulane Strategy for Tomorrow is a university-wide strategic planning process to guide our equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and anti-racism initiatives and track our progress from July 1, 2022 through July 1, 2027. While as a community Tulane University has made significant, tangible progress over the past few years, what matters now is how we will build on this progress for the future. Alongside existing university initiatives included in “A Plan for Now” and those led by the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and by our campus units, the Strategy for Tomorrow will set us on a new course, one that engages our full community in a vision for Tulane related to EDI that will help us coordinate our EDI and anti-racism work and progress in measurable, data-informed ways to build a Tulane community.
View Strategy for Tomorrow Plan
University and Campus Unit Timelines for Development of the Strategy for Tomorrow:
April 2021 – May 2021
EDI Inventory is conducted (an environmental scan of Tulane's current EDI and anti-racism initiatives across campus units)
April 2021 – June 2021
Strategy for Tomorrow focus groups are held with students, staff, faculty, administrators, alumni and other community members
June 2021 – October 2021
University Strategy for Tomorrow Committee members develop university plan. Campus leaders select the committee chairs/members to lead the planning process in their campus units and receive a list of questions to prepare for the unit-based Strategy for Tomorrow planning process within their units (e.g., reviewing and gathering existing data, activities, reports). Strategy for Tomorrow chairs and members receive orientation on the timeline and overall planning process
October 18, 2021 6:00 – 8:00 pm; October 20, 2021 9:00 am – 11:00 am; October 24, 2021 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Virtual Community Feedback sessions are held and a Qualtrics link is circulated to receive feedback on the university Strategy for Tomorrow draft.
December 15, 2021
Strategy for Tomorrow university-wide complete and template is shared with all campus units
February 1, 2022
Updates due from campus units about where they are in their planning process. Units may submit a first draft if it is complete for feedback from the EDI Office.
March 15, 2022
Campus units submit the first draft of their Strategy for Tomorrow plans
April 15, 2022
Feedback/revisions on unit-based back Strategy for Tomorrow plans shared from the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, and the Office of General Counsel.
May 16, 2022
Final Strategy for Tomorrow unit plans due
July 1, 2022 – July 1, 2027
Strategy for Tomorrow university-wide and unit plans begin. Campus units report mid-year and annually on the EDI and anti-racism progress for their units to the EDI Office and their immediate supervisors:
- Y1: July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023
- Y2: July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024
- Y3: July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025
- Y4: July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026
- Y5: July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027
Strategy for Tomorrow University-Wide Planning Committee
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (Anneliese Singh, Shelby Norman, and Eva Silvestre) with the support of the President, Provost, and Chief Operating Officer convened a university-wide planning committee to review the EDI Inventory (an environmental scan of Tulane's EDI and anti-racism initiatives) and the Strategy for Tomorrow focus group findings.
- Amjad Ayoubi (Newcomb-Tulane College)
- Carolyn Barber-Pierre (Student Affairs and Intercultural Life)
- Ron Blanton (School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine)
- Brad Booke (Admission and Retention Initiatives)
- Paula Booke (Center for Academic Equity)
- Joseph Bull (School of Science and Engineering)
- Edson Cabalfin (School of Architecture)
- Julio Diaz (Human Resources)
- Ted Fee (School of Business)
- Will Ferbos (Office of the President)
- Jamieka Charvi Greer (Deputy Athletics Director, Academic Services/SWA)
- Lezlie Griffin (School of Law)
- Germaine Gross (School of Liberal Arts)
- Deidre Hayes (School of Social Work)
- Bennetta Horne (School of Medicine)
- Emily Kutler (University Student Government)
- Ilianna Kwaske (School of Professional Advancement)
