Fonteyn Li
Administrative Coordinator Campus: UBC Vancouver Pronouns: He/ Him/ His Bio Fonteyn brings a strong background in administration, customer service, and office operations. Originally from Hong Kong, he studied Tourism and gained experience in both marketing and administrative roles before moving to Canada three years ago. Since then, he has contributed to UBC in various roles, […]
Connie Yuchun Wu
Communications Specialist Campus: UBC Vancouver Pronouns: She, her, hers Bio Connie provides communication support across the office, ranging from communications planning to execution. She brings over five years of experience in communications in the higher education space. Before joining EIO, she has worked with the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) and the Department […]
Ikechukwu Ibebugwu
Project Manager, Institutional Initiatives
Campus: UBC Okanagan
Team: Planning & Evaluation
As a Project Manager, Ike manages small to large-scale projects to advance work around one of UBC’s guiding principles, promoting equity, anti-racism.
Kara Ellison
Human Rights Advisor
Campus: UBC Okanagan
Team: Human Rights
Kara provides impartial human rights advice and information to all members of the UBC community.
Jessy Santana
Equity & Inclusion Strategist
Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Building
Jessy is an Equity & Inclusion Strategist with over 13 years of experience in learning and development across the US, China and Canada.
Dharshi Lacey
Director, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-racism
Campus: UBC Okanagan
Team: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-racism
Dharshi comes to this role with 20+ years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She brings a deep commitment to equity work, striving to shift the work from project work to systems work, challenging people and systems to apply a critical equity lens to their policies, practices, language and mindsets.
Vanessa Hogan
Executive Assistant
Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Administration
Vanessa provides executive admin support for the Associate Vice-President, Equity and Inclusion and the EIO.
Brian Nelson (on leave)
Administrative Coordinator
Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Administrations
Brian provides complex administrative support to individuals and teams within the Equity & Inclusion Office.
Rebekah Chotem
Project Manager, Institutional Initiatives
Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Planning & Evaluation
Rebekah provides project management support for the StEAR Framework and roadmap to change, as well as the CRC EDI Action Plan and other projects within the Equity and Inclusion office.
Mahta Khoshnam Tehrani
Manager, Data, Analytics, Reporting & Evaluation
Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Planning & Evaluation
Mahta provides support for data-informed planning, implementation, and evaluation of institutional initiatives and for reporting on progress and outcomes of strategic plans related to promoting EDI.