EDUCATION Master of : Counseling Dean, Student Support Services Missouri State University; Springfield, Missouri Dean, Student Affairs (December 2016 – October 2018) Bachelor of Science: Design/Marketing Long Beach Community College Ball State University; Muncie, Indiana District; Long Beach, December 2016 – April 2020 HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Senior Management: Served on Interim Vice Chancellor, Student Services the President's Senior Leadership San Diego Community College District; San Diego, California Team. Supervised, evaluated and April 2020 – November 2020 train faculty, classified staff & managers. Established institutional Executive Management: Serve as an executive member of the Chancellor’s processes, procedures, and structures Cabinet within a multi-college district housing the largest non-credit school in to directly impact campus safety, California. Coordinate, facilitate, and provide leadership for a variety of student recruitment, retention, and districtwide student services programs serving 100,000 students, including completion. Directed student admissions and records, student records evaluation, counseling, financial development from a comprehensive aid/EOPS, DSPS, registration, attendance accounting, and administrative support, approach, including equity, basic while mitigating a variety of risk exposures. Supervise and evaluate the skills, student success, career performance of assigned personnel; plan, assign, and productivity; make staff development, leadership, and recommendations regarding the selection, discipline, coaching, and termination. engagement. Led student government, CalFresh, student Student Success & Compliance: Direct and manage districtwide Student conduct, campus activities, Title IX, Affairs, Outreach, San Diego Promise, Title IX, and Disable Students Program and medical care, mental health, basic Services functions ensuring state and federal compliance, including mandatory needs, EOP&S, CARE, NextUp, training. Lead student development from a comprehensive approach, including Guardian Scholars, student equity, basic skills, student success, career development, leadership, and grievance, socioemotional support, engagement. Revise, update, publish, and assure distribution of manuals, policies, and Campus Unions while ensuring and procedures related to the districtwide college catalog, registration, grade that the student learning experience is reporting, residency determination, attendance accounting, and records retention. at the core of the District’s work and Design, maintain, and coordinate the publication and dissemination of forms strategic goals. utilized in registration, enrollment, attendance, and grading procedures.

Equity & Student Success Enrollment & Research Management: Conduct ongoing analysis and Advocate: Established leading from implement specific recommendations that position the organization in achieving a student-centered perspective built strategic priorities effectively. Maximize student success as an indicator within the on social justice, validation and Student Centered Funding Formula. Manage the preparation and certification of motivational theories. Provided enrollment and attendance reports for State apportionment. Oversee the District’s strategic direction for initiatives on institutional research functions, including conducting analyses of indicators used cultural competency/humility, for institutional effectiveness and enrollment management, developing gender, abilities, sexual harassment infrastructures for improving data and information capacity, establishing and prevention, & creating an inclusive implementing research standards and protocols, and the design and development of climate. Designed initiatives to research reports. Assure maintenance of a central records system for student increase awareness and support of records and transcripts. equity and inclusion values among critical stakeholders. Addressed the Fiscal Management: Establish budgetary and financial processes, procedures disproportional impact, using equity and efficient operating guidelines. Use district’s policies and accounting skills to as a social justice concept, and high support planning, and investments to ensure sound financial health. Develop, impact practices to fulfill basic maintain, forecasted a multi-million dollar budget, including district, federal and needs, reduces academic grant funds. Monitor and control expenditures; assure proper maintenance of audit achievement gaps, and direct policy trails, documentation, and financial records. Maintain internal audit and reporting creation with impartiality. system to allow for valid measurement of programs. Page 1

