The Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee is an employee-led committee that was instrumental in developing the Department’s Equity and Inclusion Plan. The Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee (EIAC) helps the Department to meet its goals of which include attracting a more diverse applicant pool; retaining qualified employees with a focus on maintaining a diverse population; and promoting an agency culture that is respectful, understands implicit and explicit bias, values diversity, promotes equity, and actively engages in inclusion. In addition, the EIAC is tasked with showing appreciation for employees’ accomplishments, big and small, and recognizing and celebrating the diversity that we have at WDVA. The EIAC works to help employees to feel comfortable and safe sharing input about the workplace.
Committee Members
To contact the Equity and Inclusion Committee, please e-mail DVAMBCOEquityAndInclusion@dva.wisconsin.gov
| Title | Name | Division | E&I Sub-Committee | Term Ending Date |
| | Leslie Busby-Amegashie | Veterans Benefits/Veterans Benefits and Resource Center | Culture and Diversity | 06/17/2027 |
| Jennifer Fahey | Veterans Benefits/ Health Services | Retention | 11/30/2027 | |
| Amy Formella | Veterans Home/King | Recruitment | 10/2/2027 | |
| Jennifer Ginter-Lyght | Human Resources | |||
| | Racheal Harris | Human Resources | | |
| | Kelly Harrison | Enterprise Services | Culture and Diversity | 05/12/2026 |
| Secretary | Kristy Hartke | Veterans Benefits/ Northern Cemetery | Culture and Diversity | 10/06/2026 |
| Chair | Dawn LaFond | Office of the Secretary | Retention | 07/23/2026 |
| | Christopher Leslie | Veterans Home/King | Retention | 02/05/2027 |
| | Andrew Martin | Veterans Benefits/SAA | Retention | 05/12/2026 |
| Cortney Mihulka | Veterans Museum | Recruitment Subcommittee | 11/19/2027 | |
| Co-Chair | Amy Millard | Veterans Benefits/General | Recruitment (Chair) | 12/31/2025 |
| | Andrea Northwood | Veterans Benefits/ Cemeteries | Recruitment (Chair) | 07/23/2026 |
| | Jamie Petersen-Johnson | Veterans Homes/King | Culture and Diversity (Co-Chair) | 05/31/2027 |
| | Victoria Simonson | Human Resources | | |
| Gina Strobusch | Enterprise Services/Union Grove Finance | Recruitment | 07/07/2027 | |
| | Justine Taylor | Enterprise Services/ Union Grove Finance | Recruitment | 01/13/2027 |
| | Jennifer Van Haaften | Veterans Museum | Culture and Diversity | 12/31/2025 |
| | Kris Ward | Enterprise Services/Finance | Culture and Diversity (Co-Chair) | 01/13/2027 |
| Daniel Wheelock | Veterans Homes/King | Retention | 06/30/2026 |