Dr. Sumun Pendakur
Women in DEIA
Wednesday, April 3
12:20-1:30PM
Learning Center Classroom
AD-232G
Flex & CPGU available!
Dr. Sumun L. Pendakur (Sumi) is a seasoned, national expert and sought-after speaker on diversity, equity, and inclusion who has served as a thought partner, capacity-building trainer, and speaker for over 300 higher education institutions, associations, non-profits, and corporations. Sumi's work and research over the last two decades focus on helping organizations build capacity for social justice and racial equity by empowering individuals at all levels to be transformational agents of change in their spheres of influence. Sumi has held roles as the Chief Learning Officer at the USC Race and Equity Center, as the Chief Diversity Officer at at Harvey Mudd College, and as the Director for USC Asian Pacific American Student Services.
Sumi recently completed her second term on the Board of Directors for NADOHE, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. In 2019, she was named one of the top 35 women in higher education by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine. Sumi is the multilingual daughter of immigrants, a wife and a mommy of two little firecrackers, was raised in the Midwest, and now calls Los Angeles, CA, home.
