Standing Committees 2024-2025
Standing Committees
Committee 1: Committee on Finances
Name |
Title / Affiliation |
Cathy Brennan* (Chair) | Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer |
Lynn Azarchi | Associate Vice President of Finance & Treasury Management |
Lisa Easton (Support) | Assistant Vice President, Strategic Budget and Financial Planning |
Cara Bartolomeo (Support) | Administrative Manager for SVP of Finance and CFO |
Oya Tukel* | Dean, MTSM |
Alex Gerbessiotis | Faculty |
Mike Ehrlich | Faculty |
Chris Zeiner | LEC |
TBD | Graduate Student Association(VP of Academic Affairs) |
TBD | Undergraduate Student Senate (VP of Finances) |
Todd Miller | Administrator's Council |
Kristie Damell | Administrator's Council |
TBD | Staff Council |
Shivon Boodhoo | Alumni Association |
Committee 2: Strategic Planning Steering Committee
Name |
Title / Affiliation |
John Pelesko | Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs |
Ellen Thomas | Associate Professor, Marketing |
Andrew Christ | Senior Vice President for Real Estate Development and Capital Operations |
Oya Tukel | Dean, MTSM |
Moshe Kam | Dean, NCE |
Craig Gotsman | Dean, YWCC |
Shawn Chester | Associate Professor, MIE |
Ed Wozencroft | VP for Digital Strategy & CIO |
Cathy Brennan | Senior Vice President for Finance & Chief Financial Officer |
Angela Garretson | Chief External Affairs Officer |
Allison Greenwood | Assistant Manager Facilities Administration |
Mark Nashed | Student Senate |
Vatshal Shah | Alumni Association |
Kathy Naasz | Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, NJII |
Kathleen O'Neill | Administrative Director, Provost's Office |
Katie Hageman | Chief of Staff |
Regina Collins | Director of Data Analytics |
Bob Medina | Foundation Board of Directors |
Robert Cohen | Chair of Board of Trustees |
Shivam Verma | Student |
Committee 3: Committee on Campus Life
Name |
Title / Affiliation |
Marybeth Boger* (Chair) | Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students |
Kristie Damell (Co-Chair) | Associate Dean of Students & Title IX Coordinator |
Deneen Scuden | Director, Campus Health Services |
David Arluna | Gourmet Dining |
Margaret Hefferan | Associate Athletic Director |
Kevin Kesselman | Deputy Chief, Department of Public Safety |
Raheem Denson | Institutional Police Sergeant, Public Safety and Security |
Lorie Brown | Executive Director, Strategic Events and Conference Services |
Amy Baker | Office of Real Estate Development & Capital Operations |
John Esche | University Lecturer |
Denise Davis | Staff Council Rep |
Nancy Steffen-Fluhr | Associate Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences |
Michael Davis | Director of Student Life |
Student Senate | |
GSA |
Committee 4: Committee on Information Systems and Digital Transformation
Name |
Title / Affiliation |
Ed Wozencroft (Chair) | VP for Digital Strategy & CIO |
Burcak Ozludil Altin | Associate Dean, ADHC |
Lauren Azer | Student Senate |
Angel Cruz | Assistant Director Employer Relations, On Campus Engagement |
Ann Hoang | University Librarian |
Lisa Easton | Assistant Vice President, Strategic Budget Planning |
Durga Misra | Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Eugene Deess | Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness |
Pooja Goel | Associate CIO, Infrastructure and Security |
Ryan Tolboom | University Lecturer |
Matthew Golden | Chief Marketing & Communications Officer |
Jesse House | Assistant Director, Digital Media Systems |
James (Jim) Geller | Professor, Data Science |
Mary Konsolaki | University Lecturer |
Oya Tukel | Dean, MTSM |
Committee 5: Committee on Human Resources
Name |
Title / Affiliation |
Joe Wilson (Chair) | Interim Vice President of Human Resources |
Nancy Steffen-Fluhr | Associate Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences |
Lorie Brown | Executive Director, Strategic Events & Conference Services |
Kristie Damell | Associate Dean of Students & Title IX Coordinator |
Todd Miller | Assistant Vice President, Campus Planning, Design & Construction |
Trivikrama Reddy | Adjunct Instructor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
Isabel Bracero | Assistant to President, Office of the President |
Committee 6: Committee on Facilities
Andrew Christ (Chair) | Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development & Capital Operations |
Todd Miller | Assistant Vice President, Campus Planning, Design & Construction |
Moshe Kam | Dean, Newark College of Engineering |
Calista McRae | Associate Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences |
Darius Sollohub | Professor, Hillier College of Architecture & Design |
Scott Kent* | Administrative Assistant II, Federated History |
John Yarotsky | University Lecturer, Biological Sciences |
Mariam Andrawis (Pending) | Student |
Marina Samuel (Pending) | Student |
Sasha Corchado | Senior Academic Advisor, Hillier College of Architecture & Design |
David Horntrop | Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences |
Kevin Belfield | Dean, College of Science & Liberal Arts |
Committee 7: Committee on Inclusive Excellence
David Jones (Co-Chair) | Chief Diversity Officer |
Oya Tukel (Co-Chair) | Dean, Martin Tuchman School of Management |
Angela Garretson | Chief Government and Community Relations Officer |
Charles Kim | Sergeant |
Rachel Sawyer-Walker | Director |
Dimana Kornegay | Director of Admissions and Recruitment |
Gabrielle Esperdy | Interim Dean, Hillier College of Architecture & Design |
Joseph Sramaty | Director, Academic Human Resources |
Kate Matthews-Bray | Director of Alumni Engagement |
Linda Cummings | Associate Dean, College of Science and Liberal Arts |
Lynn Jacob | Accounting Technician |
Marsha Williams-Nicholas | Program Manager |
Marybeth Boger* | Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students |
Nancy Steffen-Fluhr | Director, Murray Center for Women in Technology |
Natalia Pena | Student |
Phillyis Bolling | Director, Center for Counseling and Psychological Services |
Prabhakar Shrestha | Assistant Director, Sustainability |
Raj Sodhi | Professor and Faculty Senate Representative |
Yi Meng | Associate Director for Survey Research |
Richard Cimino | Senior University Lecturer, Newark College of Engineering |
Sumbel Yaqoob | Student |
Vincent Oria | Chair, Department of Computer Science |
Vivian Lanzot | Director, Community and Public Service |
Omowunmi "Wunmi" Sadik | Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs |
Robin Dock | Administrative Assistant / Committee Meeting Note Taker |
* Voting member of the University Senate 2022-2023