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), Chair
• Holly Hullinger-Sirken, 2024-25
• Kent Johnson (ex officio)
• Buck Jordan, 2024-26 (professional advisor)
• Sarah Wagner, 2024-25
• 1 Vacancy

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 
• Veronica Johnson, 2024-25, SGA
• Alan Legg, 2024-27
• Tara Lewis (Registrar's Office representative)
• 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
• Sherrie Steiner, 2024-25
• Terri Swim (ex officio)
• Sarah Wagner, 2024-25
• Michael Wolf, 2024-25

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
• Heather Tierney, 2024-25

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

• David Momoh, 2024-25, Chair
• Daryoush Tahmassebi, 2024-25

Programs Subcommittee

• Chadi Braish (ex officio)
• Jeff Casazza, 2024-25
• Steven Cody, 2024-25, Chair
• Kent Johnson (ex officio)
• Tara Lewis (Registrar's Office representative)
• 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
• MarTeze Hammonds (ex officio)
• Brian Matve, 2024-25, APSAC
• Matthew Perkins Coppola, 2023-26, Chair
• 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)