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College Governance Representatives

2026-27

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Last update: July 29, 2026

 

Table of Contents

Committees
Standing CommitteesOther Committees & Councils
Academic Planning Committee (APC)Alumni Board/SARC
Academic Standards Committee (ASC)Chaplains
Faculty Library Advisory CommitteeInstitutional Review Board
Appointments, Promotions & Tenure Committee (APT)Intercollegiate Athletics Committee
Budget Implementation Committee (BIC)DNS Science RPT Committee
Campus Aesthetics CommitteeJudicial Council
Curriculum CommitteeTrustee Academic Affairs Committee
Diversity CommitteeTrustee Advancement & Communications Committee
Faculty Executive Committee (FEC)Trustee Budget Committee
Committee on SustainabilityTrustee Facilities and Information Technology Committee
Study Abroad and International Programs CommitteeInvestment Committee
Teaching, Learning, and Campus Life CommitteeTrustee Student Affairs Committee
 Staff Council (SCR)
 Student Senate
Special Task Forces
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Steering Committee
Faculty Admissions Liaison

Index

 

Standing Committees

Academic Planning Committee (APC)

Faculty: 4

Students: 4 appointedAdministratorsStaff
  • Alma Bezares-Calderon (1/2)
  • Findley Finseth (1/2)
  • Jessica McCoy (2/2)
  • Rachel VanSickle-Ward (1/2)
  • Sophie Zheng
  • Joseph Levy
  • James Root Butterworth
  • TBD
  • Chawne Kimber ex-officio voting member (DoF)
  • Noosha Malek, Staff Council Rep, voting on non-academic issues 
  • Violet Luxton, DoF Staff, non-voting 

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Academic Standards Committee (ASC)

Faculty: 3Students: 3 appointedAdministratorsStaff
  • Maya Federman (1/2)
  • Debbie Duarte (1/2)
  • Thomas Lambert (2/2)
  • Terynn Horita
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • Menna Bizuneh (DoF), non-voting 
  • Aimme Real, Assistant Dean of Students, CLSA
  • Dr. Latreace Cox, Associate Dean of Students, OBSA
  • Dominique 'Nikki' Acosta, Director for CAPAS 
  • Jannie Gilson, Office of Registrar, ex-officio voting
  • Ellie Ash-Bala, Asst VP & Dean of Student Success & Wellbeing 
  • Tasmia Moosani, Sr Associate Dean, ex-officio voting member

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Faculty Library Advisory Committee

Faculty: 1
Barbara Junisbai

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Appointments, Promotions & Tenure Committee (APT)

Faculty: 6 elected / 2‐year appointmentsStudents: 2Administrators
  • Amanda Lagji - Chair
  • Emily Chao
  • Steffanie Guillermo 
  • Ahmed Alwishah
  • Alicia Bonaparte
  • Pete Chandrangsu
  • Mana Hashimoto (Senior Rep) 
  • TBD (Junior Rep)
  • Chawne Kimber (DoF voting) 
  • Administrator (non-voting)

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Budget Implementation Committee (BIC)

Faculty: 1 + 1 FEC and 1 APC repStudents: 1 VP of SSAdministratorsStaff: 2 non‐voting
  • Andre Wakefield
  • FEC Rep - TBD
  • APC Rep - TBD
  • Frederica Aboagye 
  • Strom Thacker (President, non-voting) 
  • Chawne Kimber (DoF voting ) 
  • Laura Schafer, COO and Treasurer, (voting) 
  • Pamela Mader (non-voting member)
  • Andrea Harris, Asst. Director of Budget Management, Academic Affairs
  • Jack Contreras and Afaf Igbaria, Staff Council non-voting

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Campus Aesthetics Committee

Faculty: 1Students: 4 appointedStaffAdministrators
  • Tahereh  Aghdasifar  - Chair
  • Celeste Cariker
  • Melinda Qerushi
  • Sofia Robel
  • TBD
  • Tim Lewis, Staff Council Member 
  • Michal Wisniowski, Pitzer College Art Galleries 
  • Stacy Elliott and Jill Hawthorne, Pitzer College Archives
  • Victoria Callahan, Residence Life
  • Gris Gomez, Facilities & Campus Services, non-voting
  • DoF (not req)

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Curriculum Committee

Faculty: 3Students: 3 appointedStaffAdministrators
  • Geoffrey Herrera
  • Shriya Nagpal 
  • Amanda Louise Johnson (F)
  • Claudia Strauss (S)
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • Thomas Lu
  • Gaby Uribe Quiroga, DoF non-voting
  • Jannie Gilson/Daniel Franco, Office of Registrar, ex-officio voting
  • Ellie Ash-Bala, Asst VP & Dean of Student Success & Wellbeing, non-voting 
  • Menna Bizuneh (DoF, ex‐officio)

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Diversity Committee

Faculty: 2 + APT RepStudents: 2 appointedAdministratorsStaff
  • Bahar Acu 
  • Maria Paz Almenara
  • APT Rep - TBD
  • Sihan Qiao
  • Angel Rodriguez
  • Harmony O'Rourke (DoF)
  • Gaby Uribe, Staff Council 
  • Dominique 'Nikki' Acosta, Director for CAPAS 
  • Tasmia Moosani. Assoc. Dean of Student Success
  • Lydia Middleton Dean of Students, OBSA
  • Xochitl Casillas, Dean of Students, CLSA
  • Marcus Gomez, Office of Admissions

