Committees
2019-2020 Committee Assignments
Any corrections/changes, please contact Elaine Mattes, Office of the Vice President and Dean, at 621-7621. More information about UA committees can be found at the UA Faculty Governance website.
Jim Hunt, Career and Academic Services - chair
Angela Taylor, Family and Consumer Sciences
Nancy Rodriguez Lorta, Career and Academic Services - ex officio
Parker Antin, Associate Vice President for Research
Shane Burgess, Vice President for Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension
Jim Davis, Development, Alumni, Advocacy and Corporate Relations
Kevin Fitzsimmons, Director, International Initiatives
Mitch McClaran, Associate Director, Experiment Station Strategy - Rangelands
Jean McLain, CALS Assistant Dean for Faculty Advancement
Matt Rahr, Communications and Cyber Technologies
Jeffrey Ratje, Associate Vice President for Finance, Administration and Operations
Jeff Silvertooth, Director, UA Cooperative Extension
Ursula Schuch, chair, Diversity and Inclusiveness Council
Mike Staten, Bart Cardon Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Career Development
Gary Thompson, chair, CALS Unit Heads
Jennifer Yamnitz, Career and Academic Services
Brian Berrellez - chair
Kelly Arizmendi
Susanna Eden
Dava Jondall
Heather Roberts-Wrenn
Nancy Rodriguez Lorta
Jeffrey Ratje - ex officio
Matt Mars, Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation - chair
Joan Curry, Environmental Science - vice chair
Betsy Arnold, Plant Sciences
Jim Hunt, Family and Consumer Sciences
Mitch McClaran, Natural Resources and the Environment
Jennifer Ravia, Nutritional Sciences
Dennis Ray, Plant Sciences
Jennifer Ricketts, Nutritional Sciences
Bobby Torres, Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation
Tom Wilson, Environmental Science and The Honors College
Dennis Ray, Plant Sciences, term ends 6/2020 - Chair
Horst Dieter Steklis, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, term ends 6/2021 - Vice chair
Quintin Molina, Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation, term ends 6/2021
Tanya Quist, Plant Sciences, term ends 6/2021
Lisette Rice, Family and Consumer Sciences, term ends 6/2022
Dennis Ray, Plant Sciences - chair
Emily Butler, Graduate Council Representative
Wendy Davis, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Race Track Industry Program
Kelly Jackson, Nutritional Sciences - Dietetics
Darin Knapp, Family and Consumer Sciences
Xianchun Li, Entomology
Kirsten Limesand, Graduate Council Representative
Stephen Poe, Biosystems Engineering
Katy Prudic, Natural Resources and the Environment
Amber Rice, Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation
Jennifer Ricketts, Nutritional Sciences - General and General Education Representative
Dari Trujillo, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Microbiology
Dari Trujillo, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Veterinary Science
Jim Walworth, Environmental Science
Na Zuo, Agricultural and Resource Economics
tba, Undergraduate Student Representative
tba, Graduate Student Representative
Jim Hunt, Career and Academic Services - ex officio
Fiona McCarthy, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences - chair
Mike Crimmins, Environmental Science
Eric Lyons, Plant Sciences
Katy Prudic, Entomology
Matt Rahr, Communications and Cyber Technologies
Jeremy Weiss, Natural Resources and the Environment
Murat Kacira, Biosystems Engineering - chair
Mark Beilstein, Plant Sciences - co-chair
Melissa Barnett, Family and Consumer Sciences
Matt Mars, Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation
Donato Romagnolo, Nutritional Sciences
Todd Schlenke, Entomology
Russell Tronstad, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Markus Tuller, Environmental Science
Willem van Leeuwen, Natural Resources and the Environment
Gayatri Vedantam, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Parker Antin, Associate Vice President for Research
Sangita Pawar, Assistant Vice President for Research
Ursula Schuch, Plant Sciences - chair
Maria del Carmen Aranguren, Communications and Cyber Technologies
Traci Armstrong Florian, Cooperative Extension
Maya Azzi, Career and Academic Services
Katherine Broneck, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Don Falk, Natural Resources and the Environment
Felicia Frontain, Family and Consumer Sciences
Alex Hu, Plant Sciences
Angela Kaczowka, Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation
Luise King, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Darin Knapp, Family and Consumer Sciences
Erin Korte, Plant Sciences
Cathy Martinez, Cooperative Extension
Luciano Matzkin, Entomology
Jackie Maximillian, Environmental Science
Melissa Merrick, Natural Resources and the Environment
Nita Ocansey, Nutritional Sciences
Heather Roberts-Wrenn, Division Business Services
Nancy Rodriguez-Lorta, CALS Advising and Student Services
Trent Teegerstrom, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Aaron Tevik, Biosystems Engineering
Shane Burgess
Vice President, Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension
Charles-Sander Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Director, Arizona Experiment Station
Parker Antin
Associate Vice President for Research, Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension
Associate Dean, Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Jeffrey Ratje
Associate Vice President for Finance, Administration and Operations, Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension
