Main Content100-Day Workout Diversity and Respect
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is partnering with the 100-Day Workout Diversity and Respect team to help make UMMC a more inclusive workplace. To date, projects include Coffee Talks and Word of the Month.
Through the Employee Engagement Coffee Talk program, employees have the opportunity to meet monthly with senior leaders from across the organization in small (no more than 12) informal groups to discuss current events, points of pride, and barriers experienced by staff.
This program launched in 2018, as a result of the 2017 Press Ganey Employee Engagement Survey Results, to improve survey “organizational respect” scores. From the 2017 survey results, responses relating to organizational respect were favorable and increased slightly in 2018. The Employee Engagement Coffee Talk program is an excellent opportunity to better understand key aspects driving perception. At the conclusion of each session, suggestions from employees are strongly taken into consideration and forwarded to the appropriate area leader to address for any potential action or change in practice.
Each month, there will be a meaningful, positive word posted around campus, underscoring UMMC’s values. The “Word of the Month” is a visual reminder of the institution’s standards when it comes to the promotion of a respectful and inclusive environment. Words are posted in the elevators and bulletin boards around campus. Managers are encouraged to post the word in their departments or units and to use the word as a “talking point” to stimulate dialogue with employees.
100-Day Workout Diversity and Respect team members include:
- Juanyce D. Taylor, Executive Sponsor
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Office of Diversity & Inclusion - Guy Giesecke, Executive Sponsor
Chief Executive Officer
Children's Hospital - Hamed Benghuzzi
Professor, Clinical Health Sciences
School of Health Related Professions - Robria Daniels-Horton
Project Manager I, Office of the Dean
School of Dentistry - Patrice Donald
Director, Patient & Family Advocacy
Patient Affairs - Aggie Sikora
Project Manager I
Telehealth - Audrey Banks
Manager, Legal Office Operations
Legal - Brooke Courtney
Assistant Manager, MedCom Program
Mississippi MedCom - Carrie Colbert
Administrative Assistant II
University Heart Administration - Christina Nagy
Hospital Administration Resident
Tactical Planning & Analysis - Dashunda Bunton
Project Manager III
Office of Diversity & Inclusion - Donnielle Drakes
Biorepository Specialist II
SOM-Pathology - Leila Seidfaraji
Pharmacy QA Assistant
Pharmacy - Marty Howell
Manager, Technical/Admin Operations - Imaging Services
Radiology Administration - Michelle Schweinfurth
Director, Life Support Training Center
Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs - Rosie Smith
RN I, Inpatient
Post Anesthesia Care Unit - Stacee Naylor
Director, Clinical Research Operations
The Mind Center - Tamara Nelson
Assistant Professor
Academic Information Services - Wendy Arinder
RN II
CC-5 Bone Marrow - Xavier Johnson
Compliance Analyst II
Integrity & Compliance - Connie Suber
HR Business Partner
Human Resources - Stacy Cobbins
HR Service/Business Partner
HR Academics & Research