Jennifer Daniels
Associate Director, University of Delaware Office of Equity and Inclusion

Jennifer is the Associate Director in the Office of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Delaware. She holds a graduate degree in social work and oversees diversity and inclusion educational programming and various diversity initiatives for the University of Delaware community, specifically geared toward staff and faculty. Jennifer began her career practicing counseling and providing service to individuals and small groups on the micro level. Her passions for effectuating change and fostering inclusive environments have pushed her toward expanding her outreach to mezzo and macro level practice, particularly as it relates to diversity and inclusion. She has presented at several regional and national conferences, and was distinguished with the University of Delaware’s 2017 Louis L. Redding Award which recognizes individuals whose efforts have resulted in significant change in the campus climate and composition within the University community.

Her plenary will discuss the importance of inclusive environments and help participants connect to the idea that diversity and inclusion begins with you. She’ll explain how diversity and inclusion is multidisciplinary, and will help attendees understand how leveraging diversity leads to stronger teams, organizations, and society overall.

Patrick W. Kidd
Communications Lead, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

Patrick joined Amtrak in 2010, where he writes for employee publications and oversees the Great American Stations Project and the Amtrak Historical Archives. He earned a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and master’s degrees in City and Regional Planning and Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania.

With Amtrak’s 40th anniversary approaching in 2011, the company embarked on a year-long celebration that included writing and publishing an official corporate history, assembling a traveling “Exhibit Train” and launching a temporary history website. The success of this coordinated program led to creation of the permanent Amtrak Historical Archives, which is accessible to the public on the web at history.amtrak.com. It explores the heritage of America’s Railroad® through images, original artwork, company documents, a blog and more.

Patrick will discuss the creation of the historical archives, provide an overview of its holdings, highlight contributions by employees and rail advocates and show how content is shared with internal and external audiences.