Aisha Ghori Ozaki (she/hers) is a justice, diversity, equity and inclusion practitioner serving as an inaugural DEI Director in Northwestern University’s Office for Research. She also recently spent several years on the enterprise-wide Inclusive Diversity & Equity team at Allstate. Aisha is a frequent presenter and facilitator on diversity, equity and inclusion as well as professional development topics. She is devoted to ensuring that all individuals feel welcome, find their passion and contribute toward creating an inclusive and just environment. In addition to her corporate experience, Aisha spent about 18 years in higher education and is thrilled to be back in the higher education arena. Aisha holds both a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Sociology from DePaul University and is certified in the administration and interpretation of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and the MBTI. Aisha also holds Diversity and Inclusion certificates from Northwestern University and Cornell University. Aisha volunteers with multiple organizations and especially enjoys mentoring and supporting organizations like Chi-Care, Young Center, Association for Northwestern Women (ANUW), Bethany House and My Block My Hood My City. Aisha serves on the board of directors for Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago and Muslim Women’s Alliance of Chicago and recently completed a 2-year board term with IL Muslim Civic Coalition. Aisha remains active in various professional associations, has authored 3 articles for the Inclusion Solution and especially enjoys her support of the Forum on Workplace Inclusion where she has served on the conference programming committee, presented at the annual conference and served as a coach since 2020. In her free time, she enjoys spending time traveling, with her family (when they’re all in the same place), trying new foods and most nights you can find her at her local gym catching a workout class.