Allison Bashir
Program Director, Human Resources – Office of Institutional Diversity, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Allison O. Bashir, J.D., CDP, is the Project Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Early in her career, she served as a labor and employment defense attorney with Gulf Coast regional law firm Adams & Reese LLP. Having found her niche, Allison has served as a diversity and equal opportunity practitioner with both the University of Houston’s Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Office and, currently, MD Anderson. Her areas of expertise include diversity and inclusion consulting, program management and training as well as workplace investigations, policy development and enforcement.
Allison shares her passion about diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity as a Corporate Fellow and Adjunct Professor with University of Houston Downtown’s School of Business and an Adjunct Professor with MD Anderson’s School of Health Professions.
Allison received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia and her Juris Doctorate from University of Houston Law Center. She also serves as a Board member for the Greater Houston Industry Liaison Group. Although she is passionate about her professional endeavors, her family is her number one priority. Her favorite place to be is outdoors at a park or a festival with her children.