Committee

Fort Wayne Senate

Fort Wayne Senate

Committee Membership

2024-2025

Committee membership is defined by the bylaws
Senate Committee OneDrive Folders

Academic Personnel Grievance Board

  • Betsy Berry, 2024-25
  • Bernd Buldt, 2024-26
  • Patricia Eber, 2024-26
  • Suzanne LaVere, 2024-26
  • Jane Leatherman, 2024-26
  • Andres Montenegro, 2024-26
  • David Schuster, 2023-25, Chair
  • Guoping Wang, 2024-26
  • Karla Zepeda-Wenger, 2024-25
  • 1 Vacancy

  Alternates

  • Talia Bugel, 2023-25
  • Michelle Kelsey, 2023-25
  • Jody Ross, 2023-25
  • Suzanne Rumsey, 2023-25
  • 1 Vacancy

Advising Program Council

  • Carl Drummond (ex officio)
  • Marietta Frye, 2024-27 (professional advisor)
  • Jenna Hoppe, 2024-25 (professional advisor)
  • Holly Hullinger-Sirken, 2024-25
  • Kent Johnson (ex officio)
  • Buck Jordan, 2024-26 (professional advisor)
  • Sarah Wagner, 2024-25

    Campus Appeals Board

    • Rhonda Meriwether, 2023-25, Chair
    • Karen Lewis, 2024-26
    • Jody Ross, 2023-25
    • 2 Vacancies 

         Alternates:

    • Talia Bugel, 2023-25
    • David Schuster, 2023-25
    • Abraham Schwab, 2023-25

      Curriculum Subcommittee

      • Nurgul Aitalieva (ex officio)
      • Steve Carr, 2024-27
      • Elizabeth Davison, 2024-25, Graduate Student
      • Carl Drummond (ex officio)
      • Zainab Gidado, 2024-25, Graduate Student
      • Teresa Hogg, 2022-25, Chair
      • Chris Huang (Registrar's Office representative) 
      • Veronica Johnson, 2024-25, SGA
      • Alan Legg, 2024-27
      • Lee Roberts, 2022-25
      • Emily Tock, 2023-26
      • Abraham Schwab (ex officio)
      • Terri Swim (ex officio)

      Educational Policy Committee

      • Abby Blackmon (ex officio)
      • Stephen Buttes, 2022-25
      • Jaiyanth Daniel, 2024-27
      • Holly Hullinger-Sirken, 2024-25, Chair
      • Chris Huang (ex officio)
      • Andres Montenegro, 2023-26
      • Terri Swim (ex officio)
      • Sarah Wagner, 2024-25
      • Michael Wolf, 2024-25
      • 1 Vacancy

      Executive Committee

      • Kristin Barker, 2023-25
      • Bernd Buldt, 2024-25 (UPC Representative), Past Chair
      • Cigdem Gurgur, 2024-26 (Presiding Officer), Chair
      • Jay Johns, 2022-25
      • James McHann, 2024-25 
      • Jeffrey Nowak, 2024-27 (IFC Representative), Chair-Elect
      • Craig Ortsey (Parliamentarian)
      • Lee Roberts, 2024-27

      Faculty Affairs Committee

      • Hui Di, 2022-25
      • Adam Dircksen (ex officio)
      • Jay Johns, 2023-26
      • Mark Jordan, 2023-26
      • Amal Khalifa, 2024-25, Chair
      • Kim O'Connor (ex officio)
      • Promothes Saha, 2023-26
      • Wylie Sirk, 2022-25
      • Sarah Wagner, 2024-25

        Grade Appeals Board

        • Hui Di, 2022-25
        • Christopher Grindrod, 2022-25
        • Jay Johns, 2024-27
        • Jolene Lawton, 2022-2025
        • Cheu-jey Lee, 2022-25
        • Craig Ortsey, 2023-26, Chair
        • Elva Resendez, 2024-25
        • John Romey, 2024-25
        • David Schuster, 2023-26

          Honors Program Subcommittee

          • Adolfo Coronado, 2024-27
          • Steven Cody, 2023-26
          • Farah Combs (ex officio)
          • Suzanne LaVere, 2024-27
          • Jordan Marshall, 2022-25
          • Kimberly O'Connor (ex officio)
          • *Julia Smith, 2024-25
          • *Steven Stevenson, 2023-26
          • *Carolyn Stumph, 2024-27, Chair
          • 1 Vacancy

