Appointment to the Diversity Leadership Council

The Diversity Leadership Council comprises students, faculty, and staff from across Johns Hopkins' nine divisions. The council advises university leadership on diversity and inclusion, encourages programs that support equity and equal opportunity, and urges progress where the institution can improve. For more than twenty years, the DLC has advocated for domestic partner benefits, a more welcoming environment for persons with disabilities, diversity training for supervisors, divisional diversity councils, and the annual Diversity Leadership Awards.

General members are selected each year through a nomination process. Adler was previously recognized at the 2018 Diversity Recognition Awards Ceremony; see Diversity Recognition (2018). His appointment followed participation in university-wide DEI work, including speaking at the Second JHU Roadmap on DEI kick-off in March 2022 on systems thinking and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The council hosts the annual Diversity Leadership Awards ceremony, the Diversity and Inclusion Conference, and the Diversity Innovation Grants program—recognizing faculty, staff, and students who advance inclusion across Johns Hopkins.