2010 WEPAN Board of Directors

Sheila Edwards Lange

Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange was appointed vice president for minority affairs and vice provost for diversity at the University of Washington effective July 1, 2007. 

Dr. Lange has a wide array of experience in higher education administration and has been a force for diversity at the UW.  Her former positions include special assistant to the vice president and vice provost for minority affairs and diversity, where she provided leadership for the initiative to assess campus diversity and managed the work of the University's Diversity Council, and Associate Director of Workforce Development at the College of Engineering.  Dr. Lange has helped develop creative faculty recruitment initiatives and has been active in mentoring students, especially in science, engineering and mathematics.  She is a member of the UW President's Cabinet, the UW Marketing Executive Advisory Group, and the Enrollment and Retention Policy Advisory Committee.

Dr. Lange received a doctorate from the UW in educational leadership and policy studies and a master's degree in public administration.  She holds a bachelor's degree in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine.