Ad Hoc Academic Innovation and Foresight Committee Members

MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the committee shall include at least 12 members including the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost and, or their designee; the Chief Information Officer or their designee; a representative from the Office of Faculty Development; and seven faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate Executive Board (one from each academic college and one at large), and the Faculty Senate President or Executive Board designee as an ex officio member; and one undergraduate student selected by the Western Student Association.

The AdHoc-AIFC requires 7 out of 12 voting members to be in attendance to establish quorum, as long as there are no Vacant seats, any Vacant seat(s) should be removed from the voting member total so that one more than half of the new total is needed for quorum. (*indicates a non-voting member).

Committee Officers

Jennifer Bott, Chair

VACANT, Vice Chair

VACANT, Secretary

Ex Officio Member

David Szabla
Faculty Senate Executive Board

Permanent Members

Andrew Holmes
Chief Information Officer

Lusike Mukhongo
Office of Faculty Development Representative

Sara Nelson
Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Elected Members

Jennifer Bott (2028)
Business

Ben Brady (2028)
Health & Human Services

Jacklyn Brickman (2028) 
Fine Arts

Xiaoyun Shao (2028)
Engineering and Applied Sciences

VACANT (2028)
Arts and Sciences

VACANT (2028)
Aviation

VACANT (2028)
Education and Human Development

VACANT (2028)
Representative-at-Large

Permanent Advisory Members

*Remzi Seker
Vice President for Research and Innovation