Executive Committee

The Executive Committee shall have broad responsibility for:

  1. Planning and facilitating the activities of the Senate, including the following functions: assigning Senators to Senate standing committees and subcommittees; creating ad hoc Senate committees and assigning Senators; assigning Senators to such non-Senate university committees, task forces, and search committees as needed; and proposing legislation to the Senate that the Executive Committee may deem appropriate.
  2. Overseeing the election of the officers of the Senate, including receiving nominations, organizing and supervising elections, monitoring compliance, adjudicating challenges, and certifying the results.
  3. Interviewing candidates for university-wide positions and providing evaluations to the appropriate search committees.

The Executive Committee shall be composed of the chairs of the Senate standing committees, the Chair of the Senate, the Past Chair or Chair-Elect of the Senate, the Executive Secretary, the President of the University, and the Provost of the University.

Ex-Officio Members

  • Dylan McLean - Chair 
  • Laura McCloskey Wolfe - Executive Secretary 
  • Ashwani Monga - Interim President of the University
  • Jon Preston - Provost of the University

Standing Committee Chairs 

  • Kim Green - Undergraduate Programs Committee
  • Jairus Matthews - Graduate Programs Committee
  • Rotating - Academic Policies Committee 
  • Amy Cuomo - Faculty Development Committee
  • John Hampton - Institutional Planning Committee
  • Kelly Dyar - Student Affairs and Intercollegiate Activities Committee
  • Gavin Lee - Facilities and Technology Committee
  • Laura Caramanica - Budget Committee  
  • Rotating - Rules Committee
  • Su Jara-Pazmino - Diversity and Internationalization Committee
  • Jason Swift - Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Committee