Vice President for Inclusion

Reporting to the president and serving on the president’s senior leadership team, the VPI will provide strategic leadership for the college’s efforts to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The role has two connected aims: to help create the conditions for an inclusive Reed community in which every member can thrive and contribute fully, and to support equitable student success so that students across populations have the opportunity to reach their potential. The vice president will advise institutional strategy and decision making, help Reed understand where experiences and outcomes remain uneven, build institutional capacity to engage and respond, and provide leadership for the Office for Inclusion’s people, programs, partnerships, and resources. Reed is a selective, co-educational, national college of liberal arts and sciences with 1,278 students located in Portland, Oregon. Since its founding in 1908 as an independent undergraduate institution, Reed College has remained steadfast to one central commitment: to provide a balanced, comprehensive education in liberal arts and sciences, fulfilling the highest standards of intellectual excellence. Reed offers a high-quality liberal arts education with a rigorous curriculum, conference-, studio-, and laboratory-based teaching in small groups, high standards of scholarly practice, creative thinking, engaged citizenship, and a student body motivated by enthusiasm for serious intellectual work. Reed’s 26 departments offer 38 major areas with 62 separate major programs, of which 13 are interdisciplinary. Each department is housed within one of Reed's five academic divisions: the Arts; History and Social Sciences; Literature and Languages; Mathematical and Natural Sciences; and Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, and Linguistics. The college also offers an MA in Liberal Studies. In October 2026, Reed launched the comprehensive campaign Meet the Moment: Together with Reed. It is the most ambitious campaign in Reed’s history, with a $350 million fundraising goal. The campaign centers on three interconnected priorities: advancing academic excellence, nurturing student success, and cultivating an inclusive community. Together, these priorities reflect Reed’s conviction that academic excellence is strengthened by a community in which students, faculty, and staff with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can engage deeply with one another in an environment of belonging and trust. Heading the Office for Inclusion, the VPI oversees the multicultural resource center, students for education, equity, and direct service, and the associate dean for climate assessment and belonging strategy; leads the bias education and response team; serves as the staff point person for the diversity, equity, and inclusion committee of the board of trustees; and in collaboration with the dean of the faculty, supervises the director of the center for teaching and learning. The vice president also serves as one of the tri-chairs of the Presidential Council on Campus Climate. Specifically, the VPI will take on the following opportunities and priorities in this role: Strengthen and advance Reed’s distinctive culture of inclusion and belonging Provide strategic leadership for the Office for Inclusion Actively inform and contribute to campus-wide strategy and communication Lead through a challenging sociopolitical landscape Connect inclusion and belonging to Reed’s future and aspirations The ideal candidate will be an experienced institutional leader with a proven track record of creating meaningful change in institutions with deeply rooted cultures and complex, matrixed environments. A bachelor’s degree is required, and an advanced degree is preferred. CONTACT Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. For full consideration, please submit your resume and cover letter, electronically and in confidence, at the following link: https://talent-profile.dsgco.com/search/v2/23412 . Confidential nominations or referrals should be directed to ReedVPI@dsgco.com . DSG|Storbeck Carly DiGiovanni, Ed.D., Managing Director Anne Koellhoffer, Managing Associate Erin Nicole Fadden, Senior Search Coordinator Reed does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, family relationship, or on the basis of any other category protected by law. Reed does not consider any of the above attributes in administration of its employment policies, educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan program, and athletic and other school-administered programs. In its policies and actions, Reed will comply with its obligations under state and federal law including Title VI and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), Oregon Revised Statutes, and any other applicable law. Inquiries on the application of Title VI, Title IX, the ADA, and Section 504, may be made to Christy Martin, Reed College, or to the Office for Civil Rights. The college maintains a strict policy that prohibits harassment in any form prohibited by law. The selection of new faculty members, and subsequent evaluations, are based upon individual merit and not upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, requesting or taking leave protected by law, age, disability, marital status, family relationship, gender identity, association with anyone in a protected class, application for workers compensation benefits, opposition to safety/health hazards, expunged juvenile record, service in uniformed service, genetic history, aiding in a civil or criminal proceeding, good faith reporting of information that the employee believes is evidence of a violation of a state or federal law, or any other unlawful basis, nor upon political beliefs.