University of Richmond Announces Monica M. Smith as Vice President for Inclusion and Belonging

Smith is an experienced and accomplished leader, who has worked in higher education administration for nearly 25 years. She currently serves as associate vice president for equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging at the Universities of Wisconsin System Administration where she leads 13 universities in this work. She previously served as the first vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at Augustana College, a private liberal arts school in Illinois. She is also actively involved with the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, and participated in the organization’s inaugural cohort of senior leaders focused on understanding inclusion and belonging efforts specific to higher ed...