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Our Leadership Team


Vice President Mary Ann Villarreal leads the division’s efforts to influence and shape the equity, diversity, and inclusion work happening across the institution. She is supported by an executive leadership team which informs the strategy, programming, engagement, implementation, and amplification of the work both within the University of Utah community and within a national context.

Mary Ann Villarreal

VP for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Park 208
801-581-7569
VPEDI@utah.edu

José Rodríguez

AVP for Health Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

HSEB 5750B
801-585-1934
healthequity@hsc.utah.edu

Emma E. Houston

AVP for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer

Park 135
emma.houston@utah.edu

Daniel K. Cairo

AVP for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Park 135
daniel.cairo@utah.edu

Keith Embray

Executive Director of Operations / Associate Athletic Director

Park 135
keith.embray@utah.edu

Pamela Bishop

Senior Director of Marketing & Communications

pamela.bishop@utah.edu

Amy Fulton

Director, New Leadership Academy

Park 135
801-581-8231
amy.fulton@utah.edu

Edén Cortés-López

Director of Research and Climate

Park 135
eden.cortes@utah.edu

Abdulkhaliq Barbaar

Director for Health Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

EHSEB 5750B
barbaar@hsc.utah.edu

Tricia Sugiyama

Director of EDI Projects

Park 135
t.sugiyama@utah.edu

Samantha Eldridge (Diné)

Director, American Indian Resource Center

FDAIRC (Bldg 622)
801-581-7019
samantha.eldridge@utah.edu

Meligha Garfield

Director, Black Cultural Center

FD 603 (BCC)
801-213-1441
meligha.garfield@utah.edu

Cassie Zamora-Cathcart

Interim Director, Center for Equity & Student Belonging

Union 235
801-587-9568
cassie.cathcart@utah.edu

Rosa Salamanca

Director, Dream Center

Union 80
801-581-3470
rosa.salamanca@utah.edu

Harry Hawkins

Director, LGBT Resource Center

Union 409
lgbtrc@sa.utah.edu