DEI Team 2022-2023
Members of RWU's Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: in front, Aleyra Lamarche, Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Student Success; and Stephen Laliberte ’06, M’22, Administrative Assistant for the IC and QTRAC; in back, Jamie Wire, Assistant Director of Queer and Trans Initiatives; Michael Walsh, Director of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Stephanie Akunvabey, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer; Chris Calienes, Dean of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and graduate assistant Lucas DeWitt.

Staff and Contact Information

You can contact the Intercultural Center or the Queer and Trans Resource and Advocacy Center by emailing Diversity@rwu.edu

 

Michael Walsh - Director of Student DEIBMichael R. Walsh, M.Ed.
(he/him/his)
Director for Student Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
Phone: (401) 254-3766
mwalsh@rwu.edu

 

Jamie Wire - Assistant Director of Queer & Trans InitiativesJamie Wire, M.Ed.
(she/they)
Assistant Director of Queer and Trans Initiatives
Phone: (401) 254-3591
jwire@rwu.edu

 

photo of Aleyra Lamarche, RWU Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Student Success

Aleyra Lamarche, M.Ed.
(she/her/hers)
Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Student Success
Phone: (401) 254-3065
alamarche@rwu.edu

 

photo of Stephen Laliberte, RWU Administrative Assistant, Intercultural Center and QTRAC

Stephen Laliberte, '06, MS Leadership '22
(he/him/his)
Administrative Assistant, DEI (Intercultural Center and QTRAC) 
Phone: (401) 254-5422
slaliberte@rwu.edu

 

Kelice Agosto

Kelice Agosto, MS Forensic Psychology '23
(she/her/hers)
Graduate Assistant 
kagosto362@g.rwu.edu

 

 

 

Leslie GutierrezLeslie Gutierrez, MS Forensic Psychology '24
(she/her/hers)
Graduate Assistant