Syracuse University appoints former Bond attorney as director of equal opportunity, inclusion

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University announced Wednesday that its Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services has hired Alyssa Campbell as its new director of equal opportunity and inclusion.

Campbell — who previously was a labor and employment lawyer at Bond, Schoeneck, & King, PLLC in Syracuse — started her university job on Monday, Aug. 6.

In her new role, Campbell works with university leadership and human resources to create and implement strategies to further foster a culture of inclusion, according to a Syracuse University release. She will provide advice, counseling and conflict-resolution services to employees on a range of employee-relations issues, investigate complaints of discrimination and bias, conduct internal audits of the university’s recruitment and other employment practices, and serve as a liaison with compliance agencies.

Campbell will also pay a “strategic role” in the development and implementation of the university’s affirmative action plans and Vets 4212 (a federal reporting mandate regarding the hiring of veterans), as well as in implementing individual administrative and academic units’ diversity plans.

“We are pleased to welcome Alyssa to Syracuse University and the Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services. She brings tremendous knowledge and experience to the role that is so critical in ensuring fairness and inclusiveness on our campus,” Sheila Johnson, associate VP and chief equal opportunity and Title IX officer at Syracuse University, said in the release.

Campbell, who earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina, counseled private and public-sector employers on a variety of labor and employment law claims at Bond, Schoeneck, & King. She appeared in front of both state and federal courts and various administrative agencies, including the EEOC, New York State Division of Human Rights, PERB, the NLRB, and federal and state departments of labor. Campbell also handled cases involving colleges and universities and matters of ADA and 504 compliance accommodations.

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