Treasurer, Arizona Experiment Station
Jeff Silvertooth
Director, UA Cooperative Extension
Associate Dean, Economic Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Mike Staten
Bart Cardon Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Career Development
David Baltrus, Plant Sciences - chair
Bonnie Colby (SP20), Agricultural and Resource Economics
Kamel Didan, Biosystems Engineering
David Galbraith, Plant Sciences
Sabrina Helm, Family and Consumer Sciences (CALS Faculty Senate Representative)
Melanie Hingle, Nutritional Sciences (CALS Faculty Senate Representative)
Jia Hu, Natural Resources and the Environment
Jim Hunt, Family & Consumer Sciences (CALS Faculty Senate Representative)
Kelly Jackson, Nutritional Sciences
Luciano Matzkin, Entomology
Jackie Maximillian, Environmental Science
Fiona McCarthy, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Jeff Michler (FA19), Agricultural and Resource Economics
Ayman Mostafa, Maricopa County Cooperative Extension
Timothy Ottusch, Family and Consumer Sciences
Amber Rice, Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation
Steve Smith, Natural Resources and the Environment
Katie Speirs, Family and Consumer Sciences
Gayatri Vedantam, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences (CALS Faculty Senate Senator-at-Large)
J. Scott Wilbur, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Sabrina Helm, College Representative CALS (2020), Family and Consumer Sciences
Melanie Hingle, College Representative CALS (2020), Nutritional Sciences
James Hunt, College Representative CALS (2020), Career and Academic Services
Gayatri Vedantam, Senator-at-Large (2021), Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Todd Schlenke (Biological Sciences), Entomology, term ends 12/2019 - chair
David Breshears (Natural Sciences), Natural Resources and the Environment, term ends 12/2020 - vice chair
Satheesh Aradhyula (Social Sciences), Agricultural and Resources Economics, term ends 12/2021
Melissa Delgado (Social Sciences), Family and Consumer Sciences, term ends 12/2020
Craig Rasmussen (Natural Sciences), Environmental Science, term ends 12/2020
Sadhana Ravishankar (Biological Sciences), Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, term ends 12/2019
Jennifer Teske (Biological Sciences), Nutritional Sciences, term ends 12/2021
Michael Ottman, Plant Sciences, term ends 6/2020 - chair
Larry Howery, Natural Resources and the Environment, term ends 6/2021 - vice chair
Gregory Bradley, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, term ends 6/2022
Rick Gibson, Pinal County Cooperative Extension, term ends 6/2020
Christopher Jones, Gila County Cooperative Extension, term ends 6/2020
Trent Teegerstrom, Agricultural and Resource Economics, term ends 6/2021
Jim Walworth, Environmental Science, term ends 6/2021
Jeffrey Fehmi, Natural Resources and the Environment, term ends 6/2020 - Chair
Emily Butler, Family and Consumer Sciences, term ends 6/2021 - Vice chair
Judith Brown, Plant Sciences, term ends 6/2022
Bonnie Colby, Agricultural and Resource Economics, term ends 6/2020
Joan Curry, Environmental Science, term ends 6/2022
Xianchun Li, Entomology, term ends 6/2021
Stephen Poe, Biosystems Engineering, term ends 6/2022
Robert Lanza, Family and Consumer Sciences - chair
Sonia Burnett, Development and Alumni Affairs
Bernadette Capossela, Water Resources Research Center
Richard DeGuzman, Plant Sciences
Trudy Morrow, Nutritional Sciences
Kevin Teres, Environmental Science - treasurer
Amanda Zaman, Family and Consumer Sciences - secretary
Elaine Mattes, ALVSCE Administration - ex officio
Robert Torres, Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation - chair
Rivka Fidel (Soils), Environmental Science
Ed Franklin (Agricultural Mechanics), Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation
Sam Garcia (Meats Evaluation), Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Betsy Greene (Horse Evaluation & Selection), Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Gene Hall (Entomology), Entomology
Larry Howery (Range Management), Natural Resources and the Environment
Chris Jones/Noel Fletcher (Forestry), Natural Resources and the Environment
Luise King (Veterinary Technology), Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Quint Molina (Student Chairs/Volunteers), Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation
Mike Ottman (Agronomy & Field Crop Management), Plant Sciences
Amber Rice (Job Interview), Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation
Ursula Schuch (Nursery/Landscape), Plant Sciences
Trent Teegerstrom (Agricultural Business Management), Agricultural and Resource Economics
TBD, unfilled at present (Livestock Evaluation & Selection)
Kelly Jackson, Nutritional Sciences - chair
Wendy Davis, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Felicia Frontain, Family and Consumer Sciences
Kathleen (Katie) Hughes, Natural Resources and the Environment
Jim Hunt, Career and Academic Services
Paige Jacobson, Family and Consumer Sciences
Darin Knapp, Family and Consumer Sciences
John Koprowski, Natural Resources and the Environment
Kathleen Landeen, Environmental Science
Quintin Molina, Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation
Dennis Ray, Plant Sciences
Donald Slack, Biosystems Engineering
Kristina Souders, Entomology
Gary Thompson, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Mike Staten, Career and Academic Services - ex officio