Pictured Above: Dr. Haywood Brown (Left) previously served as vice president for institutional equity in the DIEO office. Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman will oversee the process to redefine the vice president role.
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By Baron Reichenbach
President Steve Currall announced Dr. Haywood Brown’s acceptance of two new roles within USF Health, in an email to university employees on Friday.
Brown, who previously served as vice president for institutional equity in the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunity (DIEO), will assume the roles of senior associate vice president of academic affairs for USF Health and the vice dean of faculty affairs for the Morsani College of Medicine.
Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, senior advisor to the president and provost for Diversity and Inclusion, will serve as interim vice president for Institutional Equity.
According to the email, USF plans to conduct a “full national search for a permanent vice president,” and is taking “unprecedented steps to reimagine DIEO” as the university searches for a permanent head for the office.
The university is also reallocating compliance funds previously held by DIEO to the USF Office of Compliance and Ethics’ new Equity Compliance unit. According to Currall, this would provide a more seamless, streamlined and effective approach to equity at USF.
“These organizational changes will give us a greater ability to focus on proactive diversity, equity and inclusion outreach initiatives university wide,” Currall wrote.
