Diversity Committee Report
Crusie Lucero, Chair

The Diversity Committee met via conference call November 1, 2005. They met again November 27 and November 28 in Atlanta GA at the Courtyard by Marriott and SunTrust Corporate Headquarters just prior to the Electronic Access Conference.

The committee invited Stephen Bargatze, Student Services Program from Hermitage, TN to be the diversity general session speaker for the SASFAA conference. His presentation was entertaining and provided an insight into a different type of diversity.
Zeb Davenport, James Madison University, was the Diversity Committee’s Pathways to Leadership Luncheon speaker. He did a great job and provided tips on what it takes to be a leader. Approximately 140 persons attended the luncheon.

The Diversity Committee members have done a tremendous job in working together to include diversity for our conference this year without having everything labeled “diversity". Members of the committee are: Anthony Bowles, AmSouth Lending; Liza Bruce, Educational Credit Management Corp.; Jeff Dennis, Southern Wesleyan University; Anh Do, St. Thomas University; Joy Goldberg, Roane State Community College; Cynthia Grant, University of NC, Wilmington; Marilyn James, Mississippi State University, Meridian Campus; Dee Talley, University of Alabama, Birmingham; and Tess Underwood, NellieMae Student Loans.