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Diversity

Meet the DEI Team

Contact Us!

Email: Diversity@pace.edu
Phone: (212) 346-1961

Meet the DEI Team

Stephanie Akunvabey, Chief Diversity Officer for the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Pace University

Dr. Stephanie Akunvabey (she/her)

Chief Diversity Officer
Associate Vice President
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
41 Park Row, Room 1403
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 346 -1879
Email: sakunvabey@pace.edu
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Jah Davis Diversity Equity Inclusion Pace University Senior Director

Jah Davis (she/her)

Senior Director
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Pleasantville, NY 10570
Email: jdavis5@pace.edu

Pace University Diversity Equity and Inclusion DEI Coordinator Carolanne Clark

Carolanne Clark (she/her)

Coordinator
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
41 Park Row, Room 1404
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 346-1965
Email: cclark2@pace.edu
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Pace University Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Assistant Melanie Alyssa Prado

Melanie Alyssa Prado (she/her)

Student Assistant
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Phone: (212) 346-1965
Email: mprado@pace.edu

Sophie Serage (she/her)

Gosin Center Program Coordinator
Gosin Center for Equity and Inclusion
41 Park Row, Room 907
New York, NY 10038
Email: sserage@pace.edu

Bernard Dufresne, Chief Diversity Officer for the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Pace University

Bernard Dufresne, J.D. (he/him)

Assistant Vice President
Office of Institutional Equity/Title IX Compliance
41 Park Row, Room 1405
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 346-1310
Fax: (914) 989-8032
Email: bdufresne@pace.edu
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Shawna Mott Pace University Diversity Equity Inclusion Title IX Institutional Equity Associate Director

Shawna Mott, M.S. (she/her)

Associate Director
Office of Institutional Equity/Title IX Compliance
41 Park Row, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10038
Email: smott@pace.edu

Ashleigh Andersen, Office of Sexual and Interpersonal Wellness at Pace University

Ashleigh Andersen, LCSW (she/her)

Interpersonal Violence Prevention & Education Specialist
Office of Sexual and Interpersonal Wellness
41 Park Row, Room 905
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 346-1931
Email: aandersen2@pace.edu
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Asha Kadir, Interpersonal Violence Prevention Education Specialist, Office of Gender and Sexuality

Dr. Asha M. Kadir (she/her)

Interpersonal Violence Prevention & Education Specialist
Office of Sexual and Interpersonal Wellness
Elm Hall 133B
Pleasantville, NY 10570
Phone: (914) 773-8783
Email: akadir@pace.edu

Dr. Denise Belén Santiago

Director
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology
41 Park Row, Room 910
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 346-1546
Fax: (212) 346-1563
Email: dsantiago@pace.edu

Jayveon Boland, Program Assistant, Provisions Food Pantry & Garden at Pace University

Jayveon Boland (he/him)

Program Coordinator, Pace Land and Labor Farm
Office of Multicultural Affairs
41 Park Row, Room 912
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 346-1261
Email: jboland@pace.edu
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Casiano Hamer, Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Pace University

Casiano R. Hamer (he/him)

Program Coordinator
ALMA: A Community of Black and Latino/x Men
Office of Multicultural Affairs
41 Park Row, Room 912
New York, NY 10038
Email: chamer@pace.edu
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Barnabus Perry (he/him)

Coordinator
Office of Multicultural Affairs
861 Bedford Road
Kessel Student Center, Room 213
Pleasantville, NY 10570
Phone: (914) 773-3775
Email: bperry@pace.edu