Erwin de Leon, PhD, is a Columbia University diversity officer and faculty member, Knology research fellow, Empire State Bioethics Consortium member and policy researcher in New York City.

he has been named one of Crain’s new york Notable LGBTQ Leaders (2022),City & State new york Responsible 100 (2022), and PoliticsNY Power Players in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (2023)