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Steering Committee

The Steering Committee shall consist of the president of the University, the provost, the chair, the chair-elect and the past chair of the Faculty Senate, the chair of the Undergraduate Assembly, the chair of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, the chair of the Penn Professional Staff Assembly and the chair of the Weekly-Paid Professional Staff Assembly. Drawn from the Council membership there shall be in addition four faculty members, one graduate/professional student and one undergraduate student elected by the respective governing bodies, as well as one additional member of the Penn Professional Staff Assembly and one additional member of the Weekly-Paid Penn Professional Staff Assembly, each elected by their representative assemblies. The chair of the Faculty Senate shall be the chair of the Steering Committee. In the absence of the chair, or at the request of the chair, the chair-elect shall serve as chair of the Steering Committee. The Council moderator will be an official observer at meetings of the Steering Committee. The secretary of the Council shall serve as secretary of the Steering Committee. Members of the Steering Committee may attend the meetings of Council committees.

—Council Bylaws

Members of Steering Committee

Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia

Cindy Connolly

Ron Donagi

Antonio Garcia

Amy Gutmann 

Heather Kelley

Rhonda Kirlew

Miles Owen

Laura Perna, Past-Chair

Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Chair-Elect

Wendell Pritchett

Jay Shah

Santosh Venkatesh, Chair

Marcus Wright

Michelle Xu

Stephanie Yee

1 TBD

Members of Council Faculty: Forty-five members of the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate shall ensure that each faculty is represented and that at least three assistant professors serve on the Council. The members of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee who are members of the Council shall otherwise be chosen in accordance with the rules of the Faculty Senate.

One full-time lecturer and one full-time member of the research faculty to be selected to serve two-year terms by vote facilitated by the Office of the Secretary in consultation with the Steering Committee of the full-time lecturers and research faculty, respectively, from a slate consisting of the five lecturers and the five members of the research faculty receiving the largest number of nominations by lecturers and members of the research faculty. If the Steering Committee receives fewer than five nominations for either group, additional nominations shall be solicited from the constituency representatives of the Senate Executive Committee.

Administrative and Staff: Eleven administrative officers, including the president, the provost and nine members of the administration to be appointed annually by the president, at least five of whom shall be deans of faculties.

Two elected representatives of the Penn Professional Staff Assembly. One elected representative of the Librarians Assembly. Two elected representatives of the Weekly-Paid Professional Staff Assembly.

Students: Fifteen graduate and professional students elected as members of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly shall ensure that, to the extent possible, each school is represented. The members of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly who are members of the Council shall otherwise be chosen in accordance with the rules of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly.

Fifteen undergraduate students elected as members of the Undergraduate Assembly. The Undergraduate Assembly shall ensure that, to the extent possible, each undergraduate school is represented. The members of the Undergraduate Assembly who are members of the Council shall otherwise be chosen in accordance with the rules of the Undergraduate Assembly.

One elected representative of the United Minorities Council.