          Information Subcommittee

          • Troy Bassett, 2024-25
          • John Buteyn, 2024-27
          • Stephen Buttes, 2024-27
          • James Cashdollar (ex officio)
          • Elizabeth Christian, 2024-27
          • Jeffrey Cline, 2024-26
          • Katie Jia (ex officio)
          • Shannon Johnson (ex officio)
          • Erika Mann, 2024-27, Chair
          • Maeghan Mier (ex officio)
          • Jessica Rouleau, 2024-25, CSSAC
          • Jennifer Schillo, 2024-25, APSAC
          • Arjun Sharma, 2024-26

          International Education Advisory Board

          • Nurgul Aitalieva, 2023-26
          • John Jensen (ex officio)
          • Maureen Linvill (ex officio)
          • Ryan Meriwether (Enrollment Management and the Student Experience representative)
          • Assem Nasr, 2022-25, Chair
          • Samiya Qasim, 2024-25, SGA
          • Mieko Yamada, 2022-25

            Mastodon Athletics Advisory Subcommittee

            • Nurgul Aitalieva, 2023-26
            • Talia Bugel, 2023-26
            • Farah Combs, 2022-25
            • Jalyn Girardot, 2024-25, CSSAC
            • Kelly Hartley Hutton (ex officio)
            • Rachel Holycross (ex officio)
            • Christine Kuznar (ex officio)
            • Michelle Parker (ex officio), Chair
            • Barton Price, 2023-26
            • Michelle Shaw (Alumnus)
            • Michele Shawver, 2024-25, APSAC
            • Troy Tonner, 2023-26
            • Kate White, 2022-25

            Nominations and Elections Committee

            • James McHann, 2022-25, Chair
            • 1 Vacancy

              Programs Subcommittee

              • Chadi Braish (ex officio)
              • Jeff Casazza, 2024-25
              • Steven Cody, 2024-25, Chair
              • Chris Huang (Registrar's Office representative)
              • Kent Johnson (ex officio)
              • Kimberly O'Connor (ex officio)
              • Emily Tock, 2024-26
              • Abbey Wang (Enrollment Management and the Student Experience representative)
              • Guoping Wang, 2024-25
              • Nicole Welsh (ex officio)
              • Mike Wolf, 2024-25

              Promotion and Tenure Subcommittee

              • Troy Bassett, 2022-25, Chair
              • Steven Cody, 2023-26
              • David Cochran, 2022-25
              • Peter Dragnev, 2024-27
              • James Gabbard, 2023-26
              • Jane Leatherman, 2023-26
              • Zafar Nazarov, 2023-26
              • Erik Ohlander, 2022-25
              • Craig Ortsey, 2024-27

              Senate Task Force

              • Bernd Buldt, 2022-25, Chair
              • Steven Carr, 2022-25
              • Rama Cousik, 2023-26
              • Erika Mann, 2023-26
              • James Toole, 2022-25

              Student Affairs Committee

              • Abby Blackmon (ex officio)
              • Stephen Buttes, 2022-25, Chair
              • MarTeze Hammonds (ex officio)
              • Brian Matve, 2024-25, APSAC
              • Matthew Perkins Coppola, 2023-26
              • Spencer Saunders, 2024-25, CSSAC
              • Wylie Sirk, 2022-25
              • Kylie Stultz Dessent, 2023-26
              • Kristina Surface (ex officio)
              • Marcus Weemus (ex officio)
              • Nashwan Younis, 2022-25

                  University Resources Advisory Committee

                  • Jennifer Bower, 2024-25, CSSAC
                  • Colleen Dixon (ex officio)
                  • B.J. Hull (ex officio)
                  • Greg Justice (ex officio)
                  • Andrew Kopec, 2023-26
                  • Jerry Lewis (ex officio)
                  • Erika Mann, 2023-26
                  • James McHann, 2022-25, Chair
                  • Andres Montenegro, 2023-26
                  • Glen Nakata (ex officio)
                  • Kim O'Connor (ex officio)
                  • Michelle Parker, 2024-25
                  • Aranzazu Pinan-Llamas, 2023-26
                  • Shay Purba, 2024-25, APSAC
                  • Promothes Saha, 2023-26
                  • Shubham Singh, 2024-26
                  • Emily Venderley (ex officio)