Tamra Malone currently serves as the Chief Diversity Officer at Biola University in La Mirada, California. Over the past 17 years she has served in multiple roles across the University, from leading the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives to University Enrollment. Tamra’s expertise includes advancing and transforming institutions through strategic planning, diversity education, advising leadership, cultural programming, mentoring, creating innovative programming for marginalized students, and developing recruitment strategies for students from diverse backgrounds.

Tamra earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at Biola, and a Master’s Degree in Counseling for Student Development in Higher Education from California State University, Long Beach. She is currently enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of San Francisco, studying Organization and Leadership.