Employee Resource Groups

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are voluntary, employee-led groups that foster a diverse, inclusive workplace aligned with the mission, values and goals of The Ohio State University. In addition to ERGs, affinity and networking groups also exist within the university and provide extreme value to the staff experience. USAC, in coordination with the Office of Human Resources (OHR), strives to provide support to these groups by hosting conversations and networking events and by sharing documentation and resources to enhance the work done by their members and leaders.

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Employee Resource, Networking, and Affinity Group Leaders (as of December 2020)

Group Name	Leader Name	Name.#
ACADAOS (Academic Advising Association at Ohio State)	Amanda Crall	crall.25@osu.edu
Association of Scholarship Admin. Professionals	Dr. Pat Whittington	whittington.6@osu.edu
Diversity Council ERG Committee (OSUWMC)	Richard Evans	richard.evans@osumc.edu
LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group (OSUWMC)	Shelby Dawkins	shelby.dawkins@osumc.edu
Pride Out Loud – OSUN and COTC	Max Gulick, Desiree Fuerst, Beth Wallace	gulick.24@osu.edu; fuerst.25@osu.edu; wallace.308@osu.edu
Muslim Scientists at OSU	Sumaya Hamadmad	sumaya.hamadmad@osumc.edu
Ohio State University Administrative Professionals	Roxann Damron	damron.12@osu.edu
Ohio State University Young Professionals Network	Brian Javor	OSUYoungProfossionals@osu.edu
OSU Novelists	Patti Flinn	flinn.7@osu.edu
RAVE (Rise Above Value Expected)	Timothy Dunham	dunham.30@osu.edu
Women Empowering Women (Athletics)	Kim Doran	doran.51@osu.edu
Black Male ERG	Todd Suddeth	suddeth.1@osu.edu
Black Professional Network	Beththena Johnson	johnson.4537@osu.edu
Black Faculty and Staff (Black FAM)	LaNorris Alexander	alexander.914@osu.edu
Black Women Faculty and Professional Staff (BWFPS)	Darryl Griffith	griffith.658@osu.edu
Women of Color ERG (woc@osumc.edu)	Valery Tarver & Wanda Dillard	tarver.4@osu.edu; dillard.19@osu.edu
Women in Technology (WITNET)	Deborah Kay Burgess-Shaw	burgess-shaw.1@osu.edu
Hispanic Latino Employee Resource Group (OSUWMC)	Milly Valverde	valverde.4@osu.edu
Black Faculty and Staff Employee Resource Group (OSUWMC)	Patricia Lowe	Patricia.Lowe@osumc.edu
University Interfaith Council	Dr. Tarunjit Butalia	butalia.1@osu.edu
OLÉ (Organization of Latinx/Hispanic Employees)	Professor Monica Giusti	giusti.6@osu.edu
Diversabilities ERG	Ashlee Leslie	ashlee.leslie@osumc.edu
Asian Pacfic Islander Desi America (APIDA) ERG	Sophia Antoun	antoun.5@osu.edu