NEW ORLEANS, LA - The NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee and NCAA Office of Inclusion have named Tulane Deputy AD, Student Services/Senior Woman Administrator Dr. Charvi Greer as a 2023 Champion of Diversity and Inclusion for her campus and community work in supporting ethnic minorities and other underrepresented populations in intercollegiate athletics. 
 
Stevie Baker-Watson of DePauw University and Ashley Stone of Oakland University were also recognized.
 
The recognition was created in 2015 by the MOIC to honor individuals at NCAA colleges, universities and athletic conferences who have shown a commitment to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging; advocating for ethnic minorities; and advancing others within the college athletics space that goes beyond their profession. Individuals are nominated and selected for the honor twice a year. 
 
"These amazing people do the work, not to be honored, but because they believe in the incredible impact of diversity, equity and inclusion," said Felicia Martin, NCAA senior vice president for inclusion, education and community engagement. "Their daily efforts help to build healthy inclusive cultures on their campuses and ensure that each student-athlete, each coach and each administrator is seen and valued for who they are. Congratulations to all of the Champions of Diversity and Inclusion."
 
Greer has committed her career to implementing and creating equitable policies, procedures and programs for student-athletes and staff. Student-athletes have credited her as someone who made their collegiate experience meaningful and who provided safe and welcoming spaces. 
 
Greer is the liaison to the Title IX office, where she supports the management of gender equity planning. Her accomplishments at Tulane also include assisting in the creation of Green Wave Justice for All and with the athletics department's action and accountability plan for social justice and diversity, equity and inclusion. She has also assumed leadership roles within the department's diversity council and took the lead in developing its five-year DEI strategic plan. She has coordinated DEI workshops and has led coach and staff hiring searches that have led to diverse candidate appointments. 
 
Greer also teaches several classes and partakes in continuing education herself to ensure she is best equipped to support students and student-athletes. Many also cite her as a mentor due to her outstanding leadership.

"It is a tremendous honor to receive this award from the NCAA," Greer said. "Diversity, Education and Inclusion should be at the foundation for any institution of higher learning and that is certainly the case here at Tulane. Congratulations to Stevie and Ashley as they, too, are very deserving recipients."
 
The MOIC, which is an NCAA Association-wide committee that champions causes and topics that involve ethnic minorities in the membership, reviews and selects the honorees.