Our Team
Vice Chancellor

Maurice D. Gipson
Vice Chancellor of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
130 Jesse Hall
573-882-3394
mdgipson@missouri.edu
Senior Leaders

NaTashua Davis
Associate Vice Chancellor, Access and Leadership Development
130 Jesse Hall
573-884-7267
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Areas of responsibility
- K-20 Access Initiatives
- McNair Scholars Program
- MCAC
All Staff

Jeremy S. Bloss
Assistant Director of the McNair Scholars Program
Office of Access and Leadership Development
10 Arts & Science Building
573-884-1622
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Jenn Brown
Director of Access and Outreach Initiatives, K-16
Office of Access and Leadership Development
130 Jesse Hall
573-882-8532
brownjen@missouri.edu

Velma Buckner
Assistant Director, Undergraduate Programs & Outreach Initiatives
Office of Access and Leadership Development
130 Jesse Hall
573-882-2714
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Jessica Bynum
Sr. Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor
Division of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
jbynum@missouri.edu
573-882-3394

Lisa Dorner
Director, Cambio Center
Associate Professor Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
301 Gentry Hall
573-882-2978
dornerl@missouri.edu

Natalie Downer
Director, McNair Scholars Program and Strategic STEM Initiatives
Office of Access and Leadership Development
10 Arts & Science Building
573-882-4618
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Khesha Duncan
Assistant Director
Multicultural Center
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
Department of Social Justice
G107D Student Center
573-882-4773
duncankr@missouri.edu

Laura Gutiérrez Pérez
Coordinator
Cambio Center
301 Gentry Hall
573-882-2978
Email: lgutierrezperez@missouri.edu

Laura Hacquard
Associate Director — Department of Social Justice
Women’s Center
573-882-6621
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James Hamilton
Program Assistant, McNair Scholars Program
Office of Access and Leadership Development
10 Arts & Science Building
573-882-1962
hamiltonjd@missouri.edu

Cedric Harris
Student Videographer/Photographer
Junior, Information Technology Major

Sophie Hood

AnDrea Jackson
Sr. Student Support Specialist
Student Diversity Initiatives
MU Student Center
jacksonand@missouri.edu

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Jerron Johnson
Director of Missouri College Advising Corps
Office of Access and Leadership Development
130 Jesse Hall
johnsonjerron@missouri.edu

Jae-Kur Lockhart
Student Success Coach
Office of Access and Leadership Development
MU Student Center
jllckc@missouri.edu

Connie Marquez Alvarez
Office Support Assistant IV
Missouri College Advising Corps
302/304 Hill Hall
Columbia, MO 65211

Andrés Felipe Mesa Valencia

Kennedy Mitchum
Student Success Coach
Office of Access and Leadership Development
MU Student Center
knmf48@missouri.edu

Riauna Nevels
Office of Access and Leadership Development
Graduate Assistant/Graduate Student
130 Jesse Hall
573-882-8532
rnhkd@missouri.edu

Penelope Raines
Project Support Coordinator II
Missouri College Advising Corps
302/304 Hill Hall
Columbia, MO 65211

Anna Romero
Student Success Coach
Student Diversity Initiatives
MU Student Center
romeroa@missouri.edu

Katryna Sardis
Coordinator — Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention (RSVP) Center
G216 MU Student Center
573-882-3492
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Patrick Skrivan
Education and Prevention Coordinator
Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center
G224, RSVP Center at MU Student Center
573-882-6638
patrickskrivan@mail.missouri.edu

Ciarra Small
Programming Coordinator
Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center
RSVP Center at MU Student Center
573-882-8292
ciarrasmall@missouri.edu

La Toya Stevens
Director of Communications
Division of Inclusion Diversity and Equity
130 Jesse Hall
573-882-1217
lstevens@missouri.edu

Stephanie White-Thorn
Graduate Initiatives Coordinator
Office of Access and Leadership Development
130 Jesse Hall
573-882-1962
whitethorns@umsystem.edu
