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Steering Committee

The Steering Committee of the College Senate shall have the following duties:

  1. To plan the agenda for Senate meetings.
  2. To assign matters to Senate Committees, College Forum Committees, or Campus Councils for study or appropriate action.
  3. To design procedures whereby the policy-recommending activities of the Senate, its committees, and Campus Councils may be expedited.
  4. To discharge such other duties as may be delegated to it by the Senate or its Chair.

The Steering Committee shall consist of at least six members: the chair of the College Senate, the vice chair of the College Senate, the secretary of the College Senate, and three additional members elected from among the College Senate representatives at the organizational meeting of the Senate each year. The Senate Steering Committee shall have at least one representative from each campus.

Members of the Steering Committee shall hold office for a term of one organizational year. Members may succeed themselves.

The chair of the College Senate shall serve as chair of the Steering Committee. The vice chair of the College Senate shall serve as vice chair of the Steering Committee. The secretary of the College Senate shall serve as secretary of the Steering Committee.

Additional members may be invited to serve by the Chair of the Senate.

 Name    Campus
 Joan Blankmann   AL 
 Al Ross   AL 
 Kevin Simons  AN
 Diane Mucci  LO 
 Alicia Tucker  MA
 Katherine Willis   MEC 

ELECTIONS & CREDENTIALS

Membership: Members are elected from Senate membership, at least one representative per campus.

 Name    Campus
 Annemarie Anderson   AL 
 Kimberly Wright   AN 
 M. Hasam Anwari  LO
 Mary Ann Schmitt  MA 
 Barbara Gershman (Chair)  WO
 Patricia Ottavio 
  MEC 
 Kerin Hilker
  At large 

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Membership: Nine members elected from Senate membership, at least one representative per campus and constituency.

 Name    Campus
 Kenneth Balbuena 
  AL 
 Kevin Simons 
  AN 
 Diane Mucci 
  LO 
 Alicia Tucker (Chair) 
  MA 
 Ann Turpyn 
  WO 
 Kathy Grilliot 
  MEC  
Claudia Chirinos  CS

CONSTITUENCY

Membership: Eighteen members, six of whom are voting members of College Senate.

This committee has been suspended.

BUDGET ADVISORY

 Name    Campus    
 Ken Balbuena 
  AL 
 Dr. Barbara Saperstone (Chair)  AN
 Rick Tittmann  AN
 Dr. Ronald Buchanan  MA
 Al Ross (Senate Chair)
  WO
 Michael Turner  WO
 Dr. George Gabriel  CS
 Dr. Steven Sachs  CS
 Miguel Angel Garcia  CS
 Ben Pittman (Executive Secretary)
  CS