Meet The Team

Bleu is a UC alumna. In her role, she manages the university’s inclusion efforts- providing strategic leadership for the recruitment, retention, and advancement of diverse talent and building mutually rewarding partnerships in the broader community.

Alecia has worked at UC for approximately 33 years. She began her career at UC as a pre-nursing advisor at the College of Nursing. She has held multiple positions here at UC. She has a BS in Human Resources and an MA. ED and MSW.

Joya is the Program Coordinator and has worked in higher ed for 10 years. She has experience in student success and persistence and advising student organizations. She has a B.S. in Health and Sport Studies and a Masters in Sports Administration.

Laura is the Executive Administrative Associate in the Office of Equity and Inclusion and Government Relations. Laura received her BA in Business Administration from Morehead State University. She has over 20 year’s experience supporting Executives.

Sally, a Bearcat alum, brings over a decade of law enforcement experience, specializing in investigations of sexual assaults, intimate partner violence and sex trafficking in Metro Atlanta. Sally is a foodie and enjoys trying new local cuisine.

Brandon Craig is an Assistant Director in the Office of Equal Opportunity. He is an active alum, serving on the Board of Trustees for the Law Alumni Association. In his free time, Brandon dances and teaches Argentine Tango.

Karla has her Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from UC. She has experience in investigating gender equity issues and discrimination complaints, along with implementing UC’s affirmative action plan and equal opportunity policies.

Rhonda is a proud Bearcat alum (A&S ’04) and returned to UC in 2024 after twenty years serving as a human services professional serving in the community; resolving conflicts, providing guidance, motivating and advocating for diverse clientele.

Emma is pursuing a MA in Education Studies. She has experience in power-based violence intervention through her work responding on-scene to 911 calls of domestic violence in Cincinnati. Emma enjoys finding new restaurants and events within the city.

Alexa has a BA in History and Political Science, an MA in History, and is pursuing her MA in Educational Studies. She started working at UC in 2014 and joined OEO in 2019. Outside of work she volunteers with several theater groups.

Don E. Simpson is a UC Alum who began his career working in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas for 19 years. Prior to joining the Office of Equal Opportunity, he worked in the Middletown City School District.

Morgan Shaw serves as the Education Specialist in the Office of Equal Opportunity. In this role, Morgan administers University-wide educational programming on civil rights, harassment, discrimination, and gender-based based misconduct.

Byron has over 15 years of UC experience. As the senior analyst for the OEO team, he produces institutional affirmative action plans, compliance reports and provides data-supported strategic leadership advice and memoranda to the team.

Coal became a UC Alum after receiving his JD from UC Law in 2024. Before coming to UC, he worked in Student Affairs at Ohio University while earning his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Information Systems. He enjoys running and biking.

Stephen joined the team in August 2024. In previous roles, he worked in enrollment and compliance-related capacities. He is also pursuing a Master of Legal Studies degree at UC and anticipates graduating in 2026.

Liz coordinates OEO’s Equal Opportunity Academy (EO Academy) and Inclusive Excellence Seminar series and provides search committee trainings on equal employment opportunity and affirmative action practices.

Dr. Andrew (Andy) Cullison is the founding executive director of The Cincinnati Ethics Center. As an ethics center director, he specializes in K-12 ethics education, co-curricular ethics programs at the collegiate level for students/faculty/staff.

With a Bachelor of Arts English, Women’s Studies from Vanderbilt University and Masters of Science in Education, Secondary Education program from University of Pennsylvania, Christina brings years of teaching experience into her as Program Director.

Venus is a Cincinnati Native with over 30 years of experience working in the downtown community. She founded the Downtown Ambassador Program a clean and safety crew. She was instrumental in bringing the 2012 World Choir Games to Cincinnati.

As a recent graduate of UC, earning her Master of Arts in psychology, Erin has been overseeing the Ethics and Dragons program and partnership with the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Libraries for the past year as CEC Graduate Fellows intern.