Building Our Future: Key Updates from the Divisional Town Hall

The following message was sent from Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Andrea Marks to employees in Business Affairs on the Academic Campus and in the operational units on the Health Campus on Jan. 30, 2026.

I hope the new year is off to a wonderful start for everyone. On Jan. 1, the team members in the operational units reporting to me at the health campus, as well as all team members in Business Affairs previously reporting to Veronica Salazar at the academic campus, officially came together as one division under my leadership.

Yesterday, we hosted our first virtual town hall as a combined division. I was thrilled to see over 1,000 employees join to hear updates and learn more about our leadership structure moving forward. During our time together, we covered a large volume of updates. I am sending this email to summarize the key updates and outline next steps. 

Leadership Structure
One of the primary updates from yesterday’s town hall was highlighting several leadership changes that will create the structure for our new division.

• Amy Tawney was named the functional area leader over human resources for the integrated division effective October 2025. 
• Katy Madden reports to Amy and continues to play a vital role in leading People Excellence on the academic campus.  
• There are no additional changes to organizational structures for HR/PE at this time. 

• Michael Schnabel was named the functional area leader over Information Technology & University Technology Solutions for the integrated division in September 2025. 
• There are no additional changes to the organizational structure for IT at this time. 

• Ginny Gomez-Leon will be the functional area leader for the integrated division. 
• Sheri Hardison will report to Ginny effective March 1, providing expertise and focus on the academic campus. 
• There are no additional changes to the organizational structures at this time. 

• Patrick Kaminski will continue as the functional area leader for strategy and will take on an expanded role over enterprise development.  
• Corrina Green will report under Patrick’s leadership effective March 1 in alignment with her scope of work around real estate development. 
• Hunter Pfeiffer will continue to report to Corrina Green. 
• Leigh Ann Kensky will begin reporting to Patrick effective March 1. 

• Dr. Mike Charlton will be the functional area leader for the integrated division. 
• Josh Gerken will begin reporting to Dr. Charlton effective March 1 and will help facilitate the transition of academic campus facilities under Dr. Charlton’s leadership. Josh will work closely with Andrea on space planning for the academic campus.  
• Nick Tuttle will also report to Dr. Charlton effective March 1 in his capacity supporting capital projects on the academic campus. 
• There are no additional changes to the organizational structures at this time. 

• Jessica Saldivar will serve as the functional area leader over compliance.  
• James Weaver, overseeing compliance on the academic campus, will report directly to Jessica effective March 1. Equal Opportunity Services will continue to report to James. 
• There are no additional changes to the organizational structures at this time.  

• Mary Hernandez will serve as Senior Vice President for Administration & Operations for the academic enterprise. 
• Public Safety, including both the academic and health campuses, will report to her.  
• Chief Stephanie Schoenborn will continue to report to Mary, and Marcus Williams will report to Chief Schoenborn effective March 1. 
• Campus Services will continue to report under Mary’s leadership. 
• In addition to the functional areas that Mary will oversee, she will provide operational leadership serving as a key partner to all operational leaders for the academic enterprise. 

Several additional areas within our new division will continue with existing leadership. 

• Earlier this year, John Lazarine was named the functional leader over Audit.  
• John reports directly to President Eighmy with a dotted line reporting structure to me.  
• Paul Tyler currently reports to John, serving as Executive Audit Director. He has announced his retirement effective Jan. 31. We appreciate his contributions and wish him well in this new chapter! 

• Monique Lopez will continue in her role as Senior Director for Business Service Quality. She will continue reporting to me.  

• Effective November 2025, Liz Rockstroh began reporting to me in her role as Chief of Staff. 
• Liz will continue to oversee Administrative Services.  

• Effective Jan. 1, the IMO reports under our division. 
• Thea Lyssy will lead the IMO effort and reports to me. 
• Louie Rodriguez began reporting directly to Thea beginning Jan. 1. 

Operational Integration
As we look toward the future, our primary focus will remain on operations. In the coming months, our leaders will be focused on listening and learning during a readiness phase that precedes integration. They will focus on identifying quick wins, risks, opportunities and readiness gaps. 

After this phase, the launch of our integration efforts later this year will be both intentional and customized for each of our functions. The Integration Management Office will serve a critical role in supporting our leaders through a thoughtful process. 

As we prepare for integration, we are also excited to develop a new name for our growing division. Business Affairs is currently used on the academic campus and is also currently used by Ginny’s finance team, while operations is used at the health campus. Our executive leadership team is developing a process to consider options for our new divisional name.

Share your Feedback & Questions
As we move forward, we encourage your questions and feedback. Please submit a feedback form to share your questions with us. We will review and share themes and questions with divisional leaders. 

Looking Ahead
This is a very exciting time for our new division, and I am confident that our leaders across the academic and health campuses will support and guide our teams as we move forward. The work our teams engage in daily supports the critical missions of our world-class university. I appreciate your commitment to operational excellence while we engage thoughtfully in readiness and listening activities that will prepare us for future integration. 

I offer my thanks and appreciation to each of you. It is an honor to lead our division, and you each play an essential role in our future.  

I look forward to communicating updates as our work moves ahead. Thank you for all that you do!