Maya Wiley is the president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund. A nationally respected civil rights attorney, Wiley has been a litigator at the ACLU, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., and the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. She has been a program creator in philanthropy, non-profits, government, and higher education. She helped create a criminal justice program for a major foundation in South Africa.

Wiley co-founded and led a national policy advocacy organization, the Center for Social Inclusion, now a part of Race Forward, a national policy strategy organization working to end structural racism. She became the first Black woman to be Counsel to a New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio, where she worked to protect and expand civil rights, Minority and Women-Owned Business contracts and broadband access.

Wiley became a Senior Vice President for Social Justice at the New School University, where she also founded the Digital Equity Laboratory. While there, she chaired the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). As chair, she led the release of the “hold” on proceedings against Daniel Pantaleo whose illegal chokehold killed Eric Garner, and Co-Chaired the Mayor’s School Diversity Advisory Group that authored two major reports on integrating New York City public schools.

Wiley has received numerous awards, and has been a public voice for rights, justice, and democracy, through written opinion editorials and as a former legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.

Special Thanks to the Planning Committee and Sponsors

Committee Co-Chairs

Archie Ervin, Ph.D., Vice President, Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Stephanie Ray, Associate Dean of Students & Director of Student Diversity Programs

Members

Sirocus Barnes, Senior Program Director, CEISMC

Samantha Bolton, Undergraduate Student

Rayne Bozeman, Ph.D., Academic Professional, CEISMC

Andre Brock, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication

Donald Bullock, Project Coordinator, The King Center

Christopher Burke, Executive Director of Community Relations, Office of Institute Relations

Taylor Campbell, Undergraduate Student

Jie Cao, Marketing and Event Manager, Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Azalia Cyphers, Undergraduate Student

Kim Harrington, Ph.D., Interim Associate Vice President for Arts, Belonging and Community, Student Engagement & Well-Being

Barbara Harrison, Senior Director, External Affairs and Strategic Partnership, The King Center

Desiree Johnson, Student Integrity Coordinator, Student Life

Mariah Liggins, Program Director, Student Life

Gordon Moore, Executive Director, Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion

Jayde Nelson, Director of Civic Engagement, Student Engagement and Well-Being

Julian Oliver, Program Director, Student Diversity Programs

Christopher Ruiz, Coordinator for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Housing and Residence Life

Shamika Simmons, Program Support Coordinator, Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

John Stein, Associate Vice President for Student Life and Brandt-Fritz Dean of Students Chair, Student Life

Ian Webb, Director of Communications, Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Joycelyn Wilson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication

Sponsors

Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC)

Housing & Resident Life