Goals and Team Co-Leads

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Goal: Maximize the recruitment, retention, support and graduation of diverse students.

Goal: Eliminate achievement gaps by providing excellence in education and support to all students.

Team Co-Leads

Kate McCarthy
Dean of Undergraduate Education
kmccarthy@csuchico.edu

Kaitlyn Baumgartner Lee
Assistant Vice President for University Advisement
kbaumgartner@csuchico.edu

Michelle Morris
Faculty Diversity Officer, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
mrmorris@csuchico.edu

Yvette Zúñiga
Associate Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
yzuniga@csuchico.edu

Civic and Global Engagement

Goal: Emphasize University-community partnerships that are collaborative, participatory, empowering, systemic, and transformative.

Goal: Broaden opportunities for civic and global engagement in our academic programs.

Team Co-Leads

Ann Schulte
Director of Civic Engagement
akschulte@csuchico.edu

Jennifer Gruber
Interim Associate Vice President, International Education and Global Engagement
jlgruber@csuchico.edu

Resilient and Sustainable Systems

Goal: Work to be climate neutral by 2030.

Team Lead

Jennifer Rotnem
Director, Center for Water and Environment (CWAE)
jrotnem@csuchico.edu

Goal: Recover and adapt to significant difficulties or challenges and recognize our responsibility to forge resiliency in the communities we serve.

Team Lead

Eli Goodsell
Director of Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve
egoodsell@csuchico.edu