UF Health hires diversity officer
Published: Jun. 27, 2022 at 4:48 PM EDT
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - UF Health officials named their new Chief Diversity Officer.
Doctor Lakesha Butler is taking over this position, come August 22nd
Butler was a professor of pharmacy practice and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Southern Illinois University.
She is trained in facilitating diversity-related discussion and policy change.
Butler will work with diversity liaisons in the six health colleges, the UF Health Hospitals in Gainesville, Jacksonville, Central Florida, and the Lake Nona campus in Orlando.
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