Everyone is invited to join in at the University of Tennessee Space Institute auditorium on March 29 at 10 a.m. for a Women’s History Month celebration with special guest Chandra Alston.

Alston serves as the vice chancellor of human resources at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Her 23-year career embraces roles in information technology, finance, training and human resources working with faculty, staff and students.

Alston holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing from UT Martin, an MBA in management from Union University and a doctorate in higher-education administration from the University of Memphis.

She also holds an associate diversity-coaching certification from the Howard University Coach Diversity Institute and a certificate in leading workplace diversity from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business.

Alston is married to Michael Alston, a chief diversity officer at the UTHSC. They have three daughters, one son-in-law and three wonderful grandchildren.