InRoads to Influence
InRoads to Influence is an annual panel series hosted by the Center and other campus organizations. Women and men in leadership positions on campus and in the community discuss their paths to leadership. Panelists are asked questions pertaining to the rewards and challenges of being in an influential position. They discuss gender issues and some focus on race and gender issues combined. The moderator delves into their secrets to success and probes for advice and other helpful tips for persons interested in obtaining or maintaining a leadership role.
The Women’s Center partnered with the Carpenter Library Special Collections Department in 2009 to begin hosting InRoads to Influence. The event features panelists who discuss the paths they have taken to leadership positions and includes Women of Influence, Black Women of Influence, Black Men of Influence and Hispanic Women of Influence.
Previous Panelists
2017
Black Men of Influence
- Isaiah Rumlin, president, NAACP Jacksonville
- Ervin Lewis, senior associate athletic director, UNF
Athletics
- Michael Sams, sergeant, University Police Department
2016
Women of
Influence
- Rachelle Gottlieb, UNF vice president for Human
Resources
- Kristen Keen, chief executive officer, Rethreaded
- Chevara Orrin, chief creative catalyst, EQ3 Media
- Dr. Krista Paulsen, UNF associate dean, College
of Arts and Sciences
LGBT Leaders of Influence
- Andrea Adams-Manning, UNF
Assistant Dean of Students and Ombudsman
- Garry Bevel, president of
Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbian & Gays (PFLAG)
- Amber Paoloemilio, civic
engagement coordinator of Equality Florida
- Thomas Serwatka, UNF vice
president and chief of staff
2015
Hispanic Men of Influence
- Albert Colom, UNF associate
vice president for Enrollment Services
- Wilfredo Gonzalez, North
Florida U.S. Small Business Administration district director
- Cesar Grijota, VyStar Credit
Union Kernan Branch vice president
Women of Influence
- Dr. Edythe Abdullah, UNF
special advisor to the president
- Pat Blanchard, Jacksonville
Women's Business Center director
- Dr. Elizabeth Curry, UNF Thomas
G. Carpenter Library dean
- Angela DeMonbreun, Health
Planning Council of Northeast Florida marketing and communications
coordinator
Black Men of Influence
- Charles Griggs, president of
100 Black Men Jacksonville, Inc.
- Dr. Christopher Johnson, chair
of the UNF Economics Department
- Lloyd Washington, president of
the Durkeeville Historical Society
2014
Black Men of Influence
- Dr. Clarence Hines, UNF
Department of Music professor
- Ken Jefferson, WJXT Channel 4
expert crime analyst
- Paul Rich, UNF Chartwells
executive catering chef
- Dr. Jeffrey K. Rumlin,
Dayspring Baptist Church pastor
- Mike Trotter, UNF Purchasing
Department supervisor
Hispanic Women of Influence
- Dr. Patricia Baxter, Bi-Lo
Holdings senior manager
- Maribel Hernandez, Florida Blue medical cost manager
- Dr. Judith Rodriguez, UNF nutrition professor
- Greska Stuart-German, UNF academic advisor
2013
Black Men of Influence
- Frank Goodin, UNF Campus
Experience Day coordinator
- Dr. E. Newton Jackson Jr., UNF Associate Provost for
Faculty
- Dr. Richmond D. Wynn, UNF Clinical Mental Health
Counseling associate professor
- Kamele "Oupa" Seane, UNF Intercultural Center
for PEACE director
- Dr. Henry Thomas, UNF Professor Emeritus
Black Women of Influence
- Kolanda Douglas, UNF Equal
Opportunity and Diversity coordinator
- Dr. Claudia Sealey-Potts, UNF
Dietetic Internship director
- Vivian Senior, UNF Career
Services director
- Sheila Spivey, UNF Women's
Center director
Hispanic Women of Influence
- Leticia Fernandez Godwin, Florida Blue Future Operating
Platform
- Katy Harris, City of Jacksonville general counsel
- Monica Landeros-Jimenez, Public Communications Officer,
City of Jacksonville
- Dr. Zully Rivera-Ramos, UNF Counseling Center
- Dr. Renee Scott, UNF Department of Languages,
Literatures & Cultures
Women of Influence
- Sharon Ashton, UNF vice
president for Public Relations
- Paula Coughlin-Puopolo, retired U.S. Navy lieutenant
and founder/owner of Ocean Yoga Center
- Cheryl Seals Gonzalez, director of the UNF Office of
Equal Opportunity and Diversity
- Vivian "Debbie" Moreland, franchise
owner/operator of six McDonald's restaurants in Jacksonville
2012
Black Men of Influence
- Rufus Austin, Master
Sergeant, Army ROTC
- Robert Berry, director of the
Office of Internal Auditing
- Dr. Imeh Ebong, assistant vice
president for UNF Office of Research
- Dr. Christopher Johnson,
associate professor of the UNF Economics Department
Women of Influence
- Dr. Lucy Croft, assistant vice president, UNF Student
Affairs
- Audrey Moran, senior vice president, Social
Responsibility and Community Advocacy, Baptist Health
- Angela Spears, special assistant to Jacksonville Mayor
Alvin Brown
- Valerie Stevenson, CPA, UNF Controller
2011
Hispanic Women of Influence
- Maria Castro, UNF Career Development Services
coordinator
- Rocelia Gonzalez, UNF ADA Compliance Office director
- Dr. Consanza Lopez, UNF World Languages assistant
professor
- Ruth Lopez, UNF Center for International Education
assistant director
Women of Influence
- Angela B. Corey, State
Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida
- Ju'Coby Pittman-Peele, CEO/President, Clara White
Mission
- Shari Shuman, Vice President of Administration and
Finance, UNF
- Dr. Tes Tuason, Associate Professor and Director of
Clinical Field Experiences, Mental Health Counseling, Brooks College of
Health, UNF
2010
Women of Influence
- Rosyln Mixon-Phillips, Chief Community Officer, City of
Jacksonville
- Pamela Chally, Ph.D., RN, Dean, Brooks College of
Health, UNF
- Karen Petterson, Ph. D., Department Chair and Associate
Professor, Exceptional Student Education, College of Education and Human
Services, UNF
- Karen Stone, Vice President and General Counsel, UNF
2009
Women of Influence
- Afesa Adams, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Florida
Institute of Education
- Rena Coughlin, President & CEO, Nonprofit Center of
NE Florida
- Barbara Hetrick, Ph.D., Dean of Arts and Science, UNF
- Shannon Italia, Director, Career Management Center, Coggin
College of Business
InRoads to Influence is
takes place during the Fall semester and is open to the public.