Diversity Council
State Transportation Secretary Lyndo Tippett named a broad cross-section of ten employees to serve on the newly created North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Diversity Council. The Diversity Council is coordinated through the Human Resources Division of the NCDOT, and is charged with promoting diversity within the department as well as promoting and maintaining an atmosphere of inclusion for all employees, contractors and citizens served by the department. As reflected in North Carolina's population, the NCDOT is made up of unique individuals from different ethnic groups, national origin, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, marital status and disabilities. The Diversity Council will focus on policy analysis, development, critique, and serve as a communications liaison within and between the various units, sections, and divisions. The council is expected to be very proactive in conducting activities that result in direction and policy decisions. Employees will serve for a period of one-year, and replacement employees will be staggered onto the Diversity Council for continuity purposes.

Objective
To develop a source document that identifies and recommends to management necessary changes to the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Diversity Policies.

Goals:

• To identify past diversity trends and current initiatives and policies.
• To assess employee's knowledge, attitudes and understanding of diversity.
• To recommend changes to current diversity policies and establish new ones.
• To produce a final report.

			Term
*Peter Albrecht	Employee Development Program Manager	Raleigh	1 yr.
Majed Al-Ghandour	Project Management Unit Head, PDEA	Raleigh	1 yr.
*Jan Bryant	Director of Special Projects, Secretary’s Office	Raleigh	2 yr.
Mike Cowan	Deputy Division Engineer, Division 7	Greensboro	2 yr.
Donald Ferrier	Deputy Director, Operations, DMV	Raleigh	2 yr.
Karen Fussell	District 2 Engineer, Division 3	Clinton	1 yr.
Brenda Freeman	Asst. Director of Driver & Vehicle Services, DMV	Raleigh	1 yr.
Ray Gibbs	Maintenance Mechanic IV, General Services	Raleigh	1 yr.
Doumit Ishak	Signals and Geometrics Contracts Engineer	Raleigh	1 yr.
Sharon Jacobs	Administrative Secretary-Operations	Raleigh	1 yr.
*Kimmy Le	Applications Analyst Programmer, DMV	Raleigh	1 yr.
Ehren Meister	Policy Analyst and Integration Specialist, OEQ	Raleigh	2 yr.
Luis Pages	Division Right of Way Agent, Division 10	Albemarle	1 yr.
Karen Roberson	Transportation Engineering Supervisor II, Traffic Forecasting Unit B	Raleigh	2 yr.
Anthony Roper	Division Engineer, Division 1	Edenton	1 yr.

* Indicates returning member

For any questions about this page, please contact:
Gina Dean -- gdean@dot.state.nc.us -- (919)733-1167