Meet the 2024-25 President and Provost's Council on Women leadership team

The Women’s Place is delighted to announce that the following faculty and staff will serve on the President and Provost’s Council on Women (PPCW) leadership team for the 2024-25 academic year:

• Katrina Lee (Chair), John C. Elam/Vorys Sater Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law
• Aparna Dial (Past Chair), director, Office of Administration and Planning 
• Athena Yiamouyiannis (Chair Elect), manager, Department of Mathematics Advising

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 2024-25 PPCW elected leadership team below: 

Professor Katrina Lee is the John C. Elam/Vorys Sater Professor in Law and director of the Program on Dispute Resolution at Moritz College of Law. Lee joined the faculty in 2011 after an accomplished career in complex litigation spanning more than 12 years and received Ohio State's 2024 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. 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.

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 an executive sponsor of the Women in A&P Employee Resource Group and a graduate of the Staff Leadership Series (SLS) through The Women’s Place.  

Athena Yiamouyiannis currently serves as manager of academic advising in the Mathematics Department. She advocates for Ohio State students, collaborates with the math advising team, connects with faculty, and serves on departmental committees including the Diversity and Departmental Climate Committee. Her knowledge and leadership have made the department's advising office into a role-model for student-facing services at Ohio State. She has been recognized with a number of awards including the 2022 ASC Staff Advisory Council’s Outstanding Staff Award, 2022 ACADAOS Melinda McDonald Advising Administrator Award, and 2019 Math Department Award. Yiamouyiannis is also a graduate of the Staff Leadership Series (SLS) through The Women’s Place.

See the full council list to learn which faculty and staff members are dedicated to removing barriers for women at the university.