New leadership for the President and Provost's Council on Women

The Women’s Place is pleased to announce transitions within the President and Provost’s Council on Women (PPCW) leadership team for the 2023-24 academic term.

• Aparna Dial (Chair), director, Office of Administration and Planning 
• Dr. Zarine Shah (Past Chair), associate professor, College of Medicine 
• Katrina Lee (Chair Elect), John C. Elam/Vorys Sater Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law

PPCW leads the charge to advance women across The Ohio State University and works in partnership with The Women’s Place (TWP) to help fulfill TWP's policy development efforts. The council advocates to the President and Provost to develop policies and practices that positively affect the working environment for women. PPCW leaders are elected by the council to serve three-year terms in progressive roles as chair elect, chair, and past chair.

The Women's Place provides administrative support for the council and TWP's director is an ex officio member of the leadership team. TWP also recommends topics to the president and provost for the council to address.

Learn more about the 2023-24 PPCW elected leadership team below: 

Aparna Dial is senior director of Sustainability and Strategic Services at Ohio State. Dial is responsible for all strategic and operational aspects of Ohio State’s energy services and sustainability program, which seeks to achieve sustainability in all areas of university operations, including responsible resource use and energy management. Her team created the Zero Waste Program with the aim of achieving zero waste at Ohio State by 2025. She is a graduate of the Staff Leadership Series (SLS) through The Women’s Place.  

Dr. Zarine Shah is associate professor of Radiology in the College of Medicine and Wexner Medical Center. She has also served as vice chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the department since 2020. She has been a member of the Women in Medicine and Science committee at the College of Medicine since this organization was formed in 2014, serving as associate director since 2020 and currently serving as interim director of Women’s Academic Advancement. Shah is a 2022 graduate of The Women's Place President and Provost’s Leadership Institute.

Professor Katrina Lee is the director of the Program on Dispute Resolution at Moritz College of Law. She joined the faculty in 2011 after an accomplished career in complex litigation spanning more than 12 years. At a national law firm, she was promoted to equity partner in her seventh year of practice. Professor Lee writes and presents on topics related to the business of law, negotiations, legal ethics, legal writing, and mentoring. She is the author of the business of law course book The Legal Career: Knowing the Business, Thriving in Practice.