RMAG’s Newest Standing Committee: The Diversity and Inclusion Committee By Jeff May, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair
OUTCROP | August 2022
May, Kajal Nair, Rebecca Johnson Scrable, and Cam Uribe, plus Bridget Crowther and Kathy Michell-Garton, our Executive Director and Operations Manager, respectively. Why did RMAG turn its attention to issues of diversity and inclusion? In addition to the moral imperative, our demographics will be changing as we move into the organization’s second century. Plus, we represent a science that relies on innovation and creativity. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1 found that
A number of committees, run by a large cadre of hard-working volunteers, help keep RMAG operating smoothly, deliver service to its members, and provide outreach: the Membership, Continuing Education, Publications, Educational Outreach, On The Rocks, and Finance committees. In 2021, championed by then incoming President Cat Campbell and Counselor Jeff May, a new ad hoc group, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, was approved by the RMAG Board, and became a standing committee this year. It presently is composed of RMAG members Dan Basset, Luis Escobar Arenas, Ginny Gent, Jeff
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