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Women’s Center for Education and Service Board of Directors

Purpose or Function: In collaboration with the Director of the Women’s Center, the Board of Directors establishes and reviews Center priorities and policy and recommends ways to implement the Center’s purpose and goals. The Board advises the Director on operation, monitors Center activities, and performs other functions. (The purpose of the Women’s Center is to extend education, provide services, encourage research on women’s issues, and serve as a catalyst for the development of women’s potential through changing attitudes and behaviors related to gender diversity at the University.)

Membership: The Board will be composed of twenty-one elected and appointed members. Eight-elected faculty, with at least one member from each of the four colleges, will serve on the Board. The Staff Advisory Council will select one administrative/managerial/professional and one support/service representative to the Board. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, the Vice President for Student Affairs, and the Director of the Library will each designate a representative to the Board. Students will select six representatives, with at least one representative from each college. The Director of the Women’s Center will be an ex-officio member of the Board.

Chair: Elected by Board Membership

  Name Reason for Membership Term, if applicable
  Cook, Linda                Chair
Faculty – College of S&T  
  Heath, Sarah              Vice Chair Faculty – College of A&H  
  Talley, Sharon Secretary Faculty – College of A&H  
  Sousse, Linda Historian/Parliamentarian Student  
  Wesson, Nancy Executive At-Large 1 Coordinator’s appointee  
  Lucero, Margaret Executive At-Large 2 Faculty – College of Bus  
  Alvarado, Tina    
  Benavidez-Franke, Joanna Student Affairs designee  
  Billiot, Feri Faculty – College of S&T  
  Blomquist, Beatrice Staff Advisory Council  
  Bowman, Dinah VP Institutional Advancement’s appointee  
  Buckley, Virginia Library appointee  
  Fisher, Jeff Student  
  Goad, Dan Faculty – College of Ed  
  Gorecki, Ed Student  
  Hernandez, Carmen Faculty – College of S&T  
  Johnson, Tracy Student  
  Johnston, Claudia Provost’s appointee  
  Layman, Eve Faculty – College of S&T  
  Lenhart, Maria Staff Advisory Council  
  Lettman, Mary Anna VP for Finance & Administration appointee  
    2 additional student members  

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