Kolanda Douglas

Kolanda Douglas is the Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Advisor for Mayo Clinic Florida and Mayo Clinic Rochester. In this role, she brings best practices, tools, resources, training and subject matter expertise to support the success of the Florida and Rochester sites in advancing equity, inclusion and diversity. Kolanda joined Mayo Clinic after spending nearly a decade in higher education, managing diversity recruitment processes, drafting Affirmative Action/Equal Employment policies, leading trainings around AA/EEO, diversity and inclusion, and integrating diversity and inclusion data into processes and discussions with senior level administrators and leaders. As a complement to Kolanda’s expertise, she is also a certified diversity professional, a certified life coach, and an award-winning public speaker.