Amit Taneja, “Belonging and the Importance of Gathering in the Community”

When

August 16, 2026    
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm

Where

Smith Wilkes Hall
21 Foster Avenue, Chautauqua, NY, 14722

Interim Chief Advancement Officer and Senior Director for Community and Belonging, Amit previously served as the Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the College of the Holy Cross, and as the Chief Diversity Officer at Hamilton College. He has two decades of experience working broadly in IDEA, and his scholarly research focuses on LGBTQ Students of Color in higher education. He served on the executive committee of the Consortium for Faculty Diversity, as co-chair of the Consortium of LGBTQ Resource Professionals in Higher Education, and as the president of the Liberal Arts Diversity Officers (LADO) Consortium. He serves as a consultant and speaker on a range of leadership, diversity, and inclusion topics.