Alaina Macaulay

Alaina M. T. Macaulay is the Senior Director for Inclusion and Strategic Engagement at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Within Macaulay’s scope of work, she is responsible for developing, executing, and supporting institutional engagement initiatives that center inclusion which include the University Employee Resource Groups, the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Collaborative, the Black Advisory Council and Native Advisory Council, Campus Climate Grants, and large programming which engages the UMass and Amherst community.

Macaulay previously served as Executive Director for Diversity and Inclusion in the Isenberg School of Management where she chaired the Isenberg DEI committee as well as a taskforce for the Dean’s priorities, launched a student DEI council, and advised the Advancement for Diversity in Business student organization. Alaina was heavily involved in the planning of Isenberg's Inaugural Inclusive Leadership Summit and grand opening of the Suit Shop in Fall 2019.

During her career, Alaina has led workshops and presentations nationally and internationally on the importance of DEI. Alaina serves on the boards of the Young Professional Society of Greater Springfield, Girls Inc. of the Valley, the Holyoke Community College Foundation, and the Chester Theatre Company and was named BusinessWest Forty Under 40 class of 2022 for her work.