MLK Celebration Planning Committee
2023 Steering Committee
Co-Chairs
Dwight Hamilton-Chief Diversity Officer
Doris Fields - Associate Provost and Associate Vice President of Academic Programs and Iniatitives (I)
Melissa Thrasher - Executive Director of Media Relations and Social Media
Kevin Williams - Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programming
Tray McGuire - Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives & Engagement,
Planning CommitteeJolia Hill - Director of Charter Schools Program
Barbara Patrick – Interim Department Head, Political Science
Ellen Gold – Senior Associate Vice President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students
Kimberly Jones – Success Coach, Holman Success Center
Lucas Langdon – Director, Campus Life
Alexis Braun Marks – Associate Dean, Halle Library
Julia Heck – University Ombuds
Marsha Lathion – Senior Secretary, Geography and Geology
Colleen McChesney -Academic Advisor, Francine Parker Advising Center
Darcy Gifford – Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Communication
Caroline Sanders - Associate Director, Community Relations & Engagement
Sean Woolf – Associate Director, Office of Wellness and Community Responsibility
April Calkovsky -Senior Career Coach, University Advising & Career Development Center
Cari Neubrand -Digital Designer, Division of Communication
Sara Bamrick – Student Engagement and Activities Coordinator, Campus Life
Sadaf Ali - Professor, Communication, Media and Theatre Arts
Rod Wallace -Director, Upward Bound Program
Terril Oatman - Student Government
Kimberly Kreuzwieser – Academic Advisor
Jeanette Zalba -Director, Housing & Residence Life
Janis Strickland -Program Coordinator, Brotherhood & Sisterhood Scholars
Ebony Walls - President-Elect, EMU Alumni Board of Directors
Raven Wood - Living Skills Coordinator for MAGIC
Cedrick Charles – Student Government
Emma Wuetrich –Program Coordinator, Lesbian, Gay, BiSexual, Transgender Resource Center
J. Nick Smith –EMU Band Director
Anthony Webster - Director, TRIO SSS Program
Holli Black – Associate Director, Holman Success Center
Calvin McFarland -Associate Vice President, Student Success & Academic Support Services
Cathy Steiner – Assistant Director, Conference Event Services
Alicia Apperson – Assistant Director, University Advising
Yulanda Woods – Senior Secretary, Disability Resource Center
Ann Blakesee- Director of the Writing Center
Victor Okafor -Academic Department Head, African American Studies
Donna Holubik - Director, Financial Aid
Leighanne Denja - Senior Advisor, Financial Aid
Julia Delagarza - Assistant Director, Financial Aid Compliance & Training
Angela Sarah - Scholarship Processing Specialist, Financial Aid
Dana Heller - Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
James Egge - Associate Dean, Programs; College of Arts and Sciences
Ellen Koch - Associate Dean, Budget and Facilities; College of Arts and Sciences
Sally Rosales -Adminstrative Associate to the Chief Divesity Officer