Dr. Nikki Lovenduski (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences department and Senior Fellow in INSTAAR. She is INSTAAR’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Task Force lead, focusing on retention. She is a committed mentor of early career scientists from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. At INSTAAR she has developed an institute-wide mentoring program for underrepresented students and has been involved with several external mentorship programs focusing on underserved communities within STEM. Lovenduski has been awarded numerous awards for her service and science, including being named the Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, and awarded the AGU Ocean Sciences Early Career Award and citations for excellence in refereeing.