Angela Spranger is the first senior diversity officer at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, marking a new era of DEI engagement. She’s met with hundreds of external and internal stakeholders, attended dozens of events across the metro, and pushed forward a framework of inclusive excellence to guide the work at the Twin Cities business school. With a “to be with, not do for” philosophy, she has empowered new internal DEI champions, hosted new events, and created relationships with new groups and organizations. Spranger hosted the “Live Into It” conference last year to launch the Center for Inclusive Excellence; a second conference is planned for October. She’s a member of the university’s Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, and Equity Collective and the Twin Cities DEI Roundtable.