This article profiles Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Allegheny College's first chief diversity officer. Dr. Potter comes from a family that is committed to higher education. As a third generation college graduate, he has mixed his education between Stillman, a historically Black college in Tuscaloosa, AL, where he earned bachelor's degrees in English, philosophy and religion and then the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he earned a master's degree and doctorate in English. He also taught in China as a Fulbright scholar. During his 15 years in higher education, Dr. Potter has worked as both a professor and administrator. In a series of moves designed to streamline diversity efforts, Dr. Potter co-facilitated revisions to discriminatory harassment and sexual harassment/sexual assault policies and reporting protocols; negotiated the integration of the Committee on Discrimination and Sexual Harassment and the Diversity Gender and Equity Committee into the Council on Diversity and Equity; updated faculty search-materials to enable departments to hire more diverse candidates; and apportioned money for under-represented students to practice research skills during the summer while working on faculty projects. Dr. Potter also has instituted diversity training sessions that will be offered to all incoming freshmen. Throughout the year, Institutional Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) will offer monthly workshops on social justice, power sharing and diversity.