Centers and Institutes Committee Members

MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the committee can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VII: Committees, Sec. 2, and includes at least 11 members, including the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs or their designee, Vice President for Research and Innovation or their designee, eight 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.

The Centers and Institutes Committee requires 7 out of 11 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

Bret Wagner, Chair

Brett Geier, Vice Chair

Lee Wells, Secretary

Ex Officio Member

Janet Hahn
Faculty Senate Executive Board

Permanent Members

Christopher Cheatham
Senior Vice Provost for Budget and Operations
(designee for the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs)

Remzi Seker
Vice President for Research and Innovation

Elected Members

Dustin Altschul (2027)
Fine Arts

Ron Cisler (2026)
Health and Human Services

Brett Geier (2027)
Education and Human Development

Matthew Ross (2025)
Business

Jana Schulman (2026)
Arts and Sciences

Bret Wagner (2027)
Representative-at-Large (Business)

Lee Wells (2026)
Engineering and Applied Sciences

Vacant (2025)
Aviation