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The
Matrix:
Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and
Inclusion
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Board
Member Bios
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Christina Jiménez is an Assistant Professor in the
Department of History, arriving at UCCS in fall 2000 after completing her PhD at the University of
California, San Diego. She teaches general and specific courses in Latin American, Mexican, Latino and
Immigration History, several of which are cross-listed with the Ethnic Studies program. In 2002, she
taught the first cross-listed “Intro to Race and Gender” class at UCCS and co-created the
“Intro to Diversity Issues” course with Dena Samuels. Her research looks at dynamics of
citizenship, political culture, urban transformation, and state formation in modern Mexican cities. She
recently completed residential fellowships at the Davis Center for Historical Study at Princeton
University and at the Center for Cultural Studies at Univ. of Calif., Santa Cruz. She is currently
completing her book manuscript, Making an Urban Public: How the City Revolutionized Citizenship in
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Fran Pilch is a Professor of Political
Science, United States Air Force Academy. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Connecticut
and was awarded the M.A. and Ph.D. in International Relations from Yale University. Since that time she
has taught at Rutgers University and was the C.E.O. of a bookstore in New Jersey, before coming to the
Air Force Academy in 1998. She currently is President of the International Studies Association Western
Region, and is Vice President and Program Chair for the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council. She has
published widely in the area of human rights, particularly gender issues, and has also worked to
understand the mental health consequences of disasters. Currently she chairs the Division on
International Relations and National Security in the Political Science Department at USAF. |
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Queen Brown is President and founder of
Queen E. Brown & Associates Management Consultants located in Colorado Springs, CO since 1991. She is
a competent executive with over 20 years of experience in managing diversity from a business perspective,
resource management, curriculum design, and instructional delivery.
Queen’s vast background and progressive levels of management enable her to successfully work with
public and private sectors including government, corporations, small businesses, educational
institutions, school districts, and non-profits. Her work encompasses diversity management, equity and
cross-cultural issues, gender communications, and sexual harassment. Her services include leadership
development, program & project management, change management, business planning, team effectiveness,
conflict resolution, employee coaching, and customer relations. She facilitates focus groups, presents at
conferences, is involved in community building, and develops mentoring programs.
She holds B.S. & M.S. degrees in Math, and has done extensive graduate studies in management. She
won selection and completed participation in coveted and specialized programs including Colorado Springs
Leadership Institute, Leadership Pikes Peak, Entrepreneur & Leadership Development, and Internet
Success Training for Small Business owners. Other programs completed by Queen include series in Corporate
Management such as Change Management I and II, Management of Field Operations I and II, High Performance
Work Teams, and numerous workshops in equity & cross cultural issues, diversity awareness and
management. She is an adjunct faculty member at University of Phoenix and has previously worked at
University of Denver, UCCS, CU – Denver, CO State, CO Tech, and Pikes Peak Community College. Plus,
she has built a strong reputation as a motivational speaker and she published a quarterly column on
equity and workplace issues in “The Gazette” newspaper as a guest columnist. She has been
active on several boards and committees including African American Youth Leadership Conference, Pikes
Peak Mental Health, Southeast YMCA, Intel’s Community Advisory, and Colorado Springs Black Chamber.
She previously served on Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber, Girl Scouts, and Leadership Pikes Peak.
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Una Ng-Brasch is a member of the board of
directors at Citizens Project, a committee member of the Multicultural Youth Leadership Initiative, and
co-coordinator of the Asian American Leadership Forum (a division of Emerging Leadership Development at
the El Pomar Foundation). Her prior board involvements include Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Urban
League, and Food For Thought Gatherings.
Una has lived in Colorado Springs for over ten years and has graduated from the Colorado Springs
Leadership Institute Class of 2005 and the Community Leadership Program Class of 2004. Born in New York
City and raised in Toronto, Canada, she holds degrees in English Literature, Chinese Studies, and
Library Science from the University of Toronto, and has studied Chinese at the University of Hong
Kong.
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MelindaJoy Mingo is the
Founder/President of Trans4mation™, which is a high impact diversity training and leadership
coaching consulting business. Through Trans4mation, she equips individuals and organizations in
principles of effective multicultural relationships, leadership development and human resource
management. She is life coach for emerging young leaders.
She is currently pursuing a PhD in Multicultural Leadership at Walden University. MelindaJoy
acquired an M.A. degree in Human Resource Development, and a B.A. degree in Human Resource
Management. MelindaJoy’s broad area of expertise has presented her with many invitations to
facilitate leadership training with leaders overseas in various organizations and in numerous roles.
She has done leadership and cross-cultural training in Santo Domingo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Asia.
MelindaJoy’s professional arena of expertise also includes teaching at the higher academic
level, seminar training on the issues of justice and poverty, and she is a recurring visiting
business professor at the Hanoi University of Foreign Studies in Vietnam.
She is a graduate of the following premiere leadership programs: Pikes Peak Leadership Plenty
– 2005 and Pikes Peak Leadership Institute – 2002.
Trans4mation
125 N. Parkside Ste. 301B
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
trans4mation2001@yahoo.com
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