UBC Vancouver Team

Leticia Pamela Garcia

Manager, Student and Community Engagement

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Building

Pam works with student and employee communities with the aim of advancing the EIO’s vision and mandate.

Jessy Santana (on-leave)

Equity & Inclusion Strategist

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Building

Jessy is an Equity & Inclusion Strategist with over 13 years of experience in learning and development across the US, China and Canada.

Alberta Rugoiyo

Equity & Inclusion Strategist

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Building

Alberta’s work supports Anti-Racism and Anti-oppression practices within communities with individuals.

Inas Ettayebi

Strategist, Institutional Initiatives

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Planning & Evaluation

Inas excels at blending smart planning skills with a strong understanding of how to deliver services effectively. Her professional path showcases her adeptness at transforming overarching objectives into actionable, growth-driven strategies that enhance operational efficiency.

Mahta Khoshnam Tehrani

Mahta Khoshnam Tehrani

Manager, Data, Analytics, Reporting & Evaluation

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Planning & Evaluation

Mahta provides support for data-informed planning, implementation, and evaluation of institutional initiatives and for reporting on progress and outcomes of strategic plans related to promoting EDI.

Rebekah Chotem

Project Manager, Institutional Initiatives

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Planning & Evaluation

Rebekah provides project management support for the StEAR Framework and roadmap to change, as well as the CRC EDI Action Plan and other projects within the Equity and Inclusion office.

Vanessa Hogan

Executive Assistant

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Administrations

Vanessa provides executive admin support for the AVP and EIO.

Silvia D’Addario, PhD

Director

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Building

Silvia has over ten years of progressive experience in leadership roles in the post-secondary sector, holding roles focused on advancing equity, diversity, global citizenship education and community inclusion.

Arun Mohan

Director, Human Rights

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Human Rights

Arun and his team nurture dialogue, education, informal resolution of matters, and referrals for UBC community members regarding their human rights-based discrimination and harassment concerns.

Arig al Shaibah, Ph.D.

Associate Vice-President, Equity and Inclusion

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Leadership

Dr. Arig al Shaibah has broad and deep experiences advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in community and in higher education, where she has worked to action commitments to addressing systemic inequities, promoting intercultural dialogue, and fostering accessible, inclusive, and dignified learning and working spaces where campus community members can thrive.