Power Moves: Taffye Benson Clayton Leads Auburn’s Office Of Inclusion And Diversity

By Chuck Chandler

It seems perfectly logical that the child of a Green Beret and an educator would grow up to have a career fighting discrimination in education.

That couple’s daughter, Taffye Benson Clayton, was hired in 2016 by Auburn University as the first leader of its Office of Inclusion and Diversity, based on her successes at the University of North Carolina and East Carolina University.

Clayton earned a bachelor’s degree from UNC, a master’s from American University, a doctorate from ECU and holds a certificate from the management development program at Harvard. At Auburn, she and her team have been tasked with expanding the diversity and inclusion footprint within the institution and nationally.

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