Structure and Leadership
The Valuing Black Lives Task Force is will consist of five subcomittees. Each subcommittee will have an administrative co-lead and at least one co-lead representing each of these categories: a staff member co-lead, a senate faculty co-lead, a non-senate faculty co-lead, and two student co-leads – one undergraduate and one graduate, as well as additional members, for a total of about 10 members per subcommittee.
Once the academic year begins, the subcommittees will be expected to meet twice a month. The Task Force co-leads (Dania Matos, Jonathan Grady, and Robin DeLugan) will meet monthly with the subcommittee co-leads. The Task Force co-leads will meet with our executive sponsors – Chancellor Muñoz and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Camfield in October for a progress update, and again in December to review recommendations.
Task Force Co-Leads
Subcommittees Guiding Questions
Subcommittee Co-Leads and Members
Student Support Subcommittee
Co-Leads
- Charles Nies - Administrative co-lead
- Kiyah White - Undergraduate co-lead
- Onar Primitivo - Staff co-lead
- David Kaminsky - Senate faculty co-lead (Undergraduate Council)
- Hrant Hratchian - Senate faculty co-lead (Graduate Council)
- Chai Charles Moua - Non-Sentae faculty co-lead
Members
- Tania Gonzalez - Staff member
- Adam Fleenor - Graduate student member
- Priya Lakireddy - Staff member
- Domonique Jones - Alumni member
- Erik Menke - Senate faculty member
- Chuck Pirtle - Community member
Community Engagement Subcommittee
Co-Leads
- Ed Klotzbier - Administrative co-lead
- Efren Vazquez - Undergraduate co-lead
- Vernette Doty - Staff co-lead
- Yolanda Pineda Vargas - Non-Senate faculty co-lead
- Nigel Hatton - Senate faculty co-lead
Members
- Dawn Trook - Staff member
- Cori Lucero - Staff member
- Mari Harris - Staff member
- Kim Garner - Staff member
Policing and Anti-Black Violence Subcommittee
Co-Leads
- Martin Reed - Staff co-lead
- Lynette Void - Undergraduate co-lead
- David Snyder - Graduate student co-lead
- Mark Harris - Non-Senate faculty co-lead
- David Jennings - Senate faculty co-lead
Members
- Chou Her - Staff member
- Matthew Snyder - Non-Senate faculty member
- Tommy Tran - Non-Senate faculty member
- Michelle Toconis - Non-Senate faculty member
- Laura Martin - Staff member
- Priya Lakireddy - Staff member
- LaMonte Allen - Community member
Staff and Faculty Recruitment and Retention
Co-Leads
- Teenie Matlock - Administrative co-lead
- Nicole Pollack - Administrative co-lead (for staff)
- Zulema Valdez - Administrative faculty co-lead (for faculty)
- Yesenia Curiel - Staff co-lead
- Tashelle Wright - Graduate student co-lead
- Daniel R. Ayala - Non-Senate faculty co-lead
- Sean Malloy - Senate faculty co-lead
Members
- Guillermo Ortiz - Staff member
- Hannah Ewing - Staff member
- Chioma Ndubuisi - Staff member
- Rosana McKinney - Staff member
Research, Scholarship and Funding Opportunities Subcommittee
Co-Leads
- Marjorie Zatz - Administrative co-lead
- Kevin Easley - Graduate student co-lead
- Trevor Hirst - Staff co-lead
- Liza Gomez Daglio - Non-Senate faculty co-lead
- Jason Sexton - Senate faculty co-lead
Members
- Melinda Laroco Boehm - Staff member
- Terri Harris - Staff member
- Chuck Pirtle - Community member
- Staff member - Kevin Mitchell
