Black Employees at Drexel (BEAD)

Ahaji Schreffler, BEAD’s President, is the Senior Director of Education Abroad in Drexel’s Office of Global Engagement, where she leads the Education Abroad team in strategy and program development. Ahaji also teaches community-based intensive study abroad courses to Haiti and Ecuador. In her 18+ years at Drexel, Ahaji’s passion for community and inclusion have inspired her to serve on BEAD’s executive board since 2012 (as Vice President and President). She is also the founder and facilitator of Drexel’s Meditation Group, which has connected people through self-care, mindfulness, and compassion since 2012. Ahaji served as one of the two co-administrators of Drexel’s Anti-Racism Task Force and is now the DEI Liaison on the CORE Team for Drexel’s Strategic Plan. Outside of work, Ahaji is the Founder and President of We The Village, a grassroots non-profit that supports children at Love Orphanage in Haiti through health and education. 

Sierra Andrew, BEAD’s Membership Liaison, is Assistant Director of Strategic Partnerships and Resident Director of Millennium Hall. Sierra identifies as a young professional with bicoastal experience, with an educational background from the University of California (UC). She has prior research experience studying the impact of Black resource centers in the University of California system. Sierra’s professional experience includes working at UC Riverside’s African Student Programs Office as an intern and establishing Black Queen’s Week as a student. In her free time, Sierra enjoys traveling, spending time with family, and volunteering throughout her newfound home in Philadelphia.

Monét Harbison is the Associate Director of Research Compliance Operations and works within the Office of Research & Innovation, where she helps support the University’s efforts of research compliance and education. Monet serves on the advisory board for the Center for Black Culture, the Graduate Diversity Advisory Council and has served on the Anti-Racism Task Force here at the University. Monét is currently a first year, part-time PhD student in the School of Education, where she hopes to explore image-making and belonging for Black womxn academics. As a born and bred West Philadelphian (right down the street from Main Campus!), Monét is excited to serve BEAD as the Vice President of Communications.

Bernetta McCall-Millonde, BEAD’s Student Liaison, is Director of Diversity Initiatives and Community Relations in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and serves as the Director of the Liberty Scholars Program in the Center for Inclusive Education and Scholarship. She is a trusted and respected leader across Drexel’s campus, emphasizing the value college-aspiring students from marginalized communities bring to the Drexel community, advocating for their needs, and addressing challenges of historically underrepresented students. Bernetta is a trained Train-the-Trainer facilitator committed to team building, ensuring that team members understand and own their roles in the big picture and inclusion to become confident, independent thinkers whose contributions will continue to propel collective group success.

Ebony Drummond, BEAD’s Events Liaison, is the Residential Desk Coordinator at Bentley Hall. Ebony started at Drexel University as a Public Safety officer in 2015. As the morning RDC (Resident Desk Coordinator) at Bentley Hall, Ebony is responsible for monitoring access to Residence Halls and providing administrative clerical support to the AD/RD. Ebony Drummond is currently enrolled in LeBow College of Business in the Marketing Program.