UTHSC-H Diversity Council

The Diversity Council is composed of faculty and administration who will advise and counsel executive leadership on various diversity issues. The Council was created as a direct result of the Institutional Diversity Plan and its work is carried out by four work groups: (1) Organizational Assessment and Advocacy; (2) Workplace, Career Interests, Community Outreach; (3) Students; and (4) Recruitment of Faculty and Administration.

Council Members
(Complete list of Council Membership)

Chair

L. Maximilian Buja, MD
Executive Vice President,
Academic Affairs

Representatives

William Adcox
Chief, UT Police Department

Joe Bedford, MD
Associate Professor, Medical School

Bryant Boutwell, DrPH,
Associate Dean, Medical School

Marsha Brody-Silva,
Director, Client Services
Human Resources

Dennie Clemons
University Classified Staff Council

Christine S. Cocanour, MD,
Associate Professor, Surgery,
Medical School

Mary Ann Dhir
Psychiatry, Medical School

Maria E. Fernandez, PhD,
Director of Diversity Programs,
School of Public Health

Charles A. Figari,
Vice President, Auxiliary Enterprises

Thomas J. Goka, PhD,
Assistant Dean,
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

R. Andrew Harper, MD,
Assistant Dean, Medical School

Vacant
Academic Affairs

Vacant
Budget & Financial Reporting

Nancy Hudgins,
Director, Marketing & Community Relations
Office of Insitutional Advancement

Cleverick D. Johnson, DDS,
Director of Recruiting, Dental Branch

Ronald Johnson, DDS,
Vice President, Strategic Affairs

Victoria Knutson, PhD,
Assistant Dean, GSBS

Lynnette Lewis,
Administrative Service Officer,
Dental Branch

Katherine Loveland, PhD,
Assistant Dean, Medical School

Lois J. Moore, BSN, LHD, FACHE
Chief Administrator,
UT Harris County Psychiatric Center

Carlos A. Moreno, MD,
Vice President, Community and Educational Outreach

Linda Z. Nieman, PhD
Chair, Committee on the Status of Women

Paula N. O'Neill, EdD,
Associate Dean, Dental Branch

Ted D. Pate, PhD
Chair, Interfaculty Council

Bela Patel, MD
Assistant Professor, Medical School

Chirag B. Patel,
Student, Medical School and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Hugh P. Pierpont, DDS,
Associate Dean, Dental Branch

Manuel Reyes,
Student, Medical School
President, Student InterCouncil

Terry E. Rives, DrPH,
Director, Institutional Assessment

Jeffrey W. Scott,
Director of Management Operations, Medical School

Mary Ann Smith, PhD,
Assistant Dean,
School of Public Health

Henry Strobel, PhD,
Associate Dean,
Medical School

Deborah A. Todd,
Director/Manager, Admissions,
School of Health Information Sciences

Chiyeko Tsuchitani, PhD
Professor, Medical School

Robin J. Williams, MD,
Assistant Professor,
Medical School

Sherry M. Wilson,
Director, Employee Assistance Program

Su-Feng (Sue) Yu
Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical School

Jorge Zambra,
Director of Management Operations,
Medical School

Date modified February 10, 2005