Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee

Constituency and members

Constituency of members

Ref	Constituency
1	Chair, PVC Enterprise, Partnerships and Engagement (ex officio)
2	Head of Equality and Diversity (ex officio)
3	Director of Human Resources (ex officio)
4	Academic Registrar or nominee (ex officio)
5	Head of Access and Outreach (ex officio)
6	Internal communications manager (ex officio)
7	Chair/Co-Chairs of the LGBTI+ Matters Staff Network (ex officio)
8	Chair of the Staff Race Equality Forum (ex officio)
9	Chair/Co-Chairs of INCLUDE (Disabled staff network) (ex officio)
10	University of York Students' Union Community and Wellbeing Officer (ex officio)
11	University of York Students' Union Community and Wellbeing Officer
12-15	Four members nominated from the professional support staff
16	Academic member of staff who is also a member of Senate
17	Academic member of staff co-opted by the Chair of EDIC
18-21	Three members of the academic staff (one from each of the three faculties)
22-23	Trade Union representative (one from each Union)

Membership 2025-2026

Ref	Name	Department	Term expires
1	Kiran Trehan	PVC Enterprise, Partnerships and Engagement - Chair	N/A
2	Maria Ayaz	Head of Equality and Diversity	N/A
3	Rachael Millhouse	Director of Human Resources	N/A
4	Tom Banham	Academic Registrar	N/A
5	Rebecca Clark	Head of Access and Outreach	N/A
6	Deb Ward	Internal Communications Manager	N/A
7	Derek Wann and Liz Wands-Murray	Co-Chairs of the Rainbow Alliance staff network	N/A
8	Simone Quinn	Chair of the Staff Race Equality Forum	N/A
9	Alice Bennett and Jamie Wood	Chair/Co-Chairs of INCLUDE (Disabled staff network)	N/A
10	Abi Harrison	Equality and Inclusion Officer, University of York Students' Union (York SU)	31 July 2026
11	Samuel Dickinson	Community and Wellbeing Officer	31 July 2026
12	Adam Hewitt	Professional Support Staff	30 September 2026
13	Jan Ball-Smith	Professional Support Staff	30 September 2026
14	Simone Quinn	Professional Support Staff	30 September 2026
15	Vacant	Professional Support Staff	30 September 2026
16	Emilie Murphy	Academic - Member of Senate	31 August 2026
17	Vacant	Academic - Co-opted member	N/A
18	Richard Johns	Academic - Faculty of Arts and Humanities	31 August 2026
19	Samarthia Thankappan	Academic - Faculty of Sciences	31 August 2026
20	Vanita Sundaram	Academic - Faculty of Social Sciences	31 August 2026
21	Francess Daly	Trade Union Representative (Unison)	30 September 2026
22	Sally Floyd	Trade Union Representative (Unite)	30 September 2026
23	Ana Duarte and Joanna de Groot	Trade Union Representative (UCU)	30 September 2026
In attendance
1	Chris Brunt	Equality and Diversity Officer - Secretary	N/A
2	Jonny Lovell	Equality and Diversity Manager	N/A