MSC, LGBT CC director finalists announced

Updated on April 27: Magpie Martinez has withdrawn from the MSC search.

The Division of Student Life has announced finalists for two positions within the division: the Director of the Multicultural Student Center (MSC) and the Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Campus Center (LGBT CC).

These positions are key leadership roles in student life on campus. The Directors of the MSC and LGBT CC will lead initiatives and efforts in two critical departments in student life.

“The two search and screen committees have been working extremely hard to ensure that we bring the top candidates to campus,” says Associate Dean Argyle Wade. “We have had a very competitive pool of applicants and are confidant that, among our finalists, are two future leaders for the division.”

The MSC director finalists are:

• Amer Ahmed, associate director of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs & Trotter Multicultural Center, University of Michigan;
• Carretta Cooke, assistant to the vice president for student affairs, Northwestern University;
• Donte Hilliard, interim director of the Multicultural Student Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison;
• Frederic MacDonald-Dennis, interim director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Haverford College, and,
• Magpie Martinez, director of diversity programs, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The LGBT CC director finalists are:

• Mickey Hart, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center, Ohio University;
• Gabe Javier, interim assistant to the dean of students and senior assistant director of the Spectrum Center, University of Michigan;
• Robin Matthies, interim Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and Transgender Campus Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and,
• Annie Russell, coordinator for LGBT Programs and Services, Bowling Green State University.

More information about the candidates and their public presentation dates and locations can be found here.