Diversity Council
Fermilab's Diversity Council fosters organizational equity through programs carefully designed to increase the diversity of the Laboratory and to increase the participation of employees. The Council develops, implements, and maintains strategic programs with established goals for the Laboratory.
Structure: http://www.fnal.gov/directorate/Diversity_Council_Structure.pdf
Workforce Recruitment, Retention and Development
Educational Outreach
Community Involvement and Outreach
Employee Affinity and Resource Groups
Workforce Recruitment, Retention, and Development
Chair: Bob Webber
Committee for Hiring and Retaining Scientific Staff: This committee has as its first assignment to implement the action plans for increasing diversity among the scientists that the ad- hoc CHRSS and the Directorate will agree upon.
Chair:
Steve Wolbers
Committee:
Herman White
Deborah Harris
Dianne Engram
Sandra Charles
Committee for Hiring and Retaining Technical Staff: This committee will use the Succession Plan and other demographic indicators to develop an action plan for addressing FNAL needs in its diversity profile in engineering, computing and safety.
Chair:
Cosmore Sylvester
Committee:
Bob Webber
Bakul Banerjee
Elmie Peoples
Ben Segbawu
Elaine McCluskey
Trevor Butler
Ryan Rivera
Patrick Huhr
David Cathey
Linda Valerio
Dianne Engram
Sandra Charles
Committee for Hiring and Retaining Non-Scientific and Non-Technical Staff: This committee will use FNAL demographics and turn-over data to develop initiatives to address diversity concerns in various exempt and non-exempt job categories.
Co-Chairs:
Marie Herman
Committee:
Bob Johnson
Christine Johnson
Elaine Phillips
Dianne Engram
Sandra Charles
University Liaison Committee: This committee will work with URA Universities to address pipeline issues and the numbers of minorities they recruit.
The Educational Outreach Team
Chair: Paul Czarapata
FaST Teams Group: This committee will work to identify research opportunities throughout the Laboratory appropriate for faculty and their students who come from minority-serving institutions.
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Committee for Educational Programs and Internships: This committee will be charged with developing a recruitment schedule for summer internships, cooperative education opportunities, and other college recruiting at institutions with strong diversity profiles. This group will also make recommendations for new college advertising media.
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Team for Local and Community College Partnerships: This committee will investigate opportunities to partner with local schools, such as NIU, COD, CSU, UIC, etc. to develop a pool of college trained candidates who would enter our workforce as technicians and engineering technologists. The schools mentioned have strong diversity profiles.
Chair:
Dianne Engram
Committee:
Paul Czarapata
Rene Padilla
Ron Ray
Carol Angarola
Amanda Thompson
Sandra Charles
The Community Involvement and Outreach Team Chair: Sandra Charles
Planning Group for Multicultural Events: This group will organize affinity groups and plan celebrations for the diverse heritage of FNAL.
Chair:
Sandra Charles
Committee:
Shilpee Arora
Wilma Cardona
Orlando Colon
Dianne Engram
Norman Ho
Robert Johnson
John Kent
Lisa Lopez
Jean Reising
Alpana Shenai
Alicia Simmons
Fang Wang
Teri Dykhuis
Kathy Johnson
Employee Affinity & Resource Groups
Chair: Sandra Charles
FNAL Affinity Groups: These are centralized organizational -life platforms intended to promote diversity and foster a transparent culture of workplace inclusion. Membership is open to all members of the FNAL community who share common concerns.
Chinese Society
Mission: A network for fellow co-workers to exchange and share various information, and help each other with specific needs and concerns.
Drishti
The Indian Association of Fermilab.
Mission: A mailing list for people mainly from India and anyone else who is interested.
FNAL Employee Resource Groups: These groups will communicate with senior management, champion professional development, and serve as advocates for advancement.
Globe
Mission: To bring members and allies of the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender community at Fermilab together to share commonalities and resources, and create a channel to diffuse prejudices.
Unity Coat
Mission: "Unity Coat" unites all for one cause- the respect and inclusion of persons with Disabilities at Fermilab as one of its many vital and diverse cultures to celebrate our contributions to its scientific mission. We will educate, create a channel to diffuse stereotypes and prejudices, increase awareness, acceptance and recognition of individual diversity, and establish a centralized resource for all persons at Fermilab who share the concerns of persons with disabilities.