Dr. Leslie R. Krafft

Dr. Leslie Krafft (she/her) oversees diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging education for the Office of Diversity & Inclusion. This begins with the TerrapinSTRONG Onboarding program and continues to include the Words of Engagement Intergroup Dialogue Program (WEIDP), customized training and workshops, and collaborations with units across campus. As the new TerrapinSTRONG Education unit evolves, Krafft is excited to introduce a scholar/practitioner speaker series and a micro-credential program for employee professional development.

Krafft previously served as the inaugural program manager for TerrapinSTRONG, implementing the president's strategic onboarding initiatives and reaching over 40,0000 members of our community thus far. Prior to that, Krafft worked in the Department of Resident Life as a case manager supporting student mental health challenges and developed the annual campus-wide interactive mental health fair, the DEI staff development program for the Department of Resident Life, and the coordinated campus Mental Health First Aid training program. Krafft also serves as a Mental Health First Aid instructor, a Fostering Terp Success campus coach, a founding member of the Mental Health Coalition, and a Carillon living-learning program seminar instructor. She is a previous member of the embraceRace steering committee, the Student Affairs Diversity Initiative (SADI), and the University Senate Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee. In 2019, Krafft was awarded the Department of Resident Life Pillar of Excellence award.

Prior to her work at Maryland, Krafft served as the Director of Residence Life and Housing at the University of Redlands in California, simultaneously serving as Deputy Title IX Coordinator, adjunct faculty member, and sorority advisor. Krafft has an Ed.D. in Leadership for Educational Justice from the University of Redlands, a M.S. in counseling from Youngstown State University, and a B.S. in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.