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American Association
for Affirmative Action

888 16th Street, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006

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AAAA Leadership Team 2006-2008

Officers 2006-2008




President
ReNee’ S. Dunman
Assistant to the President & Director of EO/AA


Old Dominion University
121A  William B Spong Hall
Norfolk, VA 23529
Business 757-683-3141
Fax 757-683-5844
rdunman@odu.edu




Immediate Past President
Robert Etheridge
Vice President
Emory University
201 Dowman Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
Business 404-727-6016
Fax 404-727-2666
eeorwe@emory.edu
       
  First Vice President
Alvin K. Bingham
Affirmative Action/Contract
Compliance Supervisor
21 Grand Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Business 860-541-4709
Fax 860-246-5419
a.bingham@sbcglobal.net
alvin.bingham@po.state.ct.us








Second Vice President
Deborah Burris
Director
Office of Equal Opportunity
University of Missouri-St. Louis
One University Blvd.
127 Woods Hall
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
Business 314-516-5689
Fax 314-516-5673
dburris@umsl.edu
burrisd@umsl.edu
       




Treasurer
Andreen Neukranz-Butler
Human Rights Compliance Officer
University  of Idaho
Mail Stop 443080
Moscow, ID 83844-3080 
Business 208-885-4212
Fax 208-885-9201
http://www.webs.uidaho.edu.hrco/ 
anbutler@uidaho.edu





Secretary
Joni Baker
Manager,
Equal Opportunity
The Texas A&M University
200 Technology Way # 1281
College Station, TX 77845-3424
Business 979-458-6203
Fax 979-845-6206
jbaker@tamu.edu
       

Regional Directors

Lillian Ruiz, Ph. D.


Region I Director
Lillian Ruiz, Ph.D.
Director of Human Relations
City of Hartford
550 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Business: 860-757-9785
Fax: 860-722-6486
lruiz@ci.hartford.ct.us
  Region II Director (Interim)
Harry Payne
Director
CUNY - PCC
222-56th Ave. Bayside, NY 11364
Business 718-631-6397
hpayne@qcc.cuny.edu


       







Region III Director
Gregory Chambers
EEO/AA Program Mgr
State of Delaware
820 French St.
Wilmington, DE 19801
Business: 302-577-8977
Fax: 302-577-3996
region3@affirmativeaction.org











Region IV Director
Huda Melky
Director, Equal Opportunity/504/ADA Compliance
Western Kentucky University
Wetherby Administration Building, Room 13
1906 College Heights Blvd. #11009
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Business: 270-745-5121
Fax: 270-745-3199
huda.melky@wku.edu

       



Region V Director
Marshall Rose, Director
Office of Equity and Diversity
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Business: 419-372-8472
Fax: 419-372-9533
mrose@bgnet.bgsu.edu





Region VI Director
Melvin Williams
Director OEOD
Univ. of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77555-0106
Business: 409-747-8823
Fax: 409-747-8836
mwilliam@utmb.edu
       
  Region VII
Carla Espinoza
The Iowa State University
3680 Beardhsear Hall
Ames, Iowa 50011-2024
(515)  294-6215
(515) 294-1702
crespin@iastate.edu








Region VIII Director
Eveadean M. Myers, J.D.
Executive Director
Chief Diversity Officer
North Dakota State University
Old Main 202
P.O. Box 5011
Fargo, ND 58105-5011
(701) 231-7703 (Voice)
(701) 231-6358 (Fax)
Evie.Myers@ndsu.edu
       
  Region IX
Eduardo Monge
Equal Opportunity Officer
Chapman University
1 University Dr
Orange, CA 92866-1005
Business: 714-997-6847
Fax: 714-997-6900
Monge@chapman.edu





Region X Director
Andreen Neukranz-Butler
Human Rights Compliance Officer
University  of Idaho
Mail Stop 443080
Moscow, ID 83844-3080 
Business 208-885-4212
Fax 208-885-9201
http://www.webs.uidaho.edu.hrco/ 
anbutler@uidaho.edu
       