- Hongbing Liu (School of Medicine)
- Alysia Loshbaugh (Information Technology)
- Camila Pititto Laforga (International Student Association)
- Pat Randolph (Director of the Goldman Center for Student Accessibility)
- Rebecca Snedeker (New Orleans Center for the Gulf South)
- Kamiya Stewart (Graduate and Professional Student Association)
- Judy Vitrano (Office of the Chief Operating Officer)
- Kady Weingart (Office of the Provost)
The Strategy for Tomorrow unit-based chairs and committee members are listed below:
Committee Lead: Sheri Tice
Members:
- Roz Butler
- Saeede Eftekhari
- Sanda Groome
- Zoe Lu
- Anyi Ma
- Lenore Mason
- Sharon Moore
- Erica Neely
- Zack Rubin
- William Stegbauer
- Sheri Tice
- Erick Valentine
- Myke Yest
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Eva Silvestre
Committee Leads: Angel Carter, Colette Raphel and Roland Keller
Members:
- Neill Aguiluz
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Eva Silvestre
- Danette Saylor
- Anneliese Singh
- Shelby Norman
Committee Leads: Linda Peal and Hailey Lange Macdonald
Members:
- Kirby Messinger
- Luann Dozier
- Nicole Bush
- Lori Hurvitz
- Alicia Hawkes
- Sara Moise
- Quinn Armstrong
- Morgan England
- Treb Winegar
- Kristen Marx
- Lucy Steven
- Aysha Jones
- Nicole Arceneaux
- Jalin Carter
- Charles Keyes
EDI Office Liaison:
- Anneliese Singh
Committee Lead: Nicole Bush
Members:
- Jered Bocage
- Max Yanker
- Amanda Duhon
- Sarah Basinger
- Geneva Longlois-Marney
- Caitlin Gottstine
- Sara Moise
- Denise Breaux
- Christiana Lederman
EDI Office Liaison:
- Shelby Norman
Committee Lead: Jessica Shedd
EDI Office Liaison:
- Eva Silvestre
Committee Lead: Charvi Greer
Members:
- Jana Woodson
- Adrian Myers
- Tori Ector
- Jada Buckner
- Erinn Banks
- Scott Mitchell
- Liz Ziegler
- Lorne Robertson
- Eyal Zimet
- Leah Stancil
- Mark Booras
- Gigi Williamson
- Sierra Cheatham
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Shelby Norman
- Danette Saylor
See Chief Operating Officer (COO) Plan
- The Murphy Institute: John Howard
- The Cowen Institute: Amanda Hill
- The Stone Center for Latin American Studies: Edie Wolfe
- The Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking: Rebecca Otten
- Newcomb Art Museum: Maurita Poole
Committee Lead: Toni Weiss
Members:
- Liv Newman
- Donata Henry
- Eunice Ofori
- Antoinette Mills
- Eric Roque
- Ariel McFarland
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Shelby Norman
Committee Lead: Agnieszke Nance
Members:
- Diana Soto-Olson
- Maurice Smith
- Michael Pizzolatto
EDI Office Liaison:
- Shelby Norman
Finance COO Office/Budget/Controller/Treasury/Investments/Contract & Procurement
Committee Lead: Gina Bertrand
Members:
- Lanissa Grogan-Stewart
- Bobby Magee
- Heather Hargrave
- Lelia Peyronnin
- Julia Mord
- Michael Dirnbauer
- Tamara Simmons
Human Relations - OIE/HR/TULI/ Government Relations
Committee Lead: Jonathan Small
Members:
- Douglas Nicholas
- Karen D'Arcy
- Chloe Simoneaux
- Tiffany Smith
- Rob Hailey
- Kim Fleming
- Sharon Courtney
- Lauren Jardell
Risk & Safety - ERM, Audit, TUPD
Committee Lead: Angela Sutton
Members:
- Diane Surla
- Karen Douglas
- Donald Veals
- Chief Kirk Bouyelas
- Captain Alberto Alonso
- Sergeant David Harris
- Officer Shannon Guidry
- Blair David
- Thompson Murray
IT/Project Management
Committee Leads: Sheldon Jones and Melissa Lang
Members:
- Alysia Loshbaugh
- Mary Barron
- Dustin Gaspard
- Angel Williams
- Jai Shankar
- Christi Longlois
- John Patrick
Campus Operations
Committee Leads: Brian Johnson and Kelly Venable Carroll
Members:
- Dede Lawrence
- Gary Dauphin
- Miisha (Meme) Delavallade
- John Lange
- Jadii Joseph
- Reagan LeCesne
- Pam Palmer
- Dena Chandler
- Laura Persich
Facilities & Campus Development
Committee Lead: Amanda Rivera
Members:
- Randy Philipson
- Dani Galloway
- Lee Lowery
- Mike Duceung
- Stephen Rovira
- Kizzy Carmouche
- Kevin Morgan
- Bob Turner
- Felicia Bosley
- Ivis Garcia
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Eva Silvestre
- Shelby Norman
- Danette Saylor
Commitee Lead: Aryanna Gamble
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Shelby Norman
- Danette Saylor
- Anneliese Singh
Commitee Lead: Howard Boyd
Committee Leads: Mike Cunningham and Jennifer O’Brien Brown
Members:
- Briana Mohan
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Danette Saylor
Committee Lead: Dorothy Mackendrick
Members:
- Cardell Ross, Jr.
