Senate Bill 17 Compliance: The IDEA Committee is impacted by Texas Education Code 51.5325 and is currently under revision.

 

Membership FY23

Name Contact Information School/Office Term
Heather Oltmann, Chair (Staff)

972-883-2501
heather.oltmann@utdallas.edu

School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

8/31/2024
Mohammad Akbar, Vice Chair 972-883-6453
akbar@utdallas.edu

School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

8/31/2024
Roxanne Minnish

972-883-7502
roxanne.minnish@utdallas.edu

Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology

8/31/2024
Rym Zalila-Wenkstern

972-883-2091
rymw@utdallas.edu

Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

8/31/2025
S. Diane Durant

972-883-7508
durant@utdallas.edu

Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology

8/31/2025
Shayla Holub 972-883-4473                                    sholub@utdallas.edu School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences 8/31/2024
Brooke Everette 972-883-2544                      brooke.everette@utdallas.edu Student Affairs 8/31/2024
Nandita Kumar, Student nandita.kumar@utdallas.edu Undergraduate Student (EPPS) 8/31/2024
Sakshi Saxena, Student sakshi.saxena@utdallas.edu Graduate Student (JSOM) 8/31/2024
Lakeisha Lewter, Student

lakeisha.lewter@utdallas.edu

Post Doctoral Student (BBS)

8/31/2024
 
The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) Committee at The University of Texas at Dallas is a University-wide committee.

RUO
Yvette Pearson, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Ex Officio without vote
Heather Oltmann, Immediate Past Chair
Janette Bell, Representative from Human Resources
Andrea Scofield, Representative from Institutional Compliance, Equity and title IX Initiatives
Melissa Hernandez-Katz, Representative from the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Briana Hobbs, Representative from Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Serenity King, Representative from the Office of Programs, Accreditation, and Assessment

Ex Officio with vote
‘Yonas Tadesse, Chair, Campus Accessibility Committee

Staff
Heather Oltmann (8/31/2024) Chair
Sivya Leventhal (8/31/2024)
Baylee Moster (8/31/2025)
Charles Vincent (8/31/2025)

Academic Administrators
Shayla Holub (BBS) (8/31/2025)

Administrative Unit Leaders
Brooke Everette (SA) (8/31/2024)

Committee Charge: UTDPP1022

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