Committee Chairs

  Bylaws/Resolutions
Harry Payne
CUNY - PCC
222-56th Ave. Bayside, NY 11364
Business 718-631-6397
hpayne@qcc.cuny.edu







Finance
Melvin Williams
Director OEOD
Univ. of Texas Medical Branch—Galveston
301 University Blvd
Galveston, TX 77555-0106
Business: 409-747-8823
Fax: 409-747-8836
mwilliam@utmb.edu
       





Legislative
Jose J. Soto
Vice President for AA/Equity/Diversity
Southeast Community College Area
1111 O Street Suite 111
Lincoln, NE  68508
Business 402-323-3412
Fax 402-323-3420
jsoto@southeast.edu





Membership
Sharon Ulmar
Asst to the Chancellor for
Diversity/EEO
Univ of Nebraska—Omaha
60th & Dodge Street EAB201
Omaha, NE  68182-0108
Business 402-554-2872
Fax 402-554-3555
sulmar@mail.unomaha.edu

       



Nominations/Elections
Paul Bayless
Retiree
5800 Forest Hills Blvd Apt B-114
Columbus, OH 43231
Business 614-794-3221
Fax 614-794-9304
pbayless@columbus.rr.com




PDTI Chair
Marjorie Powell
Director of Affirmative Action
Georgetown University
37th & O Streets
NW Darnall Hall
Washington DC 20057
(202) 687-4798
aaaapdti@gmail.com

       



PDTI Co-chair
Jaffus Hardrick (PDTI Co Chair)
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97053
Waco, TX 76798-7053
Business: 254-710-8208
hardrick@baylor.edu





Personnel
Cathy O’Neill Couza
Director, Office of
Equal Opportunity and Access
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL 61455
Business: 309-298-1977
Fax: 309-298-2089
CO-Couza@wiu.edu
       




Public Information
Joyce Pratt
T&J Associates, LLC
531 Saratoga Place
Smithville, NJ 08201
Business: 609-748-0936
Fax: 609-748-2610 (FAX)
tjassociates@verizon.net
http://tjassociates.homestead.com



Member-at-Large
Willyerd Collier
Director, AA
University of Arkansas
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Business 479-575-4019
wcollier@uark.edu

       





Member-at-Large
Dianne Williams
AA/EEO Officer
Savannah State University
PO Box 20419
Savannah, GA 31404-9706
Business: (912) 351-3812
Fax: (912) 353-3188
williamd@savstate.edu


  Member-at-Large
Inderdeep Chatrath
Director Of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity
Duke University
PO Box 90012
146 Trent Hall
Durham, NC 27708-0012
Business: (919) 684-1925
Fax: (919) 684-8580
inderdeep.chatrath@duke.edu
       




Member-at-Large
John Burnett
Director of Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
University of Nevada Reno
MS 158
Reno, NV 89557-0001
Business (775) 784-1547
Fax (775) 784-1972
jaburn@unr.edu






2007 Conference Chair
Melvin Williams
Director OEOD
University of Texas
Medical Branch—Galveston
301 University Blvd
Galveston, TX  77555-0106
Business 409-747-8823
Fax 409-747-8836
mwilliam@utmb.edu
       
  2007 Conference Co-Chair
Abel Garza
Executive Director of Affirmative Action
University of Houston
SS2 154A
Houston, Texas 77204-3020
Business 713-743-8835
  2008 Conference Chair
Gregory Chambers
EEO/AA Manager
State of Delaware
820 French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
gregory.chambers@state.de.us
       
      Ernie Santos De-Jesus
Director
Diversity Initiatives & Affirmative
University of Maryland University College
3501 Adelphi, Maryland 20783
Business 301-985-6462
Fax 301-985-6754
edejesus@umuc.edu
       
 

Staff





Executive Director
Shirley J. Wilcher
Suite 800
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Jacqueline S. Johnson
Suite 800
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Washington, DC 20006
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