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November 17, 2009, Volume 56, No. 12

Membership of University Council, 2009–2010

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee shall consist of the president of the University, the provost, the chair, the chair-elect and the past chair of the Faculty Senate, the chair of the Undergraduate Assembly, the chair of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, the chair of the Penn Professional Staff Assembly, and the chair of the Weekly-Paid Penn Professional Staff Assembly. Drawn from the Council membership there shall be in addition four faculty members, one graduate/professional student, and one undergraduate student elected by the respective governing bodies, as well as one additional member of the Penn Professional Staff Assembly, and one additional member of the Weekly-Paid Penn Professional Staff Assembly, each elected by their representative assemblies. The chair of the Faculty Senate shall be the chair of the Steering Committee. In the absence of the chair, or at the request of the chair, the chair-elect shall serve as chair of the Steering Committee. The Council moderator will be an official observer at meetings of the Steering Committee. The secretary of the Council shall serve as secretary of the Steering Committee. Members of the Steering Committee may attend the meetings of Council committees.

–Council Bylaws

Members of Steering Committee

Sherrill Adams, Past-Chair
Matthew Amalfitano
Corbett Brown
Ellis Golub
Ken Grcich
Amy Gutmann
Robert Hornik, Chair-Elect
Laurie McCall
Phil Nichols
Jade Palomino
Vincent Price
Therese Richmond
Harvey Rubin, Chair
Alec Webley
Michelle Wells Lockett
Karima Williams
Jeffrey Winkler

Members of Council

Faculty: Forty-five members of the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate shall insure that each faculty is represented and that at least three assistant professors serve on the Council. The members of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee who are members of the Council shall otherwise be chosen in accordance with the rules of the Faculty Senate.

One full-time lecturer and one full-time member of the research faculty to be selected to serve two-year terms by vote facilitated by the Office of the Secretary in consultation with the Steering Committee of the full-time lecturers and research faculty, respectively, from a slate consisting of the five lecturers, and the five members of the research faculty receiving the largest number of nominations by lecturers and members of the research faculty. If the Steering Committee receives fewer than five nominations for either group, additional nominations shall be solicited from the constituency representatives of the Senate Executive Committee.

Administrative and Staff: Eleven administrative officers, including the president, the provost, and nine members of the administration to be appointed annually by the president, at least five of whom shall be deans of faculties.

Two elected representatives of the Penn Professional Staff Assembly. One elected representative of the Librarians Assembly. Two elected representatives of the Weekly-Paid Penn Professional Staff Assembly.

Students: Fifteen graduate and professional students elected as members of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly shall insure that, to the extent possible, each school is represented. The members of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly who are members of the Council shall otherwise be chosen in accordance with the rules of the Graduate and Professional Students Assembly.

Fifteen undergraduate students elected as members of the Undergraduate Assembly. The Undergraduate Assembly shall insure that, to the extent possible, each undergraduate school is represented. The members of the Undergraduate Assembly who are members of the Council shall otherwise be chosen in accordance with the rules of the Undergraduate Assembly.

One elected representative of the United Minorities Council.

–Council Bylaws

Members of the Administration

Rebecca Bushnell
Michael Fitts
William Gipson
Amy Gutmann
Charles Howard
Andrew Porter
Vincent Price
Thomas Robertson
Maureen Rush
Marilyn Jordan Taylor
Anita Mastroieni
Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum

Elected by Faculty At Large
(Faculty Senate Officers Are Indicated)

Harvey Rubin, Chair
Robert Hornik, Chair-Elect
Sherrill Adams, Past-Chair
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, Secretary-Elect
Gary Molander, Secretary
Therese Richmond, Past-Secretary

Elected by Faculty Constituency

Term Expires May 2010

2. Thomas Safley
4. Jonathan Block
5. Mechthild Pohlschroder
6. Jeffrey Winkler
8. Steve Matthews
10. Charles Yang
14. Robert Kurzban
16. Ellis Golub
18. John C. Schotland
20. Anuradha Mathur
22. Nina Prak
23. Kieran Slevin
26. Martin Keane
28. Phyllis Dennery
30. Jennifer Pinto-Martin
32. Bernard Shapiro
33. Raymond Boston
34. Steve Kimbrough
35. Phil Nichols

Term Expires May 2011

1. Katherine Sender
3. Deborah Thomas
7. Gerald Prince
9. Michael Gamer
11. Jamal Elias
12. Robert Hollebeek
13. Robert Vitalis
15. Janice Madden
17. Shaun Harper
19. Jonathan Smith
21. Tom Baker
24. Daniel Langleben
25. Brian M. Salzberg
27. Michael McGarvey
29. Evan Siegelman
31. Femida Handy
36. Sigal Barsade

Assistant Professors

Term Expires 2010

Tulia Falleti

Term Expires 2011

Sigal Ben-Porath
Kristen Harknett

Junior and Research Faculty Members

Term Expires May 2010

Ellen Giarelli

Term Expires May 2011

Valerie Cotter

Graduate/Professional Students

Suzanne Bratte
Corbett Brown, GAPSA Chair
Tom Byrne
Steven Fernandez
Beth Froh
Susan Haas
Markus Hill
Tara Liss-Marino
Maneesh Nisargand
Jade Palomino
David Pietrocola
Dustin Shilling
Lee Solomon
Maher Zamel
1 TBD

Undergraduate Students

Matt Amalfitano
Cristian J. Barrios, Latino Coalition
Trixie Canivel, AIS
Tyler Ernst
Nick Eng, CHAC
Lucia Liu
Ray Flores, APSC
Saara Hafeez, PRISM
GJ Melendez-Torres
Roxana Moussavian, MSA
Mark Pan
Jake Schuster
Emily Shaeffer
Alec Webley, UA Chair
Dennie Zastrow, Lambda Alliance

Penn Professional Staff Assembly

Laurie McCall, Chair
Ken Grcich, Chair-Elect

Librarians Assembly

Jon Shaw

Weekly-Paid Penn Professional Staff Assembly

Michelle Wells Lockett, Chair
Karima Williams, Chair-Elect

United Minorities Council

Janice Dow

ROTC Representative

Colonel Brian Manthe*

Moderator

Reed Pyeritz*

Parliamentarian

Mark Lloyd*

Secretary

Leslie Laird Kruhly*

Faculty Senate officers are italicized. Asterisk [*] indicates observer status.

For more information regarding University Council, including Status Reports and Resolutions, see the Council website: www.upenn.edu/secretary/council/index.html

Related: University Council Committees, 2009-2010; University Council Open Forum

Almanac - November 17, 2009, Volume 56, No. 12