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Faculty Executive Committee

Faculty: 4 electedStudents: 1 junior, 1 senior repAdministrators
  • Michelle Berenfeld
  • Sarah Gilbert (2/2) - Chair
  • Timothy Justus
  • Jeff Lewis
  • Senior Rep: Chantal Ramirez
  • Junior Rep: Isabella Guerra
  • Strom Thacker (President)
  • Chawne Kimber (DoF)
  • Valerie Weischedel (DoF Staff, non-voting)

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Committee on Sustainability

Faculty: 3Students: 2 appointedStaff: 2 appointedAdministrators
  • Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes, Chair, Interim RRC Director
  • Veronica Vriesman
  • Jo Ann Wang 
  • Lisa Han
  • Wilbur Moffitt
  • Zurayna Fatima
  • Bianca Rojo, Staff Council 
  • Angélica Gonzalez-Apple, RRC 
  • James Pasillas, IT Rep
  • Patrice Langevin, AVP of Facilities

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Study Abroad and International Programs Committee

Faculty: 2Students: 1‐elected, 1‐appointedStaff: 2 appointedAdministrators
  • Azamat Junisbai
  • Erich Steinman-Chair
  • Aylin Metzel
  • Sam Hanson
  • Karey Fuhs, Sr Director of Study Abroad and International Programs 
  • Regina Range, Director of PZ Programs, ex officio voting member
  • Michael Tocydlowski, Asst VP for Admission and Financial Aid, ex officio non-voting member
  • Jamie Francis and Sayjal Waddy, ex-officio members
  • Dean of Students Rep, CAPAS Director Nikki Acosta
  •  Juanita Aristizábal (DoF)

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Teaching, Learning, and Campus Life Committee

Faculty: 3 or 4StudentsStaff: 1 appointedAdministrators
  • Timothy Berg 
  • Mara Barbosa
  • Mihoko Kato
  • Sarah Marzen
  • Nina Ude
  • Angelina Liu
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • Victor Milhon-Martin, Staff Council 
  • Sarah Gilman (DoF) 
  • Stephanie Toral, Client Services Assistant, IT 
  • Berenice Lopez, Assistant Director of Student Engagement
  • Elizabeth Gonzalez, DoF Staff Support

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Other Committees & Councils

Alumni Board/SARC

Faculty: 2StudentsAdministrators & Staff
  • Laura Harris 
  • Philip Zuckerman
  • TBD
  • Marley Thomson
 

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Chaplains

Faculty: 1
  • Trung (Average) V. Phan

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Institutional Review Board

Faculty: 4AdministratorsStaff
  • Brian L. Keeley (S)            
  • Adrian Pantoja
  • Norma Rodriguez
  • Janet Sheung
  • Thomas Borowski (F) - Chair
  • Ina Haugen (Community Member)
  • Violet Luxton, DoF non voting

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Intercollegiate Athletics Committee

Faculty: 1
  • Suyapa Portillo Villeda (F)
  • Jia-Ahn Pan (S) 

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Department of Natural Sciences RPT Committee

Faculty: 1 + APT Rep
  • David Bachman
  • Dean of Faculty and APT- Rep

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Judicial Council

FacultyStaffStudents
  • Gautam Agarwal
  • Sumangala Bhattacharya (S)
  • Melissa Coleman
  • Lako Tongun
  • Carmen Fought (S)
  • Todd Honma (S)
  • Allen Omoto
  • Lance Neckar
  • Shawnika Perdue-Johnson (F)
  • Jesse Lerner
  • TBD
  • Victor Rendon
  • Cesar Morales Resendiz
  • Jasper Broad
  • Rae Ruben
  • Robinson Lee

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Trustee Academic Affairs Committee

Faculty: 2, FEC and APC chairsStudents
  • Sarah Gilbert (FEC)
  • Rachel VanSickle-Ward (APC)
 

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Trustee Advancement & Communications Committee

Faculty: 1Students
  • Andrea Acosta (S)
  • Ming-Yuen Ma (F)
 

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Trustee Budget Committee

Faculty: 1, BIC ChairStudent
  • Carina Johnson
 

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Trustee Facilities and Information Technology Committee

Faculty: 1Student
  • Zachary Wilson 
 

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Trustee Investment Committee

Faculty: 1Student
  • Darin Brown (F) 
  • Deepti Goel (S)
 

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Trustee Student Affairs Committee

Faculty: 1Students
  • Mita Banerjee 
 

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Staff Council

Staff Members

Committee Representatives: 

  • APC ‐Noosha Malek
  • BIC ‐ Jack Contreras and Afaf Igbaria
  • Campus Aesthetics ‐ Tim Lewis
  • Sustainability‐ Bianca Rojo
  • Diversity Committee - Gaby Uribe
  • TLCLC - Victor Milhon-Martin
  • Carlos Alvarez 
  • Melissa Burrows 
  • Kevin Bishop
  • Dominique Nikki Acosta
  • Jack Contreras
  • Chris Castaneda
  • Noosha Malek
  • Tasmia Moosani
  • Karina Ruiz
  • Bianca Rojo

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Student Senate

Faculty: 2 Faculty in ResidenceStudents
  • Fély Catan
  • President: Amirah Haque
  • Vice President of External Affairs: Frederica Aboagye
  • President of Internal Affairs: Yaw Acquah 
  • Vice President of Finance: Callia Kanaaneh
  • Vice President of Student Engagement: Amirah Haque
  • Vice President of Diversity: Omar Mnfy

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