The Staff Equity and Inclusion Council (SEIC) is comprised of non-academic staff who have worked at WCM for at least one year. SEIC members serve a two-year term, with the opportunity to remain in the SEIC at the end of their term. The SEIC leadership is comprised of a peer-elected Chair, Co-Chair, and Secretary, who will serve as the council's executive committee.
Mission Statement
Under the direction of the Office of Staff Diversity & Inclusion (OSDI), the Staff Equity & Inclusion Council (SEIC) will help leverage partnerships with the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, the Medical College, the Graduate School, departmental diversity committees, and other members of the WCM community to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging by increasing dialogue and creating programs designed to align strategic diversity initiatives in support of institutional goals.
2022-2023 Membership
- Abeer Elshewehy, Clinical Trials Administrator, Cancer Clinical Trials Office — Leukemia/ MPN
- Abigail Nixon, Administrative Director, Research Operations
- Alessia Daniele, Associate Director, Federal Relations, External Affairs — Government & Community Relations
- Andrew Feigelman, Operations Manager, Office of the Chief Medical Officer, Patient Access and Operations
- Andrew Ramnauth, Senior Research Specialist, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Andy Hickner ( SEIC Co-Chair), Assistant Librarian, ITS — Library
- Angélika Tapia, Grant Portfolio Manager, Research Business Management - Administration
- Aubrey DeCarlo, Assist Director, Career & Professional Development, Graduate School - Student Services
- Bess White, Administrative Manager, Medicine
- Carmen Paulino, Paralegal, University Counsel and Office of the Secretary
- Cindy Chen, Assistant Director, Clinical & Translational Services, ITS — Research Informatics
- Daniel C. Pollay, Jr., Executive Director, Government & Community Relations, External Affairs — Government and Community Relations
- Daniel Splitgerber, Department Administrator III, ITS
- Danielle Gaibor, Director, Business Transformation and Strategy
- David Jaramillo Gil, Program Specialist (DEI), Radiology — Administration
- Elena Wu, Director of Marketing, External Affairs — Communications
- Gail Forde, Administrative Specialist, Pediatrics — Child Neurology
- Jane Yuen, Divisional Administrator I, Medicine — Women's Health Center
- Juliet Faber, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychiatry
- Katharine Walsh, Senior Medical Secretary, Reproductive Medicine — Satellite Operations
- Khi-Lynn Louis, Lead MDT Technical Advisor-Elder Abuse, Medicine — Elder Abuse
- Kim Serrette, Senior Accounting Assistant, Financial Management — Accounts Payable
- Kristina Tucker, Senior Patient Coordinator, Pediatrics — Child Development
- Lila Menard, Administrative Assistant, Radiology — MI3
- Lisa-Marie Trotman, Senior Patient Care Coordinator, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
- Lois Lord-Sharma, Marketing & Communications Manager, Population Health Sciences — All of Us
- Maritza Montalvo, Academic Program Specialist, Population Health Sciences
- Mary E. Montalvo-del Corral, Divisional Administrator II, Pediatrics — General Pediatrics
- Mohammad Mansour, Research Core Administrator, Core Laboratories Center — Administration
- Muquadas Ilyas (SEIC Secretary), Program Coordinator, Graduate School of Medical Sciences
- My Linh H. Nguyen-Novotny, Assistant Director, Programmatic Development, Clinical Translational Science Center — Education
- Niara Comrie, Quality & Patient Safety Manager, Radiology — WCINYP
- Robin Andrews, Education Manager, Research Business Management— Center for Integrative Medicine
- Ryann McQuaid, Grant Portfolio Specialist, Research Business Management— Administration
- Samantha Nathan, Senior Principal Gifts Officer, External Affairs — Fundraising
- Shefalika Gandhi, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychiatry — Student Mental Health
- Silvia Santacruz, Administrative Specialist, Cardiovascular Research Institute
- Susyun Hanson, Procurement Specialist, ITS — Administration
- Taasha L Ramsay, Manager, Griffis Faculty Club
- Tamara Crowder, Laboratory Supervisor, Clinical Translational Science Center
- Tammi Rose Abrams, Grants Administrator, Medicine — Administration
- Vanessa Blau, Director of Research Administrative Computing, ITS
- Vinay I. Varughese, Senior Technology Officer, ITS — Enterprise Services
- Yeiro Rodriguez, Customer Service Representative, Radiology — WCINYP Clinical Operations
- Zar Castillo, Senior Database Administrator, External Affairs — Operations
Get Involved
The SEIC is your opportunity to directly influence equity and inclusion programming at WCM, build our community, and collaborate with colleagues across departments. Membership will reopen to all staff in Spring 2023. If you would like to learn more about the groups and how to apply to become a member or support their initiatives, please contact the Office of Staff Diversity and Inclusion at staffdiversityandinclusion@med.cornell.edu.