Affinity Networks Keynote Speaker and Facilitators

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Veronica Jordan '85 P'20 is a Vice-President and Senior Counsel in the legal department of the publishing company Simon & Schuster (S&S). She manages a diverse projects portfolio for S&S, which includes cutting-edge legal work for the digital distribution and marketing of content, data privacy, multimedia content development deals, print-on-demand, and content subscription deals. She has worked on a host of issues for S&S, ranging from its initial efforts to digitize content for eBooks, to its innovative enhanced eBooks, as well as its foray into e-commerce, its digital warehousing initiative, its Author Portal, its language learning subscription program and its teen fiction and romance social networking platforms. Veronica touts Stephen King’s critically acclaimed “N” “mobisode” series as her favorite work project and securing political asylum for an Ethiopian survivor of torture as her proudest legal achievement. Veronica serves on the Legal Diversity Committee of CBS, S&S’s parent company. 

Veronica started her legal career as a law clerk for the Hon. Judge Stanley S. Brotman and worked at the law firm Davis, Polk and Wardwell before joining S&S. She is a graduate of Amherst College and NYU School of Law. She is passionate about education, particularly the ways in which a quality education can help broaden the life choices for inner-city students. She serves as Vice Chair of the board of Girl Be Heard, a not for profit organization whose mission is to develop, amplify, and celebrate the voices of young women through socially conscious theater-making. She formerly served on the board of the Ruth Turner Fund, a foundation that gives grants to NYC-based charities focused on social services for those with developmental and emotional disabilities, senior citizens, and human rights.

Veronica enjoys reading, traveling, hiking, and Salsa dancing. She was born and raised in Spanish Harlem in NYC, a heritage that brings her great pride. She lives on the Upper West Side of NYC with her same-sex partner of 29 years and her oldest son and spends a fair amount of time missing her youngest son, an Amherst sophomore.

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Charri J. Boykin-East – Senior Associate Dean of Students  
Dean Boykin-East is now starting her 28^th year serving at Amherst. She has special responsibilities for the Peer Tutoring Program. She is the general and academic counselor for the Class of 2019 and a member of several of the College’s committees. 

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Bulaong Ramiz-Hall – Director, Multicultural Resource Center   
Director Ramiz-Hall joined the Amherst in August 2016. She has a BA in American Studies: Race and Ethnic Studies and an MS in Counseling. Her hometown is Hartford, CT, and her hobbies include Shondaland, listening to podcasts, and playing with her pups Charli and Capone.

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Eva Cordero '18 - Program Coordinator, Multicultural Resource Center (MRC)    
Major: Political Science    
Hometown: Berkeley, CA    
On-campus activities: La Causa, Black Student Union (BSU), Thesis Writer    
Hobbies: Napping, reading, watching TV, and random adventures with the squadd

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Irisdelia Garcia '18 - Special Topics Coordinator, Multicultural Resource Center(MRC)    
Major: English concentrating in Digital Humanities and Multicultural Theater Certificate    
Hometown: Bronx, NY    
On-campus activities: Resident Counselor, Five College Theater and Dance Department, Five College Digital Humanities Department, ACSU    
Hobbies: Poetry, writing, reading, meditation, staying Puerto Rican

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Sade Green '20 - Program Coordinator, Multicultural Resource Center (MRC)    
Major: Prospective English and Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought    
Hometown: Long Island, NY    
On-campus activities: AAS Senator, Black Student Union (BSU), African and Caribbean Students' Union (ACSU), Amherst Christian Fellowship (ACF)    
Hobbies: Writing, working out at the gym, catching up on TV shows

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Diane Lee '19 - Program Coordinator, Women's and Gender Center (WGC)     
Hey! I’m Diane, a junior English major at Amherst and one of the Program Coordinators at the WGC. When I’m not at the Center, I’m a tour guide, Opinions section editor of The Amherst Student, a FOOT Leader and an avid fan of reality TV. I love working at the WGC because I can represent my identity as an Asian woman and learn more about identities that are different from those I hold. I believe conversation and community are essential to feminism and am excited that I can participate in that enterprise.

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Olivia Zheng '20 - Education Coordinator, Multicultural Resource Center.(MRC)    
Major: Prospective American Studies    
Hometown: Fremont, CA    
On-campus activities: Asian Students Association, Dance and Step at Amherst College (DASAC), Intersections Dance Company, Diversity Intern for Office of Admissions    
Hobbies: Dancing, writing short stories, listening to Hamilton