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Membership of University Council, 2010–2011

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November 16, 2010, Volume 57, No. 12

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

Matthew Amalfitano
Suzanne Bratt
Camille Charles, Chair-Elect
Amy Gutmann
Shaun Harper
Robert Hollebeek
Robert Hornik, Chair
Laurie McCall
Michael McGarvey

Mark Pan
Vincent Price
Harvey Rubin, Past-Chair
Glenn Stieffenhofer
Deborah Thomas
Michelle Wells Lockett
Karima Williams
Maher Zamel

 Penn Association for Senior & Emeritus Faculty

Henry Teune, PASEF Representative

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
Amy Gutmann
Joan Hendricks
Charles Howard
Denis Kinane
Anita Mastroieni
Andrew Porter
Vincent Price
Thomas Robertson
Maureen Rush
Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum
Marilyn Jordan Taylor

Elected by Faculty At Large
(Faculty Senate Officers Are Indicated)
Camille Charles, Chair-Elect
Robert Hornik, Chair
Harvey Rubin, Past-Chair
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, Secretary
Karin McGowan, Secretary-Elect

Elected by Faculty Constituency
Term Expires May 2011
1. Katherine Sender
3. Deborah Thomas
7. Gerald Prince
9. Chi-ming Yang
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

Term Expires May 2012
2. Robert St. George
4. Jim Haglund
5. Mecky Pohlschroder
6. Ivan Dmochowski
8. Harold Cole
10. Susan Suave-Meyer
14. TBD
16. Ellis Golub
18. Ravi Radhakrishnan
20. Annette Fierro
22. John Holmes
23. Robert Gaiser
26. Martin Keane
28. Ian Krantz
30. Barbra M. Wall
32. John Wolfe
33. Raymond Boston
34. Steve Kimbrough
35. Phil Nichols

Assistant Professors

Term Expires 2011
Sigal Ben-Porath
Kristen Harknett

Term Expires 2012
Joseph Straton

Junior and Research Faculty Members
Term Expires May 2011
Valerie Cotter

Term Expires May 2012
Ellen Giarelli

Graduate/Professional Students
Anthony Altimore
Suzanne Bratt, GAPSA Vice Chair
Tom Byrne
Julie Crudele
Ehriel Fannin
Liz Feldmeier
Jeff Li
Maria Murray
Kelly Nealis
Scott Ordway
Elizabeth Roodhouse
Lee Solomon
Emma Stanley
Ashley Ward
Maher Zamel, GAPSA Chair

Undergraduate Students
Matt Amalfitano, UA President
Carolina Costa, AIS
Wendy de La Rosa, Latino
Coalition
Nicole Dillard, CHAC
Tyler Ernst, UA
Jason Goodman, Lambda Alliance
Rohan Grover, APSC
Ryan Houston, UA
Nigel Lam, UA
GJ Melendez-Torres, UA
Roxana Moussavian, MSA
Mark Pan, UA Vice-President
Evan Schoenbach, PRISM
Jake Shuster, UA
Jeffrey Tillus, UMOJA

Penn Professional Staff Assembly
Laurie McCall, Chair
Glenn Stieffenhofer, Chair-Elect

Librarians Assembly
Jon Shaw

Weekly-Paid Penn Professional Staff Assembly
Michelle Wells Lockett, Chair
Karima Williams, Chair-Elect

United Minorities Council
Jacqueline Chaudhry

ROTC Representative
Colonel Stephen D. Marchioro, USMC*

Moderator
Reed Pyeritz*

Parliamentarian
Marjorie Hassen*

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 2010-2011, University Council Open Forum

Almanac - November 16, 2010, Volume 57, No. 12