Affirmative Action Specialist

Phone:  860-679-3060
Email:   segar@uconn.edu

Theresa Segar has worked as an Affirmative Action Specialist for the Office of Institutional Equity since July 2005.  In her position, Ms. Segar prepares UConn Health’s affirmative action plan.  She updates, administers and monitors the affirmative action program by working closely with Human Resources to obtain information, and acts as a resource on affirmative action requirements.  She also assists in planning and presenting programs on affirmative action issues.                                            

Prior to joining UConn Health’s OIE, Theresa worked for the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health as an Affirmative Action Program Manager and the State of Connecticut Department of Public Works as an Affirmative Action Officer.  Overall, she has more than twenty years of state service in Affirmative Action planning, and is a member of the State of Connecticut Association of Diversity and Equity Professionals where she has served as a Co-Chair of the Program Planning Committee and Corresponding Secretary.