MLK Celebration Planning Committee
2023 Steering Committee
Co-Chairs
Doris Fields - Interim Chief Diversity Officer
Tray McGuire - Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives & Engagement,
Planning CommitteeAuryon Azar - President, Student Government
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 Professor & University Archivist, Halle Library
Julia Heck – University Ombuds
Marsha Lathion – Senior Secretary, Geography and Geology
Josiah Pankiewicz -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 -Associate Professor, Communication, Media and Theatre Arts
Rod Wallace -Director, Upward Bound Program
Kevin Williams - Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programming
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
Deanna Kowaleski - Program Coordinator, Women’s Resource Center
Cedrick Charles – Vice President, Student Government
DeAndre Caldwell – Case Manager, Wellness and Community Involvement
Le'Shay Webb – Program Coordinator, Center of Race and Equity
Anthony Webster - Director, TRIO SSS Program
Melissa Thrasher – Director, Media Relations
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
Brittany Mobley – Media Relations Specialist, Division of Communications
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
April Marshall -Academic Program Services Specialist; Student & Academic Affairs