- Brittani Starr
- Greer Robinson
- Melissa Weber
- Cate Peebles
- Lisa Hooper
- Courtney Kearney
- Erin Kinchen-Addicks
EDI Office Liaison:
- Shelby Norman
Committee Lead: Julie Henriquez Aldana
Members:
- Gabe Christian-Sola
- Clare Daniel
- Geneva Longlois-Marney
- Julie Qiu, Chloe Raub
- Lauren Wethers
- Laura Wolford
EDI Office Liaison:
- Eva Silvestre
Committee Lead: Lee Skinner
Members:
- Celeste Lay
- Kelly Grant
- Edward Cruz
- Beth Wilson
EDI Office Liaison:
- Eva Silvestre
Committee Lead: Caroline Friou
Members:
- Kerry Stockwell
- Will Ferbos
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Eva Silvestre
- Shelby Norman
- Danette Saylor
Committee Lead: Shannon Aicklen
Members:
- Celeste Coleman
- Tessera Crockett
- Jeffery Crosby
- Monica Embers, PhD
- Tracy Fisher, PhD
- Theresa Glissman
- Nadia Golden
- Giselle McKinney
- Tammy Naramore
- Geetha Parthasarathy, PhD
- Leslie Tate
EDI Office Liaison:
- Danette Saylor, PhD
Committee Leads: Kady Weingart and Anneliese Singh
Members:
- M.A. “Tonette” Krousel-Wood
- Robin Forman
- Jessica Shedd
- Michael Cunningham
- Ana López
- Laila Hlass
- Gabriel Feldman
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Eva Silvestre
- Shelby Norman
- Danette Saylor
Committee Leads: Roxanne Johnson and Anne-Marie Job
Members:
- Rose Douglas
- Sheila Garrison
proxy: Hanna Rasanen - Kara Mcqueen-Borden
- Patrick Mills
- Brian Weimer
proxy: Chris Dressler - Jessica Witcher
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Eva Silvestre
- Danette Saylor
See Chief Operating Officer (COO) Plan
Committee Lead: Edson Cabalfin
Members:
- Kenneth Schwartz
- Margarita Jover
- Benjamin Smith
- Marianne Desmarais
- Laura Blokker
- Emily Parsons
- Naomi Englar
EDI Office Liaison:
- Eva Silvestre
Committee Lead: Catherine Hancock
Members:
- Adam Feibelman
- Tonya Jupiter
- Saru Matambanadzo
- Katie Schwartzmann
- Mary Yanik
- Abby Gaunt
- Lezlie Griffin
- David Weinberg
- Treb Winegar
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Danette Saylor
Committee Leads: Brian Edwards and Holly Flora
Members:
- Germaine Gross
- Rebecca Snedecker
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Eva Silvestre
- Danette Saylor
Committee Leads: Bennetta Horne and Jorge Valentin Diaz
Members:
- Vironka Davis
- Cecilia Gambala
- Robert Hoover
- Prasad Katakam
- Myo Myint
- David Mushatt
- Nakeisha Pierre
- Minolfa Prieto
- Rachel Turner
- Laurianne Wild
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Shelby Norman
- Danette Saylor
Committee Leads: Suri Duitch and Cynthia Washington
Members:
- Rebecca Carr
- Stoney Gaddy
- Tamar Gregorian
- Alicia Jasmin
- Philip Lopez
- Delila Omerbašić
- Christa Payne
- Alexis Stone
- Christopher Watts
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Eva Silvestre
- Shelby Norman
Committee Lead: Susan Cheng
Members:
- Aubrey Madkour
- Alicia Battle
- Venessa Williams
- Christine Arcari
- Angela Breckenridge
- Ronald Blanton
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Danette Saylor
Committee Lead: Marie Dillon Dahleh
Members:
- Michael Moore
- Shusheng Wang
- Vijay John
- Ram Mettu
- Michelle Lacey
- Laurie O'Brien
- Ehab A Meselhe
- Kyle straub
- Caz Taylor
- Jiang Wei
- Kastie Black
- Russ Schmehl
- Tonya Durdin
- Jarmell McGill
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Danette Saylor
Committee Leads: Reggie Parquet, Deidre Hayes and Cecilia Suarez
Members:
- Susan Davies
- Missy Malone
- Kathy Oquelí McGraw
- Catherine McKinley
- Amanda Rosales
- Lane Luneau
- Jessica Alder
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Danette Saylor
Committee Leads: Carolyn Barber Pierre and Laura Osteen
EDI Office Liaisons:
- Anneliese Singh
- Eva Silvestre
- Danette Saylor
- Shelby Norman
Committee Leads: Julia Broussard, Marcus Foster and Austen Williams
EDI Office Liaison:
- Shelby Norman
Strategy for Tomorrow – Focus Group Findings
The following 11 themes were identified in the Strategy for Tomorrow focus groups conducted by an external consulting group with over 300 Tulane community members participating in over 70 focus groups:
- Community Engagement-Relations with NOLA
- Accurate and Updated Data and Greater Transparency on Campus Demographics
- Diverse Leadership Representation
- Consistent and Sustainable EDI Strategy
- Food Providers and Other Contractors
- Campus Communication Plan
- Cultural Competency
- Understand Systemic/Structural Racism and Its Impact on the Community
- Understanding Tulane’s History
- Equity and Inclusion….Processes and Procedures
- Supplier Diversity
Values Guiding Our EDI and Anti-Racism Work
The University Strategy for Tomorrow Committee members identified 10 values helpful to consider in guiding the development of the university and unit-based plans and our EDI and anti-racism initiatives and evaluations of our progress. The President’s Office is convening a Values Project that will identify values for the entire university.
- Justice
- Innovation
- Empathy
- Accountability
- Transparency
- Community
- Continuous Learning
- Respect
- Intentionality
- Courage
Contact Us
If you have questions about the Strategy for Tomorrow, please contact us:
- Anneliese Singh, Associate Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development/Chief Diversity Officer
- Shelby Norman, EDI Office Program Manager
- Eva Silvestre, EDI Office Data Strategist