{"id":61343,"date":"2026-07-24T14:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=61343"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:42:07","slug":"the-university-of-minnesota-is-paying-diversity-staffers-almost-1-5-million-annually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=61343","title":{"rendered":"The University of Minnesota is Paying \u2018Diversity\u2019 Staffers Almost $1.5 Million Annually"},"content":{"rendered":"

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University of Minnesota\/Image: Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Minnesota is paying \u2018diversity staffers\u2019 almost a million and a half dollars every year. And people still wonder how college has gotten so expensive.<\/p>\n

What exactly do diversity staffers even do? Does anyone know?<\/p>\n

Parents and students must understand that when they take out massive government loans to pay for college, this is part of what they are paying for. The exorbitant salaries of these pointless employees.<\/p>\n

Campus Reform<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

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University of Minnesota pays DEI staff nearly $1.5 million annually<\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of Minnesota pays its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) staff members more than $1.4 million annually, according to publicly available state payroll records.<\/p>\n

Despite federal executive orders restricting DEI offices and activities, the University of Minnesota maintains an Office for Equity and Diversity, which consists \u201cof over 15 offices and major initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEquity and diversity is fundamental to everything we do at the University of Minnesota,\u201d the office\u2019s website says.<\/p>\n

The central office employs four leadership staff and five administrative staff. Five of those staff members are receiving six-figure salaries, according to OpenPayrolls.<\/p>\n

Record from 2025 list Vice President for Equity and Diversity Mercedes Ram\u00edrez Fern\u00e1ndez ($391,759), Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity and Faculty Development Keisha Varma ($238,540), Associate Vice Presidents Tina Marisam ($230,444) and Malinda Lindquist ($196,267), and Chief of Staff Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky ($164,800).<\/p>\n

The payroll data also lists Kate Klosterman ($74,298), John Michael Bradshaw ($50,086.40), Jenna Olien ($47,237), and Tia Phan ($99,194).<\/p>\n

Combined, the nine employees earn $1,492,625.40 annually, according to the publicly available payroll records.<\/p>\n

The University of Minnesota has continued promoting DEI initiatives even after President Donald Trump signed a January 2025 executive order directing federally funded colleges and universities to end unlawful DEI programs.<\/p>\n

In a February 2025 message to the university community, President Rebecca Cunningham said the institution would not make changes in response to the executive order.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Higher education in the United States is on a collision course with reality.<\/p>\n

None of this is sustainable and eventually, the entire house of cards is going to come crashing down.<\/p>\n

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