Member Institutions
The Leadership Alliance is a consortium of thirty-one of this nation’s leading research and teaching academic institutions. These institutions are highly diverse in geographic distribution and range in student population from roughly 1,000 to more than 50,000. A core value of each institution is an intimate scholarly relationship built upon student-faculty mentoring, through which opportunities for undergraduate research in the biological, physical and social sciences as well as the humanities are promoted. In addition, member institutions also prepare students for or engage in the training of a diverse community of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Member institutions are also committed to the diversification of members of the professoriate, both at their institutions and nationally.
Each college and university is represented in the consortium by the institutional coordinator. Leadership Alliance coordinators are high-level administrators, faculty or staff of the participating institutions. The coordinators meet twice yearly (spring and fall) to discuss and develop programs, evaluate efforts and share news about student progress, institutional advances, and relevant policy issues.
Membership Overview
Membership Process
The following list of member institutions includes the names and academic positions of the institutional coordinators.
Brooklyn College
Louise Hainline
Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
Brown University
Nancy Thompson
Associate Dean of Medicine
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Patricia M. Lee-Robinson
Associate Professor of Biology
Claflin University
Roosevelt Ratliff, Jr.
Assistant Vice President for Leadership Development
Columbia University
Henry Pinkham
Dean of the Graduate School
Cornell University
Terry Plater
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
The Graduate School
Dartmouth College
Brian W. Pogue
Dean, Graduate Studies
Dillard University
John E. Wilson
Dean, Natural Sciences and Public Health
Harvard University
Liza Cariaga-Lo
Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity
Howard University
James Wyche
Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Hunter College
John Rose
Dean for Diversity & Compliance
Johns Hopkins University
Edgar Roulhac
Vice Provost for Academic Services
Montana State University
Marjorie Old Horn
Director, AIRO Program
Morehouse College
Anne Watts
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Morgan State University
Pamela Scott-Johnson
Chair, Department of Psychology
New York University
Debra Szybinski
Director, Faculty Resource Network
Princeton University
David Redman
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Spelman College
Cynthia Neal Spence
Academic Dean
Stanford University
Chris Golde
Associate Vice Provost
Tougaloo College
O.W. Johnson
Interim Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
Tufts University
Yvette Dalton-McCoy
Associate Director of University Programs
University of Chicago
Kenneth W. Warren
Deputy Provost for Minority Affairs & Research
University of Colorado at Boulder
Mark Hernandez
Professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Earnestine Baker
Assistant to the Vice President, Institutional Advancement
Executive Director, Meyerhoff Scholarship Program
University of Miami
Michael S. Gaines
Professor of Biology and Assistant Provost
University of Pennsylvania
Karen Lawrence
Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Education
University of Puerto Rico
Carlos Ramos
Dean, Academic Affairs
University of Virginia
Cheryl Apprey
Director of Graduate Student Diversity Programs
Vanderbilt University
George C. Hill
Associate Dean
Xavier University of Louisiana
Gary Donaldson
Chair in American History
Yale University
Michelle Nearon
Assistant Dean, Graduate School