Diverse Workforce Action Team & Mission

Our Action Team's purpose is to develop and implement strategies designed to recruit exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds.

Action Team Members

  • Aarti Govani

  • Kim Hefner

  • Bill Howes

  • April Mahy

  • Brad Meyer

  • Matt Muto

  • Allison Sulita

  • Don Tufano

  • Mario Weston

Goal Champion:  Don Tufano

Strategy Development

Our work will focus on developing goals and strategies designed to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds.

Action Team Mission Statement

Our mission is to create a culture where diversity is valued and central to our hiring process for all learners and stakeholders by consciously and actively pursuing opportunities to create a workforce that is as authentically diverse and representative of pluralistic society as is imaginable.

How does District 96 define diversity?

Diversity consists of the following characteristics: gender (including, but not limited to male, female, transgender, gender neutral, and non-binary), race, sexual orientation, disability, age, skillset, language, religion, experience, professional background, and personality traits.