Committees and Councils
University Council
Purpose or Function: The University Council is a group representing all the major constituencies of the institution. The group will be assembled at the discretion of the President to receive information on significant university issues.
Membership: President’s Cabinet members, Provost’s Council members, Finance and Administration Council members, Institutional Advancement Council members, Athletic Director, Director of South Texas Institute for the Arts, Dean of Students and Student Affairs designees, Faculty Senate Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Faculty Senate Budget Committee Chair, Staff Advisory Council President and Vice President, Student Government President and Vice President, three Regents Professors, Director of Harte Research Institute (HRI), and others so designated by the President.
Chair: President
| Name | Reason for Membership | Term, if applicable |
| Killebrew, Flavius Chair | President | |
| Abdelsamad, Moustafa | Provost’s Council | |
| Anderson, Mark | Regents Professor | Term ends 5/08 |
| Babbili, Anantha | President’s Cabinet (Provost) | |
| Bantell, Mary | Faculty Senate Budget Committee Chair | |
| Benavides-Franke, Jo Anna | Student Affairs designee | |
| Berkich, Carla | Student Affairs designee | |
| Billeaux, David | Provost’s Council | |
| Block, Jessica | Student Government VP | |
| Blomquist, Bea | Staff Advisory Council Vice President | |
| Chenaux, Eliot | President’s Cabinet | |
| Chopin, Suzzette | Regents Professor | Term ends 5/10 |
| Collins, Marshall | Institutional Advancement Council | |
| Cortinas, Debra | Finance & Administration Council | |
| Cox, Rachel | Student Affairs designee | |
| Dechant, Margaret | Provost’s Council | |
| DeGaish, Ann | Assistant VP and Dean of Students | |
| Drum, Amanda | Student Affairs designee | |
| Fischbach, Laurence | Finance & Administration Council | |
| Funk-Baxter, Kathryn | Finance & Administration Council | |
| Gigliotti, Richard | Provost’s Council | |
| Guerra, Veronica | Provost’s Council | |
| Guffy, Ted | Provost’s Council | |
| Gutierrez, Alan | Finance & Administration Council | |
| Hamilton, Jacqueline | Student Affairs designee | |
| Hamilton, Mary Jane | Provost’s Council | |
| Hill, S. Trent | President’s Cabinet | |
| Huerta, Juan Carlos | Provost’s Council | |
| Irby, Charles | Finance & Administration Council | |
| Knull, Harvey | Provost’s Council | |
| Lucero, Margaret | Faculty Senate Speaker | |
| Mazzocco, Deanna | Student Affairs designee | |
| McClellan, Dorothy | Regents Professor | Term ends 5/09 |
| McDonald, Claudia | Provost’s Council | |
| McKinney, Larry | Director of Harte Research Institute | |
| Miller, Kim | Finance and Administration (interim) | |
| Needham, Jim | Provost’s Council | |
| Nelsen, Jody | President’s Cabinet | |
| Orser, Paul | President’s Cabinet | |
| Perez, Lisa O. | Student Affairs designee | |
| Pezold, Frank | Provost’s Council | |
| Ramirez, Samuel | Finance & Administration Council | |
| Rohne, Eric | Student Government President | |
| Schenk, Joseph | Director, Art Museum of South Texas | |
| Selim, Karen | Institutional Advancement Council | |
| Sherwood, Mary | President’s Cabinet | |
| Shupala, Christine | Provost’s Council | |
| Street, Scott | President’s Cabinet/Interim Athletic Director | |
| Talley, Sharon | Faculty Senate Deputy Speaker | |
| Thompson, Wendy | Staff Advisory Council President | |
| Tunnell, Wes | Provost’s Council | |
| Walker, Angela | Student Affairs designee (Asst. Dean of Students) | |
| Wedgeworth, Kemberly | Finance & Administration Council | |
| vacant | Women’s Center Director |
