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Navigating Title VI in 2026: Practical Guidance for Higher Education

Speaker Biographies

Tami StrickmanTami Strickman serves as Special Advisor to the President and Executive Director of the University of Michigan’s Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX Office.  

In this leadership role, she focuses on advancing a campus environment free of discrimination and harassment through policy, educational programs and organizational structures that are trauma-informed and in accordance with federal laws and regulations.  

Since joining U-M in 2020, she has increased institutional resources focused on prevention and response, served on a variety of campus committees and created key alliances with the Flint and Dearborn campuses to address misconduct across the institution. 

She has more than a decade of experience in matters involving allegations of discrimination under Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. In 2016, she founded an alliance of Title IX administrators within the Big Ten Conference where members continue to connect and discuss issues, practices and policies related to Title IX. 

Prior to joining U-M, Strickman served as associate to the chancellor for institutional equity and Title IX coordinator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was a prosecutor in Chicago for 14 years. 


Deborah FreyDeborah W. Frey is the Chief Investigator for the Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion and Associate General Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel at the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Frey formerly served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where she led a wide variety of investigations and litigation matters, including resolution of complaints of discrimination based on race, age, disability, and other federally protected classes.  

Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Ms. Frey worked at two large international law firms for 14 years, defending corporations and individuals in healthcare fraud, securities fraud, and other white collar criminal matters. Ms. Frey holds a BA in History from Northwestern University and a JD from American University, Washington College of Law.