Wesley E. Heath, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Baton Rouge, La, Us

New Orleans, Louisiana, Us

As the AVP for Diversity & Inclusion, I am charged with developing programs, initiatives, and strategies to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across the Ochsner Health System. I develop and implement a full range of initiatives that enhance ongoing leadership efforts to ensure organization-wide understanding, adoption, and adherence to DEI policies and practices. I engage in continuous, systematic, and focused recruitment and retention activities to increase Ochsner’s support of diverse populations, including the ongoing development of employee resource groups, education initiatives, and advancement opportunities. And most importantly, I work to create a supportive and collaborative environment that celebrates and affirms the infinite worth of all individuals.

New Orleans, Louisiana, Us

As the interim AVP for Diversity & Inclusion, I am charged with supporting the D&I team during our period of transition by developing programs, initiatives, and strategies to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across the Ochsner Health System.

New Orleans, Louisiana, Us

As the Diversity and Inclusion Regional Director and Senior Executive Team member for Ochsner's Bayou Region, I am charged with developing programs, initiatives, and strategies to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. I develop and implement a full range of initiatives that enhance ongoing leadership efforts to ensure organization-wide understanding, adoption, and adherence to DEI policies and practices. I engage in continuous, systematic, and focused recruitment and retention activities to increase Ochsner’s support of diverse populations, including the ongoing development of employee resource groups, mentorship initiatives, and advancement opportunities. Moreover, I collect and evaluate current and long-term data to ensure that system goals for recruitment and retention for diverse populations are meeting and exceeding expectations. And most importantly, I work to create a supportive and collaborative environment that celebrates and affirms the infinite worth of all individuals.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Helping current and future higher education and student affairs professionals expand their knowledge of higher education administration, leadership and supervisory styles, and ethical practice.

As a scholar-practitioner in higher education administration, Wes has extensive experience diversity, equity, and inclusion practices; assessment and evaluation; budgeting and higher education finance; strategic planning; student advising, advocacy and accountability; retention initiatives; programming and event planning; and interdepartmental collaboration.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Responsible for the development and implementation of programs contributing to the overarching Office of Multicultural Affairs and Office of Diversity goals and initiatives. An emphasis is placed on researching, designing, and implementing strategies that encourage students to work across social lines, exploring complex notions of diversity, intersectionality, and social justice. Serves as the primary adviser, coordinating academic achievement and leadership development for Hispanic, Native American, Asian American, and LGBTQ student organizations and committees. Directs the Genesis Mentoring and Genesis Tutoring programs, which are designed to support underrepresented students in their personal, professional, and academic lives. Provides administrative responsibility for training and development of the student staff and the Safe Spaces/LGBTQ Project Graduate Assistant. Works collaboratively with internal and external partners of OMA to provide holistic support for students.- See more at: http://www.lsu.edu/diversity/oma/about_us/staff.php#sthash.j3rSs0U3.dpuf

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Woonsocket, Ri, Us

As a pharmacy technician, I am charged with reading, interpreting, entering, filling, and selling prescriptions. Often this requires that I liaise between patients and their insurance companies to insure that the best price is being found. All of this is done in accordance with the CVS mission which is to determine the most efficient and accurate path to wellness.

Muncie, In, Us

The purpose of Freshman Connections is to help new students more quickly and more fully become part of our learning community at Ball State. Our purpose is simply to improve learning.In a recent summary report on student engagement and retention in post-secondary education, "interaction with faculty positively affected reading comprehension, critical thinking, openness to diversity, and internal attribution of academic success, [while] interaction with peers had a positive effect on mathematics knowledge, openness to diversity, learning for self-understanding, and preference for higher-order cognitive tasks."Freshman Connections, as a living-learning community, promotes interactions between students and faculty and among students themselves. (http://cms.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/freshmanconnections/students)

North Manchester, In, Us

I work to provide programming to further build community and civic responsibly at Manchester University. As well as being a source of programming, I strive to provide a safe environment for residents who need to discuss issues with school, home, personal relationships, and many more. Having good time management, being productive, and having great social skills are all great qualities that are needed for this job, and it helps be grow as a student and as a professional every day.

North Manchester, In, Us

I assist the Foundation in becoming electronically connected to stakeholders, professionally engaging the public, developing materials for press releases, newsletters, and annual reports, and conduct events to meet with stakeholders, board members, and constituents.

I worked with children and adults with special needs due to cognitive disabilities, blindness (or visually impaired), deafness (or hearing impaired), and diabetes. I organized programming, led educational trainings, and engaged children in many activities such as archery, boating, hiking, rope challenge courses, and swimming. A few of the most important aspects of this job were learning how to time manage up to 30 medicine times a day, learning First-Aid, CPR, and AED usage, learning the management of seizures, and the daily engagement of children with autism.

North Manchester, In, Us

Worked closely with Alumni of Manchester. Worked on/with computer softwear for alumni and donor profiles. Worked to organize events, technology set-up, word, excel, powerpoint, Raisors Edge, and other softwear organization. I spent a lot of time networking and spending time with alumni and donors on a one-on-one basis.

Regular office dutiesTelephone directory Experience with personal and social issues of students while at schoolHelped new students get accustomed to the new school and its policies

Led educational hikesDesigned fundraisersRoutine office dutiesTourist greeting; Since 2007, I have still designed and assisted in several fundraisers.

Experienced routine hospital policyPerformed regular office dutiesFamily greeterStocked supply room

Doctor Of Philosophy, Educational Leadership & Research; Higher Education Administration

Master'S Degree, Sociology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Academic Honors, Core-40