Alumnus As Chief of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

More than four months after announcing the creation of the new role, the UM System announced its first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer Wednesday. 

Beginning June 1, Kevin McDonald will work to identify organizational and systemic issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion in the university system's areas of humans resources, finances and academic affairs, according to a news release from the UM System. He will advise the UM System president and work with other system leadership to develop programs for lasting institutional changes. McDonald previously worked as vice president for equity and inclusion at Virginia Tech and in various roles at John Hopkins University, University of Maryland in College Park, Network Solutions Inc. and the U.S. Department of Justice.