Interim Chief Diversity Officer

Kamille Dean, Esq., serves as Fordham’s chief diversity officer (CDO). Kamille is a highly experienced, strategic, and deeply committed leader and educator who can help Fordham become a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community.

Kamille is the Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Fordham’s School of Law. She will continue part-time in this role during the interim CDO appointment. Among other things, Kamille has administered innovative pipeline programs and support systems to recruit and retain highly credentialed individuals to increase diversity and expand outreach for Fordham Law. Previously, she served as Director of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Director of Diversity and Inclusion at St. John’s University School of Law and taught as a tenured Associate Professor of Law at Thurgood Marshall School of Law.