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Advisory Board

Inclusive Excellence Advisory Board

Charge

To proactively and systemically address strategic issues of critical importance to develop and maintain a welcoming and inclusive campus at UTSA. The Inclusive Excellence Advisory Board (IEAB) will use nationally recognized best practices as a foundation for their work, shaping priorities based on feedback from broad, representative segments of the UTSA community. The IEAB will create additional committees, councils, and task forces to advance specific aspects of inclusive excellence as needed.

On an ongoing basis, the IEAB will:

Assist the Vice President for Inclusive Excellence in establishing and maintaining a framework for inclusive excellence at UTSA
Identify challenges and provide recommendations to UTSA’s senior leadership
Review and recommend changes to processes and policies as needed
Monitor progress of committees and report to stakeholders at regular intervals
Work with the Campus Climate Team to evolve campus bias incident reporting processes
Provide coordination and support for existing affinity groups, committees and other inclusive excellence entities at UTSA

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Committees

2020-2021 Advisory Board Meeting Schedule

• Friday, September 11, 2020 at 10:30am-12:00pm

• Friday, October 9, 2020 at 10:30am-12:00pm

• Friday, November 6, 2020 at 10:30am-12:00pm

• Friday, December 4, 2020 at 10:30am-12:00pm

• Friday, Feburary 5, 2021 at 10:30am-12:00pm

• Friday, March 12, 2021 at 10:30am-12:00pm

• Friday, April 2, 2021 at 10:30am-12:00pm

• Friday, May 7, 2021 at 10:30am-12:00pm

• Friday, June 11, 2021 at 10:30am-12:00pm

• Friday, July 9, 2021 at 10:30am-12:00pm

• Friday, August 6, 2021 at 10:30am-12:00pm

Co-Chairs

Carolyn Ellis, Assistant Dean, UTSA Libraries

Roger Enriquez, La Raza Faculty and Administrators

Norma Guerra, Associate Professor, COEHD

Secretary to the Board

Cynthia Arreola, Executive Assistant, Office of Inclusive Excellence

Members

Angelica Barrera	Advising Administration
Lydia Bueno	Assistant Dean for the Honors College
Changfeng Gui	Association of Chinese Professors
Yolanda Williams	Black Faculty and Staff Association
Sylvia Esparza	Compliance
JoAnn Browning	Dean of College of Engineering
Sara Oswalt	Department Chair Council
Venetta Williams	Department of Architecture
Saadet Toker-Beeson	Department of Architecture
Rene Zenteno	Department of Demography
Brian Kelley	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pepe Change	Department of Management
Kelly Nash	Department of Physics
Myron Anderson	Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
Stella Lopez	Department of Psychology
Rebecca Anderson	Development & Alumni Programs
Melina Denton	Faculty Parents Network
Vangie Aguilera	Faculty Senate
John Phillip Santos	Honors College
Jinny Case	Institutional Research
Christine Moeller	Intercollegiate Athletics
Matthias Hofferberth	International Faculty
Cate Wengelnik	Project Manager for Inclusive Excellence
Derek Robertson	LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association
Vanessa Kenon	University Technology Solutions
Lisa Carrington Firmin	Office of Veteran Affairs
Ashley Schneider	Graduate Assistant, Department of Psychology
Traci Guinn-Buckley	Assistant Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
Stephanie Hernandez	Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Demography
Lauren Lopez	Gradutate Student and Alumni Programs
Ana Rivera	President of Spectrum
Jason Vasquez	President's Office and University Relations
Laura Munroe	Recreation Center
Cynthia DeVaughn	Research, Economic Development and Knowledge Enterprise
Courtney Balderas	Staff Council
Mufaro Chitakure	Student
Monica Avlia Edman	Undergraduate Student
Alicia Moreno	Student, Distinguished Presidential Scholarship
Gerald Lewis	UTSA Police
Ambika Mathur	Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate School
Rhonda Gonzales	WPASA and Interim Dean COLFA
Luke Gonzalez-Ruiz	Student Government Association

Others to be determined