Lavita Mcmath Turner, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

• The fourth largest art museum in the world, and the most visited art museum in the United States with 1,900 staff and an annual budget of $375M.Appointed as the inaugural Chief Diversity Officer to lead institutional.
• Led the incorporation of the 13 established public DEIA commitments into the organization-wide 5-year strategic plan.
• Leads the development of board agenda and discussion for the Diversity & Inclusion Trustee Committee; provides support or presentations to the Finance and External Affairs committees.
• Introduced a review of complaint investigations and partnered with the CHRO and GC to establish standardized equitable and inclusive processes and embed D&I participation and oversight.
• Led the creation and execution of the Ombuds service; determined cost efficiencies via a third-party vendor platform and initiated a contract, developed custom reporting, and managed relationship.
• Collaborates with organization executives including the Deputy Director for Audience Engagement, Chair of Education, and the Head of Marketing on the development of a data-driven audience engagement plan to attract.

New York, NY, US

• A $770M budget nonprofit and the foremost professional organization dedicated to advancing the leadership of women-identifying and nonbinary professionals in the visual arts.
• Finance Committee

• An $8M national, non-partisan voting rights and election reform organization that works to remove barriers to voter registration for traditionally underrepresented constituencies including students through the Campus.
• Board Member, 2015- Present
• Vice Chair, 2019 – Present

New York, NY, US

• Within the network of the CUNY system, worked to provide a new and innovative model to support underserved community college students with learning communities, more student academic and learning support, block.
• Restructured study abroad, and study away programs (domestic and international) to support dozens of students and almost a dozen staff members annually; strengthened the program’s academic standards and ensured.
• Appointed by Provost to lead the reorganization of college library operations to increase department efficiency; led a staff of six; restructured staffing and hours to expand reach.
• Expanded the experiential learning opportunities to include civic engagement and internship opportunities.

New York, NY, US

• After serving the college for two years in an external facing Government and External Relations role, was promoted to Academic Executive Officer for Equity and Inclusion to provide strategic leadership in shaping and.
• Led working groups and collaborated with administration, faculty, staff, and students campus-wide to address achievement gaps among students of diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; reviewed and updated.
• Developed equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives and activities for all faculty and leadership, including inclusive faculty hiring practices and culturally responsive pedagogy training.
• Appointed to the Middle States Accreditation Steering Committee for 2019 – 2021; Co-Chair of Working Group Standard I: Mission and Goals and Standard II: Ethics and Integrity.

New York, NY, US

• Selected as Guttman’s first Director of Government and External Relations to build support and funding for CUNY’s first new community college in over 40 years. Initiated DEI efforts to ensure support for the college.
• Initiated and co-led the college’s first Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Taskforce. Organized first college-wide dialogue on being a Hispanic Serving Institution with over 75 people in attendance.
• Appointed by the president and peers to develop the governing documents on promotion and tenure, standards for operating, academic integrity, academic offerings, etc.; supported the review by the national accreditation.
• Appointed as Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Coordinator, to oversee the approval process of research involving human subjects.
• Directed lobbying efforts for a permanent home for the college. Lobbied elected and appointed city officials, borough president, city council members, state elected officials, the community board, key government.

New York, NY, US

• Brooklyn's only community college serving 13,000 students.Hired as the college’s first Director of Government Relations reporting directly to the President. Collaborated with CUNY central administration to increase.
• As a college leader, collaborated to determine college-wide performance indicators and budget and operational priorities.
• Led successful lobbying efforts and raised $20M+ in government appropriations and private funding for capital projects and educational programming.
• In 2014, selected to lead strategic planning, programming, and operations for the development and implementation of a civic engagement graduation requirement at the Center for Civic Engagement – establishing.
• Served as principal investigator and lead researcher on national civic engagement research projects.
• Supervised the college’s CUNY Service Corps program, which created opportunities for almost 2 dozen students, faculty, and staff to improve the city’s short and long-term civic, economic, and environmental.

US

• NYC’s second-largest art museum with an annual budget of over $40M budget. Served as the in-house lobbyist and liaised with all levels of government, providing university-wide lobbying efforts across city, state, and.
• Acquired more than $21M in public funding for capital projects; provided leadership in planning, managing, and presenting the museum’s annual advocacy plan to city, state, and federal sources.
• Developed and led the Government Affairs Trustee Committee, presented an advocacy plan continually endorsed by the board, and increased public engagement of board members among elected and appointed officials to.
• Coordinated studies on organizational structures and effectiveness, administrative processes, and resource levels and used the findings to develop detailed proposals for organizational realignment.
• Successfully lobbied to restore funding for operations alongside arts advocacy coalitions including the Cultural Institutions Group – a group of 34 cultural organizations museums, botanical gardens, zoos, etc.

New York, NY, US

As Staff Associate, I utilized focus groups, surveys, and needs assessments to appropriately research and evaluate New York City's public education and child care systems. I also regularly met with policymakers, community leaders, and the media to address the impact of government policies and programs on New York City's children and families. In addition.

Bachelor’S Degree, Social Welfare

Master’S Degree, Urban Policy And Management

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Urban Education

Certificate Of Africana Studies

Certificate, Diversity And Inclusion

Certificate, Institute For Management And Leadership In Education- Hihe

Certificate, Distance Education Leadership

Certificate Of Completion- Pratt Institute Center For Community And Economic Development