University Liaison: Provided management and direction of the University’s Student Conduct Marketing & Community Relations: Developed branding, marketing, and system. Ensured university outreach practices for the division to reflect the institution's forward-thinking and compliance with VAWA, Title IX, holistic view. Created and implement strategic marketing, communication, and FERPA, drug/alcohol, and safety public relation approach to improve overall reputation and participation. Led standards. Served as an advocate and design of innovative, and imaginative publications, presentations, and reports, to support for the Student Government promote growth. Established a network of community partners. Association; and as a representative for community/town concerns Operation & Enrollment Analyst: Conduct ongoing analysis to implement relating to student’s behavioral specific recommendations that position the organization to achieve strategic decisions. Co-developed and priorities effectively and enables the division to mitigate multiple types of risk administered the Healthy Panther exposures. Participate in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, Initiative, an internal Title IX and policies, and priorities for assigned continuing education activities and operations. healthy decision-making program Co-develop curriculum-based programs and summer immersion opportunities for mandatory. continuing education, nontraditional, and adult learner populations. Division Representative: Served Chief of Operations on the university’s Retention Human Resources, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, Academic Standards California State University – Fullerton; Fullerton, California Committee, Admission August 2014 – February 2016 Undergraduate Advisory, and Student of Concerns CADRE Executive Leadership: Served as Vice President's chief of staff and provided (Campus Distress & Referral) direct supervision for over 12 full-time professionals and served as a member of the committee. Actively supported the Leadership Advisory Board. Cultivated and maintained internal and external university's academic, co-curricular relationships. Represented division at local and national conferences and and retention goals. community events. Provided oversight for the development of comprehensive University-wide human resources, diversity, and inclusion strategies through Marketing Enterprise Lead effectively implemented functional areas, including talent acquisition, County of Santa Barbara – Human business/workforce analytics, training, faculty/employee labor relations, Resources; Santa Barbara, CA compliance, professional development, and risk management. March 2016 – January 2019 Interim Director of Residence Life Diversity & Inclusivity Advocate: Drove organizational change as a "cultural Mills College; Oakland, California architect" in the creation of a dynamic work environment where all community January 2008 – August 2008 members can thrive. Implemented innovative programs, training, processes, and systems that work in concert with the University’s commitment to student Director of Campus Activities, achievement and recruit and retain a diverse, highly qualified workforce. Orientation & LGBTQIA Services Augsburg College; Minneapolis, Senior Fiscal Management: Developed and, forecasted a $10 million budget, Minnesota which includes policies and practices for a newly created division that comply with July 2006 – January 2008 system-wide, state, and federal requirements. Associate Director, Leadership and Associate Dean of Students Community Development Division of Student Affairs Assistant Dean of Students (January 2009 – December 2011) Macalester College; St. Paul, MN Chapman University; Orange, California June 2005 – July 2006 January 2009 – August 2014 Associate Director Visionary Leadership: Provided leadership, supervision, accountability, fiscal Residential Life management, assessment and oversight for campus conduct/grievance, student Macalester College; St. Paul, MN employees, wellness program, student government, and career services. Developed July 2002 – June 2005 an organizational structure and vision that bridges Alumni Relations, faculty, staff, community members, and other university partners in a collaborative union, to Director of the Multicultural support a new Career Development (internship, career education, and Living Learning Unit and employer/alumni recruitment) approach. Supervised and managed the daily Clara Dickson Hall operations for five functional areas with full-time staff, part-time staff, graduate Cornell University; Ithaca, NY assistants, and paraprofessional staff. June 2000 – July 2002

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PHILOSOPHY, EQUITY, AND EXPERTISE

