College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Mission

The CAFES Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee is a standing committee focused on diversity efforts and initiatives in the college. The committee serves as an advisory body to the Dean’s Office and develops diversity related goals, strategies for achieving those goals, and methods for measuring progress. 

The committee is comprised of faculty from all of the college's nine departments, staff, and undergraduate and graduate students.

Members

	Member	Department	Contact
	Ann De Lay Committee Chair	CAFES Faculty Fellow	adelay@calpoly.edu
	Samir Amin	Food Science and Nutrition Assoc. Professor	samin02@calpoly.edu
	Darin Bennett	Animal Science Asst. Professor	dbenne06@calpoly.edu
	Angel Carrillo	Student	acarri26@calpoly.edu
	Federico Casassa	Wine and Viticulture Asst. Professor	lcasassa@calpoly.edu
	Richard Cavaletto	Executive Associate Dean	rcavalet@calpoly.edu
	Cristina Connolly	Agribusiness Asst. Professor	crconnol@calpoly.edu
	Jean Dodson Pedterson	Wine and Viticulture Professor	jdodsonp@calpoly.edu
	Erin Gorter	Agricultural Education Staff	efthomps@calpoly.edu
	Jerusha Greenwood	Experience Industry Management Assoc. Professor	jbgreenw@calpoly.edu
	Bree Hugins	Food Science and Nutrition Dept. Coordinator	ehugins@calpoly.edu
	Dianne Korth	Academic Advisor CAFES Advising Center	dkorth@calpoly.edu
	Shereen Langrana	Sr. Manager of Personnel	slangran@calpoly.edu
	Haley Marconett	Director of Communications and Strategic Initiatives	hmarcone@calpoly.edu
	Marnie Perry	CAFES Dean’s Office Coordinator	mperry11@calpoly.edu
	Siroj Pokharel	Animal Science Professor	spokhare@calpoly.edu
	Greg Schwartz	BioResource and Agricultural Engineering Asst. Professor	gschwa01@calpoly.edu
	Ashraf Tubeilah	Horticulture and Crop Science Asst. Professor	atubeile@calpoly.edu
	Priya Verma	Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Assoc. Professor	pverma@calpoly.edu
	Espie Wilkinson	Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Dept. Coordinator	erwilkin@calpoly.edu