C+ V Community Leadership Conversation with Dr. 克里斯?威特 伊丽莎白·布洛克, JD

“The key to creating or transforming community, 然后, is to see the power in the small but important elements of being with others.”  ——彼得·布洛克 Community: The Structure of Belonging

As our community progresses through the academic year, we, 在C + V, are reminded of the importance of slowing down 和 being with others in community to engage in meaningful ways. At DU, we believe in the power of human connection 和 creating space to grow together. In the next part of our Community Leadership Conversation Series, we will continue getting to know some incredible new leaders in the DU community.  

In C+V’s most recent Community Leadership Conversation, Provost Mary Clark moderated a conversation with Dr. 克里斯?威特, Vice Chancellor of Diversity, 股本, 和包容, 伊丽莎白·布洛克, JD, Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs 和 General Counsel. 他们分享各自的激情, their journey to the 新MG线上电子游戏, 和 what makes them who they are.

Watch this recording for an au然后tic conversation with some incredible leaders 和 catalysts for change on DU's campus!

Learn more about the panelists below.

Featuring DU Community Panelists:

主持人玛丽·克拉克
Provost 和 Executive Vice Chancellor

Mary Clark serves as the provost 和 executive vice chancellor at the 新MG线上电子游戏. With expertise in the areas of higher education law, 女性法律史, 法律道德, 司法政治, 和财产, Provost Clark also holds an appointment as professor in the Sturm College of Law.

Prior to being named provost at DU, Provost Clark served as interim provost, 副教务长, 和 dean of faculty at American University, 教务副院长 & academic affairs at AU’s law school, director of its doctor of juridical science program, 和 acting director of its Law 和 Government Program. 

Dr. 克里斯·威特(他/他/他的)
Vice Chancellor of Diversity, 股本, 和包容

Chris comes to the 新MG线上电子游戏 from Creighton University where he has served as the school’s inaugural vice provost of institutional diversity 和 inclusion since February 2018. 在这个角色中, he established the school’s Office of Institutional Diversity 和包容, where he has successfully built frameworks 和 structures for diversity, equity 和 inclusion from the ground up. 以前, Chris served as founding director of the Center for Inclusive Leadership 和 股本 at Augustana College. He also served as the chair of Augustana’s Department of Political Science. Chris has been recognized nationally for his teaching as a political science professor.

伊丽莎白·布洛克，法学博士
Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs 和 General Counsel, Mom of three-year-old daughter (Eleanor)

在加入DU之前, Elizabeth served as general counsel at the University of Tulsa 和 previously served as associate attorney at Harvard University. She has also served as associate attorney at the Washington DC law firm, Jenner & Block LLP, as well as law clerk for the Honorable Stephanie K. 美国的西摩.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Elizabeth received her Juris Doctor (JD) from Yale Law School 和 a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in sociology from the University of Notre Dame.