This conversation I had with Dr. Diane Forbes Berthoud was INCREDIBLE! I met her 5 years ago through RISE San Diego. She is an incredible wife, mother, community leader, and has so much wisdom to share through her story on the importance and challenges of higher education.

Dr. Diane Forbes Berthoud is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for  Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of California, San  Diego, where her responsibilities include strategic planning, advancing  institutional effectiveness, serving as liaison to Human Resources, and  leading diversity-focused community engagement and campus-wide  initiatives.  As a member of the Vice Chancellor's leadership team, she  represents the Vice Chancellor on high-level task forces, advisory  groups, and system-wide work groups.

Dr. Forbes Berthoud has over 23 years of experience working in higher  education, nonprofit, and government. She brings a proven record of  success in organizational communication and development, strategic  planning, and assessment of EDI initiatives. She previously served as  Director of Practicum at Sixth College, where she spearheaded the  development, design, and assessment of multiple community-based  initiatives and courses.

Dr. Forbes Berthoud earned her BA in Communication Arts and a  certificate in Spanish Translation and Interpretation from  Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida and she received her master's  and doctoral degrees in Organizational Communication and Social  Psychology from Howard University in Washington, DC.