Appendix

Facilitation Guide for Stakeholder Meetings

  • Introduce facilitators. Acknowledge our role.
  • Share why we were hired to partner with Āé¶¹AV; to gain insight, perspectives, and ideas on Equity Infrastructure at Āé¶¹AV.
  • All comments will be kept confidential, and nothing will be directly associated with individuals or collective groups.
  • Please share verbally or put comments or questions in the chat.
  • There are no right or wrong answers. We just want to hear from you.

(Questions will be adapted depending on the audience the participants work directly with)

  1. Can you share who you are, any pronouns you want us to use, and your role at Āé¶¹AV related to this project?
  2. What is going well now on the campus related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion that you hope would NOT change?
  3. What are some of the top needs of the audience your area is charged with serving?
  4. What are some of the top obstacles you or your program have in supporting your audience?
  5. What are specific resources you or your department/program need to be successful in supporting your audience?
    • Of these resources you named, what would be the top priority that you think would bring the most impact?
  6. Do you feel like your program is able to actively collaborate with other offices and/or identity-focused programs?
  7. Do you feel like you have a clear understanding of Āé¶¹AV’s vision for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion? Please explain why or why not.
  8. What type of support, supervision, or leadership do you and your program need to be successful?
  9. When you think about the current Āé¶¹AV organizational structure that is related to diversity and equity work, are there any changes that could be made that would help your area more effectively do your work?
  10. As you think about what type of person or role should be guiding and leading justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion work at Āé¶¹AV, what are important elements?
  11. Are there other individuals or committees with campus responsibilities related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion work that you recommend we interview?
  12. Is there anything else you want to share?

Conclude by thanking them and letting them know they can share more information by emailing pmjconsulting@outlook.com.

Stakeholder Groups Invited for Listening Sessions

Employees/Centers/Departments/Committees:

  • AVP, Human Resources
  • Director, National Center on Deafness
  • Director, Disabilities Resources and Educational Services
  • Commission on Diversity and Inclusion
  • AVP, Student Affairs, Equity and Inclusion
  • LGBTQIA+ Advisory Committee
  • Faculty Senate Educational Equity Committee
  • USU Associate Executive Director, Equity, Programs and Leadership
  • Āé¶¹AV Black Student Success Council
  • AVP, Faculty Affairs
  • AVP for Student Success
  • Co-Directors for Equity and Compliance for Faculty Recruitment and Retention
  • Ethnic Studies Dept. Chairs
  • Senior Advisor to the President for Inclusive Excellence
  • Resource Center Directors/Manager/Coordinators
  • Educational Opportunity Program

Āé¶¹AV PMJ Consulting Team:

Dr. Emily Prieto (she/her) serves as Managing Partner for PMJ Consulting as well as the Vice President of External Affairs and Chief of Staff to the President at Samuel Merritt University. She has extensive experience in higher education, formerly serving as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of California, Davis, the director of the Latino Resource Center at Northern Illinois University, and in adjunct faculty roles teaching courses on US-Mexico Border Relations and Multicultural Education.

She has dedicated her professional career to creating a more inclusive environment for first-generation, immigrant, and underrepresented school youth; she also served as the executive director of the AB540 and Undocumented Student Center at UC Davis. During her time at Northern Illinois University, Dr. Prieto served on the Board of Directors for Instituto del Progreso Latino. As a leader at IDPL she helped pioneer education pathways tasked with providing a comprehensive set of services for low-wage and low-skilled workers.

Dr. Prieto earned her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Community Rhetoric from the University of California, Davis in 2002, and her master’s and doctoral degrees in Education from UC Davis. She is also a graduate of U.C. Berkeley’s Executive Leadership Academy and has received two Fulbright Specialist grants administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State to work with educators in Nigeria and Japan on teaching and research strategies.

Dr. Joshua Moon Johnson (he/they) serves as a Managing Partner at PMJ Consulting as well as the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at West Valley College. He also was formerly the Vice President of Student Services and the Title IX Coordinator at the College of San Mateo. He has published four books; his first book, Beyond Surviving: From Religious Oppression to Queer Activism was a #1 Best-seller on Amazon.com for Gay & Lesbian Activism. Joshua's other books include Authentic Leadership, Queer People of Color in Higher Education, and Queer & Trans Advocacy in the Community College.

Joshua previously served as the Dean of Equity and Title IX Coordinator at American River College in Sacramento, the Assistant Dean/Director of the Multicultural Student Center at UW-Madison and as the Director of the LGBT Center at the University of California. Santa Barbara. Joshua received a doctorate in higher education and LGBT studies from Northern Illinois University, and a master's degree in student affairs from Binghamton University. Joshua also has a master’s degree in Marketing Analysis from the University of Alabama and a bachelor’s in business from the University of South Alabama.

Joshua has served as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Semester at Sea/University of Virginia, Concordia University-Portland, and Binghamton University-State University of New York. Joshua is a former chair of the NASPA (Student Affairs in Higher Education) MultiRacial Knowledge Community and held several positions with the Asian Pacific Islander Knowledge Community. Joshua serves as a Board member for the Association of California Community College Administrators and as the Equity Team Lead. Joshua also served as the Vice President of the board for the Sacramento LGBT Center. Joshua has presented more than 50 national presentations and regularly serves as a trainer, consultant, and keynote speaker at campuses and conferences across the country. Visit to learn more.

Nick Daily (he/they) has over a decade of work leading, advancing, implementing and training in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion spaces. He has a BA in Women’s and Gender Studies with a minor in religious studies, and a Master’s in Education with a specialization in Oppression Reduction. Nick is the Founder and CEO of an equity and inclusion consulting company supporting non-profit organizations and large national & international corporations. They formerly served as a Dean of Equity and Inclusion, the senior diversity officer on a college campus of 32,000 students in central California. The foundational philosophy of their approach to life is: LuvServedDaily - The consistent pursuit of happiness for self and others.