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Membership of University Council 2020-2021

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

William Braham, Chair Elect    
César de la Fuente    
Kelly Diaz    
Ezekiel Dixon-Román    
Mariel Featherstone    
Kris Forrest    
Maureen Goldsmith
Ryan Greysen
Amy Gutmann
John Holmes
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Chair
Steven Kimbrough, Past Chair
Mercedes Owens
Wendell Pritchett
Mary Sadallah
Patrick Walsh
Paul Welfer

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 are 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 Officers 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
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Chair
Steven Kimbrough, Past Chair
William Braham, Chair Elect
Alison Buttenheim, Secretary
Catherine McDonald, Secretary Elect

PASEF Representative
Martin Pring

Elected by Faculty Constituency
Mark Allen
Anne Berg
Damon Centola
Robin Clark
Eric Clemons
Mirjam Cvetic
Ezekiel Dixon-Román
Eric Feldman
Chenoa Flippen
Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre
Geoffrey Goodwin
Jeremy Greenwood
Ryan Greysen
Wei Guo
Jacob Gutsche
Kathryn Hellerstein
De’Broski Herbert
John Holmes
Geelsu Hwang
Lewis Kaplan
Julia Lynch
Kenneth Margulies
Lea Ann Matura
Jairo Moreno
Desmond Oathes
Eric Orts
Chinedum Osuji
Rebecka Peebles
Janine Remillard
David Spafford
Joseph Subotnik
TBD: 5

Assistant Professor Representatives
Firooz Aflatouni
César de la Fuente
Dennis Flores    

Lecturers and Research Faculty Members
Research Faculty Representative: Lubica Rauova, term expires May 2021
Lecturer Representative; Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia, term expires May 2021

Members of the Administration
Mamta Motwani Accapadi
William Gipson
Pam Grossman
Amy Gutmann
Charles Howard
John Jackson
Vijay Kumar
Wendell Pritchett
Ted Ruger
Maureen Rush
Fritz Steiner

Graduate/Professional Students
Jason Andrechak
Alexander Darling
Kelly Diaz, GAPSA President
Breanna Gray
Xin Li
Aamia Malik
Anna Neuman, GAPSA Executive Vice President
Taylor Odle
Jal Panchal, GAPSA Professional Council Chair
Ben Paren
Pascal Rathle
Eric Sun
Christian Tabedzki
Paul Welfer
TBD: 1

Undergraduate Students
Jordy Atencia, Penn First
Hadja Diallo, UMOJA
Aisha Irshad, Muslim Students’ Association
Vyshnavi Kosigishroff, Student Sustain Assoc at Penn
Hugo Leo, Assembly of International Students
Mercedes Owens, UA President
Frances Paulino, Latinx Coalition
Blake Rubenstein, LAMBDA Alliance
Mary Sadallah, UA Vice President
Kai Song, Asian Pacific Student Coalition
Ana West, Consent Collaborative
TBD—UA Speaker
TBD: 4
    
United Minorities Council
TBD    

Penn Professional Staff Assembly
Kris Forrest, Chair
Patrick Walsh, Chair-Elect

Weekly-Paid Penn Professional Assembly
Mariel Featherstone, Chair
Maureen Goldsmith, Secretary

Librarians’ Assembly
Anna Levine    

ROTC Representative
Colonel Matthew C. Culbertson, USMC*

Secretary of University Council
Lizann Boyle Rode*

Parliamentarian
Lauren Steinfeld*    

Moderator
Melissa Wilde*

*Indicates a non-voting participant.

For more information regarding University Council, including Status Reports and Resolutions, see the Council website: https://secretary.upenn.edu/univ-council

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