Committees

Duties and Responsibilities for All SBA Committees

All SBA Committee members are expected to dutifully perform the following:

  • Meet as a group at least monthly.
  • Create goals that the Committee would like to meet for the school year. These goals should include initiatives that the Committee will undertake as well as issues that need to be addressed.
  • Meet with the Executive Board member supervising the Committee to discuss the goals and initiatives of the Committee.
  • Appoint one student member to represent the Committee at SBA General Assembly Meetings, if the Committee Chair is unable to attend the meetings.
  • Work with faculty or staff liaison to carry out committee goals. If no faculty or staff liaison has been assigned, determine whether one is needed and communicate said decision to SBA Executive Board.
  • Define role of faculty or staff liaison. For example, must the liaison attend every meeting? Or, will the liaison simply serve as a sounding board when issues emerge or as the generator?
  • Execute tasks assigned to the Committee by the SBA Executive Board.
  • Convene at the request of the SBA Executive Board.
  • Maintain minutes and/or other formal records of all issues discussed, debated, or ultimately voted upon. These are to be kept both in hard copy and electronic format for the purpose of creating a written history for the Committee that can be transitioned to successors appointed by future SBA administrations and should be emailed to the Executive Board member supervising the Committee.

1L and LLM Committee Member Intake Process

During fall elections, 1Ls and LLM/LLMKs will be invited to join committees that have been selected to receive such members. During the nominating week, the SBA Executive Board will inform both groups of committee openings and ask that interested parties write a brief statement illustrating their desire to participate on a particular committee. These statements will be addressed to each committee chairperson. Committees will then decide on their new members. Transfer students will also be invited to join SBA Committees during this period.

Academic Affairs | Admissions | Career Services/Clerkships | Community Dialogue | Elections | Faculty Appointments/Relations | Graduation and Alumni Relations | Health and Housing | Social | Student Advisor | Student Services | Sustainability/Facilities | Technology

Academic Affairs

Faculty/Staff Liaisons: Professor James Lupo, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Lesley Kagan, Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Programming, and Registrar’s office
SBA Liaison: Patricia Adams
Co-Chairs: Chris Cimino, Jonathan Shaub

Members: Gail Schnitzer, Licyau Wong, Jonathan Riley, Rabi Lahiri, Ifeanyi Oteh, Heather Benzmiller, Alexandra Brodman, Courtney Hirsekorn, Jesse Klempner, Maksym Kolodii, Amber Jackson, Jade Leung, Seth Mendelsohn, Samuel Scarcello, Tiffany Taubman, Jason Turkish, Liz Uzelac, Phillip Wiese

[ back to top ]

Admissions

Faculty/Staff Liaisons: Johann Lee, Sarah Arimoto-Mercer
SBA Liaison: Kate Riordan
Co-Chairs: Lyndsie Schmalz, Mike Potere

Members: Lori Sorenson, Rachel Coe, Evan Elsner, Derek Linkous, Mary Novak, Eric White, Karima Douglas, Kathy Cernocky, Patricia Adams

[ back to top ]

Career Services / ClerkshipsFaculty/Staff Liaison: Bill Chamberlain, Professor Lisa Huestis

SBA Liaison: Kathy Cernocky
Chair: Liza Kostinskaya

Members: Rabi Lahiri, Ifeanyi Oteh, Jeremy Wilson, Amyn Andharia, Elizabeth Case, Sunil Dave, Kyle Hayden, Mark Hockley, Maksym Kolodii, Man-Ying Lau, Amber Montague, Alexius Cruz O'Malley, Brendan Reardon, John Riordan, Elizabeth Sellers, Kristen Vogel, Tim Woerner

[ back to top ]

Community Dialogue

Faculty/Staff Liaison: Audra Wilson
SBA Liaison: Kathy Cernocky
Chair: Jacob Herbach

Members: Amber Jackson, Elizabeth Sellers

[ back to top ]

Elections

Faculty/Staff Liaison: TBD
SBA Liaison: Patricia Adams
Chair: Will Singer

Members: Allen Wan, Heather Benzmiller, Freya Riel

[ back to top ]

Faculty Appointments/Relations

Faculty/Staff Liaison: Professors David Dana and Emerson Tiller
SBA Liaison: Kate Riordan
Co-Chairs: Lindsay Dunbar, Erin Vaughn

Members: Steve Munch, Katie Neville, Gail Schnitzer, Derek Wikstrom, Alex Wolf, Alexis Ortiz, Rachel Lewis, Sara Whitaker, Jonathan Riley, Katie Gorham, Eric White, Jonathan Shaub, Derek Linkous, Melissa Hindman, Sara Kase, Tom Kayes, Samuel Scarcello, Jason Turkish, Liz Uzelac

[ back to top ]

Graduation and Alumni Relations

Faculty/Staff Liaison: Cliff Zimmerman, Dean of Students, Student Affairs
SBA Liaison: Kathy Cernocky
Co-Chairs: Lori Sorenson, Abigail Fleming

Members: Roshan Shrestha, Cathy Biglari, Emily Seymore, Brian Caster, Clare Conroy, Colby Dillon, Margot Gianis, Asena Haznedar, Melissa Hindman, Mark Hockley, Esther King, Man-Ying Lau, Jade Leung, Alexius Cruz O'Malley, Deepa Ravindranath, Freya Riel, Manuela Rios, John Riordan

[ back to top ]

Health and Housing

Faculty/Staff Liaison: Cliff Zimmerman, Dean of Students, Student Affairs
SBA Liaison: Patricia Adams
Chair: Megan O'Flynn

Members: Allen Wan, Alexandra Brodman, Margot Gianis

[ back to top ]

Social

Faculty/Staff Liaison: Sandra Moffett and Ernest Perez
SBA Liaison: Larry Bailey
Co-Chairs: Kathy Rowings, Katie Pulaski

Members: Chris Cimino, Peter Stach, Rebecca Felsenthal, Alexandra Brodman, Lauren Caisman, Colby Dillon, Robert Harrits, Kyle Hayden, Sara Kase, Andrew Kimball, Andrew King, Julie Lee, Michael Lehrman, Abbey Raish, Freya Riel, Sydney Schneider, Viren Tellis, Kate Tramontana, Liza Wehrly, Kelly Winslow

[ back to top ]

Student Advisor

Faculty/Staff Liaison: Susie Spies Roth, APEx Director
SBA Liaison: Kathy Cernocky
Chair: Licyau Wong

Members: Mary Novak, Will Singer, Patrick Callaghan, Rebecca Stephens, Amber Montague

[ back to top ]

Student Services

Faculty/Staff Liaison: Cliff Zimmerman, Dean of Students, Student Services
SBA Liaison: Kate Riordan
Co-Chairs: James Dorsey, Alicia Hwang

Members: Chris Cimino, Lauren Caisman, Sunil Dave, Kelly Hollingsworth, Andrew King, Susan O'Banion, Kate Tramontana, Liza Wehrly

[ back to top ]

Sustainability / Facilities

Faculty/Staff Liaison: George Langford, Operations Manager
SBA Liaison: Larry Bailey
Chair: Kristina Moen

Members: Joanna Lawler, Brendan Reardon, Becca Roux, Elizabeth Sellers, Jason Turkish

[ back to top ]

Technology

Faculty/Staff Liaisons: Colin Sasser, Associate Director of IT – Applications Development and Christel Bridges, Director of IT
SBA Liaison: Larry Bailey
Co-Chairs: Ori Blum, Frank Morphis

Members: Corey McCaffrey, Muneeb Bokhari, Mark Hockley, Andrew Kimball

[ back to top ]