—Council Bylaws

Elected by the Faculty At-Large

Santosh Venkatesh, Chair    

Jennifer Pinto-Martin,  Chair-Elect    

Laura Perna, Past Chair

Cynthia Connolly, Secretary

Ayelet Ruscio, Secretary-Elect    

PASEF Representative

Martin Pring

Elected by Faculty Constituency

Guobin Yang     

Rakesh Vohra 

Robert St. George     

Franca Trubiano 

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw     

Eric Feldman 

Ron Donagi     

Douglas Wiebe 

Brian Gregory 

David Smith 

Elizabeth Rhoades     

James Palmer 

Kathryn Hellerstein     

Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre 

Steven Matthews     

Frank Leone 

Suvir Kaul         

Marilyn Schapira 

Jianjing Kuang         

Julie Brothers 

Steve Tinney     

Lewis Kaplan 

Mirjam Cvetic         

Eileen Lake 

Julia Lynch         

Ezekiel Dixon-Román

Elizabeth Brannon     

Anna Kashina 

Chenoa Flippen         

Paula Henthorn 

Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia     

Eric Clemons 

Janine Remillard         

Karen Lewis 

Gershon Buchsbaum     

Jehoshua Eliashberg

Assistant Professor Representatives

John Fiadjoe 

Antonio Garcia     

Sharon Irving

Lecturers and Research Faculty Members

LeAnn Dourte    

Matt O’Donnell

Members of the 

Administration

Shaina Adams-El Guabli

Amy Gutmann 

William Gipson 

Pam Grossman

John Jackson

Vijay Kumar

Wendell Pritchett

Ted Ruger

Maureen Rush 

Fritz Steiner

Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum 

Graduate/Professional Students

Yun Cha

Miles Owen

Uma Ramaswamy

Alex Warshauer

Paul Welfer

10 TBD

Undergraduate Students

Dhruv Agarwal, UA/AIS 

Sean Collins, Lambda Alliance 

Caleb Diaz, Latin@ Coalition 

Aliya Farmanali, PRISM 

Michael Krone, UA Speaker

Zahraa Mohammed, MSA 

Anea Moore, Penn First 

Nile Nwogu, UA/College Republicans 

Sabino Padilla, APSC 

Bevan Pearson, SSAP

Calvary Rogers, UMOJA 

Jay Shah, UA Vice President 

Michelle Xu, UA President 

George Yang, UA

Jamie Ye, PAGE 

United Minorities Council

Ajjit Narayanan

Penn Professional Staff Assembly

Heather Kelley, Chair

Stephanie Yee, Chair-Elect

Weekly-Paid Professional Staff Assembly

Marcus Wright, Chair

Rhonda Kirlew, Co-Chair

Librarians Assembly    

Mia Wells

Parliamentarian

Lauren Steinfeld*

ROTC Representative

Colonel Kenneth DeTreux

Vice President And Secretary

Leslie Laird Kruhly*

Moderator

Therese Richmond *

University Council Standing Committees 2017-2018

Academic & Related Affairs

Chair: Joe Libonati, Nursing

Liaison: Leo Charney

Staff: Jennifer Canose

Faculty:

Julie Fairman, Nursing

Nicola Mason, Vet

Daniel Raff, Wharton

Guobin Yang, ASC

Graduate Students: 2 TBD

Undergraduate Students:

Yasmina Al Ghadban

David Gordon

PPSA:

Yuhong He

Patty Lynn

WPPSA: 

Marcia Dotson

Marcus Wright

Campus & Community Life 

Co-Chairs:

Emily Hannum, SAS

Monica Calkins, PSOM

Liaison: Karu Kozuma

Staff: Destiny Martin

Faculty: 

Delphine Dahan, SAS

Nancy Hodgson, Nursing

Annette Lareau, SAS

James Lok, Vet

Catherine McDonald, Nursing

Americus Reed, Wharton

Graduate Students: 2 TBD

Undergraduate Students:

Jihyeon Kim

Samara Wyant

PPSA:

Ashley Bush

Tessa Mansell

WPPSA:

Maria Puciata

Maureen Goldsmith

Diversity & Equity

Chair: Ezekiel Dixon-Román, SP2

Liaison: Sam Starks

Staff: Kuan Evans

Faculty: 

Margo Brooks Carthon, Nursing

H. Gerald Campano, GSE

Kim Gallagher, SAS

John Keene, Design

Ebony Thomas, GSE

Graduate Students: 

2 TBD

Undergraduate Students:

Curie Shim

Johany Dubon

PPSA:

Richard Chinery

Shaina Adams-El Guabli

WPPSA: 

Laura Naden

Tiffany Perkins

Facilities

Chair: Masao Sako, SAS

Liaison: David Hollenberg 

Staff: Taylor Berkowitz

Faculty: 

Erick Guerra, Design

Brent Helliker, SAS

Kathryn Michel, Vet

Claire Mitchell, SAS

Paul Schmidt, SAS

Dom Vitiello, Design

Graduate Students: 2 TBD

Undergraduate Students:

Adam Mansell

Kyle O’Neil

PPSA:

Patrick Dolan

Tom Wilson

WPPSA: 

Marcus Wright

Maria Puciata

Personnel Benefits

Chair: Russell Localio, PSOM

Liaisons:

Jack Heuer

Susan Sproat

Staff: Melissa Brown

Faculty: 

David Balamuth, SAS

Tanja Kral, Nursing

Iourii Manovskii (fall term), SAS 

Olivia Mitchell, Wharton

Andrew Postlewaite, SAS

Bob Stine (spring term), Wharton

PPSA:

Desiree Fleck

Cindy Kwan Dukes

Adam Roth-Saks

Denise Mancuso Lay

WPPSA: 

Darlene Jackson

Rhonda Kirlew

Rosa Vargas

Ex-Officio: Anita Allen    

Committee on Committees

Chair: Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Nursing

Staff:

Joe Gasiewski

Patrick Walsh

Faculty:

Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia, Dental

Cindy Connolly, Nursing

Ron Donagi, SAS

Antonio Garcia, SP2

Laura Perna, GSE 

Santosh Venkatesh, SEAS

Graduate Student: 1 TBD

Undergraduate Student:1 TBD

PPSA: Stephanie Yee

WPPSA: Loretta Hauber

Asterisk [*] indicates observer status.