Using their experiences as leaders committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Dr. Carol Henderson will moderate a conversation between Dr. Mildred García, Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, and Marvin Krislov in which they led, managed, or thought through a controversial high profile campus crisis.

They will share the difficulties, pressure, and scrutiny of being a DEI leader in difficult racial and political times. Webinar participants will learn how these leaders contended with their particularly difficult controversies and how they decided to “lead or leave.”


Co-founded by Earl Lewis, Director of the Center for Social Solutions at the University of Michigan, and Dwight A. McBride, President of The New School, the Academic Leadership Institute (ALI) seeks to transform rising and established academics into world-class academic leaders.

More about the panelists:

Dr. Carol Henderson is Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, and Advisor to the President at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to this appointment, Henderson served as the inaugural Vice Provost for Diversity at the University of Delaware, where, working with senior leaders to formulate diversity and inclusion plans across campus, Henderson developed numerous initiatives that have helped promote a welcoming and inclusive campus climate.

Dr. Mildred García assumed the presidency of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) on January 22, 2018. As AASCU’s president, Dr. García is an advocate for public higher education at the national level, working to influence federal policy and regulations on behalf of nearly 400 member colleges and universities; serving as a resource to presidents and chancellors as they address state policy and emerging campus issues; developing collaborative partnerships and initiatives that advance public higher education; directing a strategic agenda that focuses on public college and university leadership for the 21st century; and providing professional development opportunities for presidents, chancellors, and their spouses. She is the first Latina to lead one of the six presidentially based higher education associations in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, Ph.D., is the president of Hollins University. She is a member of the board of directors for the American Association of Colleges and Universities, Interfaith Youth Core, Saint Mary’s School, and The Teagle Foundation. She is currently serving a three-year term as an at-large board member with the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and is the chair of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). She also chairs the AAC&U Presidents’ Trust and served as a member of the Lumina Foundation’s Quality Credentials Task Force.

Marvin Krislov became the eighth President of Pace University on August 1, 2017. He is deeply committed to Pace’s mission of Opportunitas—providing all students, regardless of economic background, access to the transformative power of education.Prior to Krislov’s appointment at Pace, he served for 10 years as the president of Oberlin College, where he led collaborative, consensus-driven efforts to make the college more rigorous, diverse, inclusive, and accessible to students from every socioeconomic background. Prior to Oberlin, he was vice president and general counsel at the University of Michigan, where he led the legal defense of the University’s admission policies that resulted in the 2003 Supreme Court decision recognizing the importance of student body diversity.