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Gartner's Women in Technology group is hosting a Roundtable discussion on Diversity & Inclusion groups within Higher Education. During this roundtable we will explore the best practices, challenges, successes and other elements of creating a staff led Diversity & Inclusion group at a university. Our sessions will be moderator by our De'Onn Griffin, Senior Director of CIO Research at Gartner. Panelists will include Donna Tremonte and Deirdre Schreiber from Harvard University WIT+, University of California, Irvine and Nebraska University.
We are thrilled to provide you the opportunity to attend this timely roundtable. We are requesting you send 2 - 3 specific questions prior to the event so we can have the panel address it during the 1 hour session.
Please send questions to Katherine.Rebello@gartner.com
Panelist Bios:
University of California, Irvine
Shohreh Bozorgmehri is the divisional director of Student and Academic Services at the University of California Irvine’s (UCI) Office of Information Technology. She focuses on transformative technologies that elevate the academic experience for students and faculty through strategic partnerships and innovative methods. Shohreh is an advocate of Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion, the founder of Women in Technology at UCI, and an inaugural member of the systemwide UC Women in Technology Committee. She received UCI’s 2020 Dynamic Womxn Award and the UC Information Technology Leadership Council’s Honorable Mention Award for launching an Accelerating Innovation initiative. Shohreh delivered presentations about inclusiveness at the UC Tech Conference titled, “Transformational Strategies to Diversify, Retain, and Grow Workforce by Advancing the Most Junior Talent” and “Supporting Inclusive Teams: Tools and Practices.” As a 2020 Educause Conference speaker, she will be talking about leading change by putting people and culture first. Shohreh has completed the 2020 UC Women’s Initiative leadership development program. She earned IT Leadership Academy Certification through the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business Executive MBA Education and participated in University of California’s IT leadership, Innovation and Collaboration program at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Nkenge Friday, a diversity and inclusion strategist with a background leading organizational-wide diversity and inclusion operations, serves as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives.
Focusing efforts on equity, inclusion, and diversity as an institutional wide strategy, Friday works with leaders and constituents to develop strategic plans and initiatives that align with collaborative based frameworks, aligning organizational needs with industry trends and best practices. Friday’s research examines the role of institutions of higher learning during periods of sociopolitical conflict and leveraging diversity and inclusion for global leadership and engagement.
In her most recent role as an Associate Dean and Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Marietta College, Friday directed a cultural climate assessment that led to the creation of the inclusive excellence initiative, One Marietta. This initiative introduced the college’s first multicultural student center and themed housing community, along with the establishment of five-full tuition scholarships for historically underserved students engaged in social justice.
Friday has also developed and delivered diversity research and training to international communities, including in Scotland, South Africa and India, as part of her work with SIT Graduate Institute.
Friday, a certified Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory, received her BA from Tougaloo College, MA from the University of Oklahoma and Doctor of Education from Nova Southeastern University.
Harvard University
Deirdre Schreiber is the Senior Training Program Manager for Harvard University’s IT Academy. The IT Academy is a skill development program for all of Harvard’s IT staff (1500 total staff). The IT Academy’s focus is to promote networking across schools and departments, create a common language for Harvard’s IT staff, and support technical training needs. Deirdre joined Harvard University in October 2015 to manage and grow the IT Academy. In 2017 she took on the role of co-chair for Harvard’s Women in Technology + Allies (WIT+) group. WIT+ is a staff affinity group that delivers initiatives to promote inclusion and belonging for all Harvard IT staff. These include coordinating monthly speakers, mentoring for women in IT, and a partnership with HR and Harvard IT leadership to ensure inclusion and belonging best practices are followed.
Prior to her role at Harvard, Deirdre worked for BNY Mellon Wealth Management. There she was a Learning Consultant for 7 ½ years. In this role she developed and delivered new hire sales and articulation training, technical application training, and managed the Wealth Management Mentoring program.
Deirdre started her organizational learning and development career at Circles, a virtual concierge firm designed to enhance customer and employee loyalty. There she facilitated new hire training that combined customer service skills and technical application training.
Harvard University
Donna is Manager of Technology Training, Communications and Information for the Harvard Kennedy School. She has Master’s in both Botany and IT, and worked as a scientist for a number of years before transitioning to the technology field. She founded Harvard Women in Technology + Allies, an employee affinity group, in 2013 and is a passionate advocate of community building and diversity, inclusion and belonging initiatives. She is particularly interested in how the impact of sexism, misogyny, and power structures affect people who identify as women in STEM fields.