Congratulations to The Women's Place Staff Leadership Series 2022-23 cohort for completing the series in August and to staff selected for the 2023-24 cohort, which begins in October.
Ohio State University staff are working hard to advance their leadership skills.
The staff listed below who participated in the 2022-23 cohort of The Women's Place Staff Leadership Series (SLS) completed the program in August 2023. Now they are better prepared to advance and take on new leadership roles and responsibilities.
The SLS is a 12-month, experiential program hosted by The Women's Place that enhances leadership capacity; cultivates supportive professional networks; and facilitates skills development to help staff become more effective, innovative and inclusive leaders. It creates a pool of potential staff leaders from groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in key leadership roles.
SLS graduates are equipped with relevant skills for the following:
- Leveraging personal strengths of self and others for effective leadership
- Relating to people and conducting difficult conversations
- Coaching peers and direct reports effectively using multiple techniques
- Strategizing to successfully deal with interpersonal and environmental demands
- Delegating and project management
- Cultivating an inclusive environment in which diversity is valued
- Conducting inclusive conversations, building effective teams, and solving problems
Members of the 2022-23 cohort are uniquely qualified for higher education administration at Ohio State and to cultivate a more equitable environment, a culture in which all can thrive.
Since its founding, SLS has trained more than 300 staff who have emerged as leaders both here at Ohio State and elsewhere in higher education. Alumni of the program represent all colleges, medical and academic campuses, and five regional campuses. Some of the most notable alumni of the program now occupy positions such as associate vice president, assistant dean and assistant vice provost.
Members of the 2023-24 group, the 17th SLS cohort (also listed below), have taken on this leadership challenge. These staff, who were selected through a competitive application process, are excited to begin the next year of leadership training.
Through the SLS, the university has greater access to leaders who bring diverse ideas and perspectives, enthusiasm, and ingenuity to their work environments. Please consider the following trained and motivated staff, along with previous graduates, for leadership positions in your units and colleges.
2022-23 Staff Leadership Series Graduates
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2023-24 Staff Leadership Series Cohort
Angela Adams |
| Executive Assistant, Engineering Administration |
Sophia Antoun |
| DEI Education Program Specialist, The Office of Inclusive Excellence |
Jennifer Baughman |
| Director, Central Sterile Supply |
La Tina Bebout |
| Executive Assistant to Associate Dean of Academic Affair, College of Engineering |
Morgan Blumenfeld |
| Care Manager embedded at Student Health Services, Counseling and Consultation Service |
Kendra Boggs |
| Coordinator of Student Financial Aid Student Success Administration, Student Life |
Diana Burdette |
| Sr. Grants and Contacts Specialist, College of Medicine Grants Management Office |
Uma Chaudhary |
| Food Service Manager, Nutrition Services |
Autumn Davis Hammonds |
| Athletic Trainer, Sports Medicine Administration |
Sandra Dawkins |
| Director of Admissions and Recruitment/Staff Director DEIB, College of Veterinary Medicine |
Christina Dierkes |
| Content Strategist, College of Arts and Sciences-Marketing & Communications |
Stacey Dorr |
| Director, Strategic Marketing and Communications, College of Education and Human Ecology |
Lisa Frazier |
| Senior Researcher (researcher 4), John Glenn College | Battelle Center |
Frida Gillespie |
| Assistant Director, Housing and Residence Education |
Indra Leyva Cook |
| Associate Director, Belonging and Student Support, Center for Belonging and Social Change- Office of Student Life |
Brianna Johnson |
| Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion/Chief Diversity Officer, Dean/Director's Office |
Crista Marbley |
| Faculty Affairs Analyst, Office of Faculty Affairs, College of Medicine |
Melissa Metz |
| Manager - Facility Assessment Team, Facilities, Operations, and Development |
Natalie Mustard |
| Patient Accounting Manager, Patient Accounting - Revenue Cycle |
Mitsu Narui |
| Director of Institutional Efffectiveness and Assessment, Institutional Research and Planning |
Kia Parker |
| Infection Preventionist, Clinical Epidemiology |
Kathryn Passen |
| Director, Undergraduate Student Career Development, Office of Career Management, Fisher College of Business |
Nicole Pizarro |
| Instructional Designer, OAA Distance Learning |
Lucia Rosas |
| Research Scientist, Department of Veterinary Biosciences |
Megan Sayres |
| Assistant Director, College of Medicine, Alumni Affairs |
Tonya Schmauder |
| Clinical Lead Psychotherapist, Harding Hospital Ambulatory Services |
Joanna Spanos |
| Advising Manager, Arts and Sciences Honors Advising |
Aaron Whitfield |
| Program Coordinator, The Todd A. Bell National Resource Center |
