Title
Diversity Action Committee

Description

The Diversity Action Committee is charged with developing, recommending to the Board of Trustees and implementing once approved a plan of action that increases the number of racial/ethnic minority persons who become members, Fellows, and leaders in ACSM, increases the number of women members who become Fellows and leaders in ACSM and evaluates options for ACSM to work with the broader scientific, business, governmental, and philanthropic communities toward greater participation. The Committee facilitates the ACSM Leadership & Diversity Training Program which has successfully recruited and retained underrepresented minority members to the College

Eligibility

The Diversity Action Committee shall consist of no less than ten members and not more than eight Fellows. The appointments shall be made on the basis of expertise required by the duties of the Committee.

Committee Member
Committee Chair
Erica M. Taylor, Ph.D., FACSM
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2025
TAYLOR, ERICA10
Committee Member
Andrew Stephen Alexander, MD
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2025
ALEXANDER, ANDREW80
Committee Member
Cheri A. Blauwet, M.D., FACSM
06/01/2019 - 05/31/2025
BLAUWET, CHERI80
Committee Member
Ali Boolani, Ph.D.
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2025
BOOLANI, ALI80
Committee Member
Leslie Jerome Brandon, Ph.D., FACSM
11/01/2016 - 05/31/2023
BRANDON, LESLIE JEROME80
Committee Member
Michael D. Brown, Ph.D., FACSM
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2025
BROWN, MICHAEL80
Committee Member
Eduardo Esteban Bustamante, Ph.D., FACSM
06/01/2018 - 05/31/2024
BUSTAMANTE, EDUARDO80
Committee Member
Rachel C. Drew, PhD
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2025
DREW, RACHEL80
Committee Member
Zan Gao, Ph.D., FACSM
06/01/2020 - 05/31/2023
GAO, ZAN80
Committee Member
Dulce Hiraci Gomez
06/01/2021 - 05/31/2024
GOMEZ, DULCE80
Committee Member
Christopher Hicks
06/01/2020 - 05/31/2023
HICKS, CHRISTOPHER80
Committee Member
Rodney Joseph, PhD, FACSM
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2025
JOSEPH, RODNEY80
Committee Member
NiCole R. Keith, Ph.D., FACSM
11/01/2016 - 05/31/2023
KEITH, NICOLE80
Committee Member
W. Larry Kenney, Ph.D., FACSM
11/01/2016 - 05/31/2023
KENNEY, W. LARRY80
Committee Member
Andrea Kriska, Ph.D., FACSM
06/01/2007 - 05/31/2023
KRISKA, ANDREA80
Committee Member
David X. Marquez, Ph.D., FACSM
06/01/2021 - 05/31/2024
MARQUEZ, DAVID80
Committee Member
Mario A. Muñoz, PhD, FACSM
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2025
MUNOZ, MARIO80
Committee Member
George G.A. Pujalte, MD, FACSM
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2025
PUJALTE, GEORGE G.A.80
Committee Member
Nestor W. Sherman, Ed.D., FACSM
06/01/2016 - 05/31/2023
SHERMAN, NESTOR80
Staff Liaison
Heather Turner, CAE
01/27/2023 - 05/31/2027
TURNER, HEATHER90