Since 2018, Vincent C. Flewellen (he/him/his) has served as Webster University’s Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer. During his tenure, he has transformed the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) from a very externally facing role, working with community partners such as The St. Louis American Charitable Foundation and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, to an office that supports the University campus by providing consultation and support to students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Flewellen introduced the YWCA “Witnessing Whiteness” program for employees, and expanded the University’s annual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Conference. This conference, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary in February 2025, has grown from around 100 local attendees, to becoming the Midwest's largest DEI conference, attracting thousands of in-person and virtual registrants from across the globe. Flewellen significantly increased external funding for the conference, in collaboration with the Office of Development, through corporate sponsorships. The event has featured well-known speakers such as authors Michele Norris, Shelly Tochluk and Michelle Zauner, as well as U.S. Olympians Laurie Hernandez and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. In response to the murder of George Floyd, Flewellen launched “Webster Speaks: Dialogues on RACE, EQUITY and INCLUSION,” serving as host in the virtual series.

With nearly 30 years of experience integrating DEI into the culture of education in the St. Louis area, he has made several appearances on local and national news outlets as a thought leader in DEI on topics such as white privilege, affirmative action and critical race theory. He was honored as one of the Diverse Business Leaders by the St. Louis Business Journal in 2020, and received the DELUX Power 100 Award in 2019 for his exemplary leadership.

Flewellen formerly served as the Director of DEI at The College School. Prior to that leadership role, he taught middle school history and English in several independent and public schools in the St. Louis area. He served as an adjunct professor at Washington University in St. Louis' Brown School of Social Work for six years, while also providing DEI consultation to various community organizations, independent schools and public school districts.

A proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Flewellen is a lifelong resident of the City of St. Louis. In 2024, he was appointed by St. Louis City Mayor Tishaura O. Jones to serve as a Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission of St. Louis City. In 2023, he joined the Missouri Historical Society as a member of the Education and Visitor Experience Committee, and was elected Vice President of the city’s first LGBTQIA+ Advisory Board, to which he was appointed by Jones in 2022. He also joined the Board of Trustees for Crossroads College Preparatory School, an independent middle and high school in the City of St. Louis, in 2022. Since 2018, he has served as a member of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

Flewellen is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at Webster University’s School of Education. He holds a Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis' Brown School of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Maryville University of St. Louis.