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CeCe Ridder

CeCe Ridder, PhD is the owner of Ridder & Associates, an organizational development and diversity consulting business based in Portland, OR. CeCe received her doctorate from The University of Texas at Austin in 2011.

CeCe provides consulting and facilitation on topics such as diversity and equity, creating and utilizing an equity lens, retreat facilitation, team building, strategic planning, community resiliency and social justice. 

Currently, CeCe works at Portland State University. Prior to being at PSU, she worked at The University of Texas at Austin for 16 years, which included launching the Office of Student Life for the McCombs School of Business. In Oregon, CeCe chaired the City of Beaverton’s Diversity Advisory Board (DAB) for two years and remains an active member. The DAB produced the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan for the city of Beaverton. CeCe was a contributing author of the strategic plan, the Diversity Action Plan and the Campus Safety Implementation Plan for PSU. She is the former national co-chair of the Multiracial Knowledge Community with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, and has been a lead facilitator for LeaderShape, Inc for 12 years.