Gerry Abrams,
Physics
Musahid Ahmed, Chemical Sciences
Mark Biggin, Life Sciences (Chair)
Delia Clark, Administrative Services
Rick Diamond, Environmental Energy Technologies
Enrique Henestroza, Accelerator and Fusion Research
Stephen Holbrook, Physical Biosciences
Hoi-Ying Holman, Earth Sciences
Kristen Kadner, Genomics
Gary Krebs, Advanced Light Source
Alex Liddle, Materials Sciences
Juan Meza, Computing Sciences
Peggy Norris, Nuclear Sciences
Rollie Otto, Public Affairs
Amy Pagsolingan, Human Resources
George Reyes, Facilities
Teresa Rossi, Financial Services
Weyland Wong, Engineering
Gary Zeman, Environment, Health and Safety
Lori Fong, Human Resources (staff)
Harry Reed, Workforce Diversity (staff)
New
Diversity Council to Focus on Divisional Efforts
(From Currents, January 8, 2003)
Berkeley Lab Director Charles Shank has announced the establishment
of the Best Practices Diversity Council. A key focus of this new
group will be to strengthen Laboratory diversity efforts by taking
advantage of accomplishments at the divisional level.
The Best Practices Diversity Council will provide a forum for
identifying and sharing programs and practices that have proven
their effectiveness in enhancing diversity.
"We intend to leverage the 'best-in-class' activities being
undertaken by each division and implement these across the Laboratory,"
Shank said, and added, "we aspire to be a leader in creating
a diverse workplace."
Among the examples of the creative and effective division-based
programs that have been established are Computing Sciences' School-to-Career
program, which places Peralta College of Alameda students in training
positions that have resulted in career placements; the Physical
Biosciences' Undergraduate Outreach Internship Program, a mentoring
effort focused on underrepresented minorities; and the Earth Sciences
language skills training program, designed to nurture a diverse
lab culture by enhancing the verbal skills of foreign national technical
and scientific staff.
Shank has asked each division director to appoint a representative
to the Council, someone who is actively involved in developing the
divisional diversity plan. Those plans, which are largely focused
on recruitment and retention practices, can be found on the Berkeley
Lab web site at http://www.lbl.gov/Workplace/WFDAP/.
"We need to raise our level of performance, and this means
moving the process of finding promising ideas into the organization."
Harry Reed, the Head of the Laboratory's Workforce Diversity Office,
will serve as principal staff to the new
council.
Representatives from the human resources recruitment office, planning
and strategic development, government and community relations, and
science education will participate in the new council.
Shank commended the work of the LBNL Diversity Committee, which
he established in 1991, and singled out for special praise the leadership
and dedication of the two co-chairs, Kathie Hardy and Linda Smith.
When Diversity Council membership is complete, a first meeting
will be scheduled early in the new year.
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