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Elizabeth Ortiz, Ed.D, joined DePaul University in 2002 and is currently the Vice President of Institutional Diversity and Equity. Prior to her work at DePaul she was the Director of Affirmative Action, Diversity and Employee Relations at Northern Illinois University. Her college and university experience spans over 20 years in both the public and private sector including the Chicago community college system. She has worked on diversity initiatives in several areas including recruitment, retention, training, programming, and climate issues for diverse students, faculty, and staff. Dr. Ortiz also has worked extensively on issues of higher education and in particular in raising awareness for Latino students, educators, community representatives and others who are committed to Latino representation and advancement in all aspects of higher education. She is a sought out consultant, lecturer, and workshop presenter on diversity issues and best practices.
Her professional service includes serving on community and professional boards, which emphasize multiculturalism, and recruitment and retention initiatives for diverse student and workforce populations. Liz has had the honor of serving as an American Council on Higher Education Fellow, a leadership program designed to groom university provosts and presidents. She currently serves on the board of Diversifying Our Faculties in Illinois Program, is the First Vice President of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE), and is the Past-President of the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education (ILACHE).
