University of the Pacific Update on Our Club Rotary Global Grant Project
Dr Mary Lomax, University of the Pacific, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Hosted by club member, Doris Spect
This is a Hybrid Meeting. Both In-Person and Zoom. Our guest speaker will be attending LIVE.
Zoom Link Information:
For Zoom Guests: Please contact the Club IT committee to receive your invitation that includes the access code to our Monday Zoom meeting.
Topic:
Dr Lomax will be speaking about our Rotary Club of Walnut Grove Global Grant #GG2236685 with the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Harbour.
About the Speaker:
Mary Lomax-Ghirarduzzi
Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Professor of Communications
Stockton, CA
Mary J. Lomax-Ghirarduzzi joined Pacific in 2021 as the university’s inaugural vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and chief diversity officer. She is also a professor in the Communication Department. A leader on race, leadership and faith-informed social justice, she is guiding the university through a transformative framework designed to integrate DEI into all aspects of campus life and operations.
She is an affiliate faculty member at the Race and Equity Center at University of Southern California and president of the Northern California chapter of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education.
Prior to Pacific, Lomax-Ghirarduzzi served as dean of students and vice provost of diversity and community engagement at University of San Francisco, where she led diversity initiatives that resulted in one of the most ethnically diverse student bodies and faculty in the nation.
Lomax-Ghirarduzzi’s awards include Human Rights Defender for Gender Equality in San Francisco and being named one of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women by the San Francisco Business Times.