Bio

Archie Ervin identifies institutional priorities, policies, programs, and initiatives that advance the Institute’s inclusive excellence agendas for faculty, staff, and students at Georgia Tech, where he has served as inaugural vice president for IDEI since 2010. Ervin is a founding member and former president (2016 – 2020) of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, the largest professional association of higher education chief diversity officers representing more than 250 colleges and universities. Prior to his appointment at Georgia Tech, Ervin served as associate provost and chief diversity officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1999 to 2010. In addition to regularly presenting at national conferences on institutional diversity, Ervin provides consulting to higher education institutions and private sector organizations on diversity climate assessments.