Community Engagement Council and Network
Community Engagement Council and Network
In 2022, President Paxson created a Community Engagement Council charged with advancing effective, culturally responsive research, teaching, learning and service engagement with community stakeholders that results in mutual benefit.
Co-chaired by Mary Jo Callan, Vice President for Community Engagement and Stark Family Executive Director of the Swearer Center, and Dacia Read, Chief of Staff to the President, the Community Engagement Council (CEC) informs the President and members of the President’s Cabinet on important issues related to community engagement across the institution. Its recommendations and supported initiatives focus on improving structures, policies, procedures and programs that advance Brown University’s community engagement agenda.
CEC Committees
CEC committees are intended to be an important mechanism for advancing the CEC's work through participatory, inclusive spaces that engage a diversity of voices, experiences, expertise and perspectives.
Staff to the CEC Committees
- Mary Jo Callan, Vice President for Community Engagement and Stark Family Executive Director of the Swearer Center
- Wendy Wallace, Director of Civic Engagement
- Jessica Pontarelli Evans, Associate Director of Communications
- Ashley Greene, Director of Community Partnership
- Cara Mitchell, Community-Engaged Research Partnership Specialist
- Julie Plaut, Director of Engaged Scholarship
Community Engagement Network
The Community Engagement Network aims to bring together professionals across the university who lead or manage community engagement initiatives or partnerships to share information, develop strategy, build community and support professional development.
Contact
engage@brown.edu