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Diversity

Meet the DEI Team

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 for Diversity and Inclusion
41 Park Row, Room 1403
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 346 -1879
Email: sakunvabey@pace.edu
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Sarah Elsamahi, Coordinator for the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Pace University

Sarah Elsamahi (She/Her)

Coordinator, Diversity and Inclusion
Adjunct Professor, Lubin School of Business
41 Park Row, Room 1404
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 346 - 1961
Email: selsamahi@pace.edu
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Bernard Dufresne, Chief Diversity Officer for the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Pace University

Bernard Dufresne (He/Him)

Assistant Vice President, Office of Institutional Equity/Title IX Compliance
41 Park Row, Room 1405
New York, NY 10038
NYC Campus
Phone: (212) 346-1310
Fax: (914) 989-8032
Email: bdufresne@pace.edu
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Jordy Mensah (He/Him)

PT Assistant, Office of Institutional Equity/Title IX Compliance
41 Park Row, Room 1402
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 346-1310
Fax: (914) 989-8032
Email: tmensah@pace.edu
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Dr. Denise Belen Santiago (She/Her)

Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs
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 Assistant, Provisions Food Pantry & Garden
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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Timothy Stanfield (He/Him)

Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs
860 Bedford Rd, Kessel Center Room 213
Pleasantville, NY 10570
Phone: (914) 773-3775
Email: tstanfield@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
Email: aandersen2@pace.edu
Phone: (212) 346-1931
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LaDarius DuPree, M.Ed (they/them)

Associate Director, LGBTQA+ Center
Pace University, NYC
Phone: (212) 346-1966
Email: ldupree@pace.edu
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Asha Kadir, Interpersonal Violence Prevention Education Specialist, Office of Gender and Sexuality

Asha M. Kadir (She/Her)

PT Interpersonal Violence Prevention & Education Specialist
Office of Sexual and Interpersonal Wellness
Adjunct Faculty - Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Pace University, Pleasantville
Email - akadir@pace.edu
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