Dr. Jason F. Kirksey brings over 25 years of higher educational classroom teaching, research, and administrative experience along with a professional and enlightened approach to informing and educating audiences. He has over ten years of executive-level administrative experience in the areas of Equal Opportunity, Title IX, and supplier diversity. Dr. Kirksey has also served as a litigation consultant in federal and state voting rights cases. He has consulted and worked with over forty corporations, government agencies, higher educational institutions, public school districts, and individuals to develop and strengthen organizational commitments to diversity and inclusion. Dr. Kirksey is a nationally recognized and respected leader and a highly sought speaker. Over the past decade, Dr. Kirksey's efforts earned him a number of nationally prestigious awards and recognitions, including the NADOHE Dr. Frank J. Hale Award for Distinguished Service and the APLU CADE Distinguished Service Award. As evidenced by his accomplishments as a higher education executive-level administrator and a Chief Diversity Officer, Dr. Kirksey brings a purpose-driven and common sense approach to the field of diversity and inclusion.