IDEAL Staff Advisory Committee

The Staff Advisory Committee promotes IDEAL (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in a Learning Environment) values for all staff and advises on direction and recommendations. 

Committee members represent schools and units across Stanford and collaborate to prioritize efforts to support all staff and advance recommendations. To align strategic efforts across students, faculty, and staff, the committee partners with the Office for IDEAL Advancement.

The Advisory Committee launched in October 2020 and is sponsored by the Vice President for Human Resources (UHR), who partners with the IDEAL Strategic Advisors to provide direction for the committee.

Strategic Advisors

• Elizabeth Zacharias, Vice President for Human Resources
• Patrick Dunkley, Vice Provost, Institutional Equity, Access, & Community
• Shirley Everett, Sr. Associate Vice Provost, Residential & Dining Enterprises

Committee Program Leader

• Ayodele Thomas, Associate Vice Provost, Office for IDEAL Advancement

Email the IDEAL Staff Advisory Committee: staffadvisorycommittee@stanford.edu