Jacki Black has served as the associate director for Hispanic Initiatives at Marquette University since 2016. In this role, Black leads the university’s Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) initiative and contributes to the execution of other campus-level diversity and inclusion efforts. Black earned a BA in psychology from the University of Chicago, an MA in education from Saint Xavier University, and is working towards a Ph.D. in educational policy and leadership at Marquette University. Prior to her role at Marquette, she devoted fifteen years to teaching, mentoring, coaching, and advising in Chicago and Milwaukee schools.

Dr. Joya Crear is the assistant vice president for Student Affairs with more than 20 years’ experience in student affairs leadership, particularly around the areas of diversity and inclusion, counseling and crisis intervention, strategic planning, and student retention strategies. Her portfolio at Marquette includes community service, diversity, assessment, leadership development and mission integration. Dr. Crear holds a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University. She also attended Howard University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison for her Bachelor and Masters degrees, respectively.

Valeria Navarro-Villegas, Arts '16, was born in Mexico, immigrated to the US at a young age, and has been a Milwaukeean for the last two decades. Valeria graduated from Marquette University in December 2016 with a Bachelors in Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture. Upon graduating she worked within the Milwaukee County Jail through JusticePoint and afterwards worked for Mastantuono & Coffee S.C., a criminal defense law firm. She is currently a Marquette University employee in the Office of Engagement and Inclusion.

Abraham Ortiz Tapia, Eng '17, (he/him/his) is a J.D. candidate at the University of Illinois College of Law and aspires to practice within the public interest law sector serving marginalized and underrepresented communities. Prior to attending the Illinois College of Law, Abraham worked as an Intellectual Property Paralegal at Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. in Chicago, prosecuting design patents and managing design patent portfolios for large and small clients. In addition, after completing his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University, Abraham served as an AmeriCorps volunteer with College Possible - Milwaukee and interned with Immigration and Refugee Services at Catholic Charities Milwaukee. He also serves on the Marquette University Hispanic Alumni Association. Abraham is a powerhouse in the workplace and in his communities where he uses his leadership philosophy, focused on leading with authenticity and empathy, to listen, engage, and grow with others. Nada es imposible.

Evelia Guerrero is a senior in the College of Nursing from Burlington, Wis. She is a first-generation college student and is part of the Burke Scholars Program and Trio's Educational Opportunity Program. Evelia serves as the student body president for Marquette University and is the first-ever Latina to serve in the role. With her leadership, Marquette University Student Government is concentrating on creating a campus culture receptive to equity and justice and is leading several initiatives surrounding racial justice, mental health and community engagement. After graduation, Evelia plans to serve as a nurse in the Milwaukee area with a concentration in pediatric or neonatal intensive care.

Miles Sigh as a recent addition at United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County, Miles Sigh assists the director of innovative strategies for Boys and Men of Color, Shannon Reed, on implementing initiatives in Milwaukee to empower people within the communities they serve. Miles’s other experience includes work completed at Advocate Aurora Health in which he was responsible for the majority of planning surrounding the Supplier Diversity Symposium, the company’s largest supplier diversity event of this year. He also spent time researching and pursuing collaboration opportunities with local minority-owned businesses for Advocate Aurora’s Diversity and Inclusion team. This past summer Miles worked as part of a creative team at ALIVE Inc. where he was responsible for generating and executing several communication plans and social media campaigns. Miles started his college career as a student-athlete at Michigan Tech before returning home to Milwaukee to finish out his undergraduate degree in marketing this December at Marquette University. During his time at Marquette he has been able to use his interest in sports to work for Marquette Athletics as a student manager, serve as a student ambassador for the business school, and lastly serve on a committee that is focused solely on transforming the Marquette community to promote cultural diversity and inclusion. In his free time, he is also a part of a group of former, current and future student-athletes called Athletes Igniting Action. Together they are striving to educate while being adamant about fighting social and racial injustices seen in America.

Christine Fleming joined the Haggerty Museum of Art in February of 2019. Since then, Christine has created and managed K-12 educational programs in conjunction with permanent collection and rotating exhibitions as well as facilitated community partnership programs. Prior to joining the staff of the Haggerty, Fleming served as the Museum Educator for School Programs at the Dayton Art Institute where she developed school and adult museum programs; and as Education Program Coordinator at the Columbia River Maritime Museum where she developed and managed youth, school and adult museum programs. Christine earned a BFA from the University of Minnesota-Duluth in Art Education and spent five years teaching art in the Minneapolis area. While in Nottingham England completing an MA in Art History, Christine served as the Postgraduate Placement Holder for the Think Tank: Flash Journal, a collaboration between the University of Nottingham and the Nottingham Contemporary Museum. She holds a current K-12 visual art teaching license in both Minnesota and England.

Susan Longhenry has served as director and dhief curator at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University since August 2015. Prior to that she served as director of the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico; as Alfond director of museum learning and public programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and as director of education at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. A Milwaukee native, Susan has served on the national board of the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries, the Annual Meeting National Program Committee for the American Alliance of Museums, the Education Committee of the American Alliance of Museums, and the National Art Education Association. She has served as a Peer Review Panelist for the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Arts, and presented at the American Alliance of Museums’ Annual Meeting. Susan is an elected member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. She holds an M.A. in Modern Art History, Theory and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University.

Lynne Shumow has been the curator for academic engagement at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University since 2000. From 1992 through 1998, she was the coordinator of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s international residency program Arts/Industry. Prior to working at JMKAC, she was a curatorial assistant at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Lynne has been a member of numerous advisory committees and boards of directors including, RedLine Milwaukee, Milwaukee Arts Board (Public Art Subcommittee), the Milwaukee Art Museum, and IN:SITE Milwaukee. She did her undergraduate and graduate work in art history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Dr. Kathy Coffey-Guenther currently serves as the Senior Mission & Ignatian Leadership Specialist in University Advancement at Marquette University. Additionally, Kathy serves/has served as adjunct faculty for undergraduates and clinical adjunct faculty for graduate students at Marquette University. Kathy received a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Marquette University and a certificate in spiritual direction from the Aquinas Institute of Theology.  For many years, Kathy has worked with a particular emphasis in Ignatian spirituality as a means for healthy spiritual and emotional living. Kathy has also served as a spiritual director, speaker and consultant to religious congregations, clergy and religious, and parishes focusing on the work of community building, conflict resolution and spiritual growth. Kathy serves as current consultant for diaconate formation in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and served as the past Co-Chair of the Community Advisory Board for Clergy Abuse in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Dr. Kathy Coffey-Guenther currently serves as the Senior Mission & Ignatian Leadership Specialist in University Advancement at Marquette University. Additionally, Kathy serves/has served as adjunct faculty for undergraduates and clinical adjunct faculty for graduate students at Marquette University. Kathy received a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Marquette University and a certificate in spiritual direction from the Aquinas Institute of Theology.  For many years, Kathy has worked with a particular emphasis in Ignatian spirituality as a means for healthy spiritual and emotional living. Kathy has also served as a spiritual director, speaker and consultant to religious congregations, clergy and religious, and parishes focusing on the work of community building, conflict resolution and spiritual growth. Kathy serves as current consultant for diaconate formation in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and served as the past Co-Chair of the Community Advisory Board for Clergy Abuse in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.