What is the Equal Opportunity Committee?
The committee reports to the Vice President of Business and Financial Services and advises the Director of Civil Rights Compliance, on policy development, affirmative action plans and processes, and equal opportunity.
The purpose of the committee is to:
- Regularly identify and review areas that may impact equal opportunity such as university waivers or promotion and tenure; and
- Review complaints, investigative reports and findings of the investigator and determine whether the allegations have been substantiated in accordance with the discrimination complaint and resolution policy and procedures for employees.
Committee Membership
Member Type | Position | Member Name | Term Ends |
| Ex-Officio | Director of Civil Rights Compliance & Title IX Coordinator & ADA Coordinator | Thomas Pedersen | N/A |
Appointed | |||
| Dean | Dean, College of the Sciences | Tim Englund | 06/20/2025 |
| Exempt Employee (F) | Manager, Student Disability Services | Wendy Holden | 06/20/2024 |
| Exempt Employee (M) | Director, Early College Outreach/ Campus Visits | Manuel Rodriguez | 06/20/2024 |
| Faculty (M) | Professor, Dept of Art and Design | Keith Lewis | 06/20/2024 |
| Faculty (M) | Associate Professor, Eng Tech Safety & Construct | Charles Pringle | 06/20/2024 |
| Faculty (F) | Professor, Philosophy & Religious Studies | Cynthia Coe | 06/20/2025 |
| Faculty (F) | Professor, Psychology | Megan Matheson | 06/20/2025 |
| Civil Service (F) | Fiscal Specialist 2, Extended and Global Education | Josie Rollins | 06/20/2023 |
| Civil Service (F) | Program Coordinator, College Assistance Migrant Program | Justina Aguilera | 06/20/2023 |
| Civil Service (M) | Administrative Operations Manager- Athletics | Caleb Montgomery | 06/20/2025 |
| Civil Service (M) | Vacant | ||
| PSE (F) | Vacant | ||
| PSE (M) | Vacant | ||
| Student | Student Representative | Evelyn Roehn | 06/20/2023 |
| Student | Student Representative | Charles Johnson | 06/20/2023 |