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New county equity officer outlines department assessments, internal projects and Facing Race funding challenges
Summary
Tompkins County’s new chief equity and diversity officer reported six weeks on the job and described confidential department assessments, an 'Operation OHR Overhaul' to ready the Office of Human Rights for incoming staff, an internal interview series, and efforts to fund staff attendance at the Facing Race conference.
Leon, Tompkins County’s recently appointed chief equity and diversity officer, used the committee’s April 27 meeting to outline how he is approaching the county’s equity work and professional-development needs.
Leon said he has completed six weeks in his new role and has begun confidential assessments with department heads using Holland-code personality categorization and a SCOTT analysis (strengths, concerns, opportunities, threats) to extract themes without singling out individuals. "Those assessments take, like, an hour and a half to 2…
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