Members

In 2023, the Membership was expanded to increase access and participation while striking a balance among faculty, staff, students, disciplines, racial/ethnic, age, identity, viewpoint and other reflections of the campus community.

The commission is composed of thirty (30) members in the following categories:

  • Four members will hold faculty titles, ideally two tenured or tenure-track faculty and two non-tenure-track faculty, and to the extent possible will represent different colleges or schools;
  • Four members will be staff, representing various colleges, schools and units;
  • Four members will be undergraduate students; four will be graduate students;
  • Six members will be appointed by the campus entities defined below; and
  • Eight (8) members will be appointed at large.

There will be an ex officio member of each of the following:   

  • Faculty Senate
  • Staff Senate
  • Chancellor’s Office
  • Provost’s Office
  • Associated Student Government
  • Graduate and Professional Student Congress

Chancellor's Commission on Women - Membership 2024-2025

Executive Committee:

NAME OFFICER MEMBER TYPE
Michela Cupello Chair Ex-Officio, Staff Senate
Martha A. Anderson Vice-Chair, Chair of Membership Committee Latinx ERG
Parice Shantele Bowser Secretary Staff at Large
Angela Mosley-Monts Staff Liaison to the Women's Commission Staff Liason
TBA Office of the Chancellor Ex-Officio

Member Roster:

NAME                                                         MEMBER TYPE PER BYLAWS                                            COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Amy Allen    Faculty  
Skyler Ames-Patton Graduate Student  
Michelle Childress Indigenous ERG  
Taylor Gathings Black Students Association (BSA)  
Michelle Gray Faculty  
Synestra Hughes Black ERG  
Er-Gene Kahng Faculty  
Kara Karstedt Staff  
Katherine Ford National Panhellenic Council  
Suzanne Kucharczyk Faculty at Large  
Chistiane Long Faculty at Large  
Xong Lor Asian Pacific American ERG  
Abigail Patty Graduate Student  
Samantha Robinson Ex-Officio  
Shirin Saeidi Faculty Member  
Karen Sebold Faculty at Large  
Lobat Siahmakoun International ERG Chair of the Events Committee
Teresa Simpson Staff at Large  
Myrlinda Soedjede Staff  
Autumn Spicher Staff at Large Chair of the Recognition Committee
Heather Sprandel Faculty at Large  
Amy Stringer Staff at Large Chair of the Communications Committee
Elizabeth Vega United Greek Council  
Danielle Williams Staff  
Anna Zajicek Ex-Officio  
Abigail Schmitt Faculty at Large Chair of the Internal Affairs Committee
Kadesha Treco Disability ERG  
Lauryn Mays President of the Black Students Association (BSA)