PRINCIPLES & PHILOSOPHY Change Management: Guide Diversity and inclusion work is transformational and intercultural skills grow efforts to conceptualize, define, through education, exposure, and practice. Cultural competence and humility are assess, nurture, and cultivate ongoing and multilayered processes that touch the personal, interpersonal, and diversity while serving as an organizational levels. A foundational belief that through equity, inclusion, and organizational resource. Collaborate civility, we can create, establish, and maintain an accessible workforce climate, to infusion inclusion throughout values diversity, embraces the spirit of collaboration, is transparent in nature and functional areas through consultative celebrates the uniqueness of those we employ and serve. Encouraging relationships. Facilitate group and collaboration, transparency, and teamwork while remaining a pioneer and industry individual opportunities to openly leader is the foundation for my life’s work. address change impact, feelings of isolation, and exclusion. Advance CULTURAL ARCHITECT core values of inclusion initiatives in Equity & Inclusion: Administer organization-wide cultural climate survey, to every aspect of business practices. identify organization sub-cultures, employee and community opinions, and service Investigation & Compliance: gaps. Assure that individuals will be provided fair access and opportunity in all Manage analysis and compliance with practices, policies, and procedures. Develop initiatives and utilize high impact Affirmative Action, including, Equal practices to address disproportional achievement gaps within underrepresented Employment Opportunity, Title IX and populations. Actively create and sustain an environment that values and respects other applicable regulations. Leads the complexity of diverse identities and expressions of thought in which any investigations as a result of claims of individual or group is welcomed, respected, supported and valued as members of discrimination, harassment, assault, and the community. other complaints filed. Ensures the investigatory process, notification, Advocacy & Civility: Provide guidance, recommendations, education, and reporting, and documentation complies content expertise based on metrics, conversations, and experiences. Raise with Federal regulations and statutes. awareness and develop a concerted centralized effort to promote an environment Establishes and maintains an internal that demonstrates collegiality and mutual respect. Creatively, courageously, and audit and reporting system to allow for enthusiastically maintain a high level of confidentiality in program management valid measurement of programs. based on relationship building and partnerships while operating in a highly visible, Assesses and monitors program effectiveness and keeps management politically sensitive, legally complex and evolving arenas. Respond to diversity, informed of equal opportunity progress inclusion, bias incidents, and public/community inquiries. and issues through periodic reports. Communication & Collaboration: Develop and administer impactful, Workforce Analytics: Assess the diversity and multicultural focused programs and initiatives. Serve as a change workforce planning and recruitment agent and community builder to manage organizational shifts. Collaborate in practices as a systematic process for promoting innovative strategies that lead to an enhanced and sustainable cultural identifying and addressing gaps competent workforce that reflects the processes, policies, and practices. Serve as a between cultural diversity and cultural pioneer and collaborator within the organization and community. Establish current organizational needs. opportunities to collaborate, consult, and partner with stakeholders. Foster Conduct cycle time and SWOT relationships built on trust with strategic partners and diversity/affinity analyses in identifying overall organizations, both internally and externally. Develop and communicate clearly deficiencies/efficiencies. Utilize the and concisely brand messages, organizational changes, and efforts to consensus 80% rule to compare the build. Educate supervisors on the importance of coaching, counseling, and selection/opportunity rate of confronting to influence strategic outcomes within collective bargaining and merit underrepresented populations against systems. the majority. Develop practical EXPERTISE solutions when analyzing risk and knowledge gaps. Present and Public Relation/Marketing: Designed innovative, creative, and imaginative necessary, utilization information, publications, pamphlets, presentations, reports, and branding plans to promote demographics data, diversity growth. Create topic-specific presentations, training, and workshop. Developed recruitment statistics, assessment, strategic campaigns and advertisements to encourage initiatives, recruitment survey, feedback, and outcomes processes, and image building. reports concerning diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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PRESENTATIONS Faculty & Staff Diversity Committee (2016 – 2020), Long “A Moment.” Knox, Ramon L. Healing around privilege, identity, and Beach City College, Member race connected to police brutality against unarmed black men. San Commencement (2016 – 2019), Diego, CA. , Chair “Rise: Black Heritage Celebration.” Judeh, Quanisha & Knox, Ramon Foster Friendly Ally Training L. Examine black heritage through empowerment, education, awareness, (2019), , Black Wall Street, and the Black community. Long Beach, CA. Participant Campus Sexual Assault Training “Leading from the Middle.” Knox, Ramon L. Learning to navigate the (2018), Coast Community system and meeting the demands from all directions. Long Beach, CA. College, Participant Title IX Training - ATIXA “The Healthy Viking Initiative.” Calvert-Miller, Deborah & Knox, (2018), Long Beach City College, Ramon L. Using Motivational theory to create umbrella services Participant addressing basic needs. Long Beach, CA. FBI 8th Annual Institutes of “The Bridge.” Knox, Ramon L. & Lewis, Stephanie. Re-entering the Higher Education Threat classroom, a 5-week peer mentor guided cohort model program for adult Assessment Training (2018), learners. Philadelphia, PA. , Participant Threat Assessment Training “Diversity Dialogue.” Knox, Ramon L. & Pullin, Erin. A series to aid (2018), Long Beach City College, professionals with discussions of inclusive environments by providing a Participant process for self-reflection and group discussion. Orange, CA Active Killer Training (2018), “Equality Equity Defined.” Knox, Ramon L. The impact that systemic Long Beach City College, inequalities on male success. San Francisco, CA. Participant Mental Health First Aid “Examining You.” Knox, Ramon L. Exploration of a cultural lens within Certification (2017), Long Beach the . Linden, NJ. City College, Graduate “Race Relations.” Agate, Nechia & Knox, Ramon L. A series aimed to Trauma Informed Case aid in the healing process for those affected by systemic inequality within a Management (2019), CCCO, higher education setting. St. Paul, MN. Participant 504 Coordinator Training - “Soup & Sexuality.” Knox, Ramon L. & O’Berry, William. Series to NCHERM (2017), Coast discuss the intersections of sexuality, identity expression, gender, and other Community College District, identities. Minneapolis, MN. Graduate “My Fathers Before Me.” Brown, Kendrick & Knox, Ramon L. Title IX Investigations Training Exploring the rituals in teaching boys. St. Paul, MN. (2017), Orange Coast District, “Is Anybody Listening?” Erdman, Amanda L. & Knox, Ramon L. Graduate Examining systemic cultural inequities. Ithaca, NY. SWACC EPL Exposure Initiative: Supervisory Investigation “Day One and Beyond.” Knox, Ramon L. & Smith, Carol. Training Training (2018), Santa Monica criminal justice system impacted individuals on their journey to rebuild. College, Participant Springfield, MO. Work Place Bullying Training (2017), Long Beach City College, Participant PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT & TRAINING Education Advisory Board (2016 Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Training (2020), San Diego – 2020), Brandman University, Community College District, Graduate Member Enrollment Management Academy (2020), San Diego Community College Adult Education Advisory Board District, Graduate (2017 – 2019), Long Beach City ATIXA Hearing Office & Decision-Maker Training(2020), San Diego College, Member Community College District, Graduate

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Results driven, innovated visionary leader strives to impacted systemic injustice. Through diversity, equity, and inclusive strategic development to improve the lives of students, staff, alum, and faculty using advanced leadership and facilitation skills within a progressive institution that has a commitment to their community, mission and is civic and globally oriented.

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