Senior Vice President of Equity and Belonging
Jacqueline Font-Guzmán, JD, PhD, is the senior vice president of equity and belonging at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. In this role, Font-Guzmán sustains and enhances an inclusive and equitable environment for work and learning at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. She leads strategies that advance education, training, and professional development for faculty, staff, and students around issues of diversity, inclusion, belonging, identity, anti-racism, social justice, and equity.
Prior to joining ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Kate's, Font-Guzmán served as the inaugural vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and a tenured professor at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she had the honor of being the first Latina to hold a cabinet-level position. Prior to that, she worked at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska where she was director of the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program (NCR) in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and a tenured professor at the School of Law. In that role, she advanced diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at Creighton through curriculum development and NCR community events.
Font-Guzmán is a Fulbright scholar with vast experience in conflict, healthcare, higher education, and the legal system. Believing that change begins with conversation, she has led dialogue processes, conducted training and workshops, and provided services globally—all aimed at transforming power structures and equipping individuals with the tools they need to create the conditions for equitable and just systems to emerge. Her work has been recognized nationally and internationally.
Font-Guzmán earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Coe College in Iowa, a Master of Health Administration from Saint Louis University in Missouri, a law degree summa cum laude from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University in Florida.