Committee Roster and Search Details

UB's title ix coordinator speaking at the first inclusive excellence summit.

The keynote panel at UB’s first Inclusive Excellence Summit in 2018.

Search Committee

Robin Schulze
Chair, Search Committee
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 

Keith Alford
Dean, School of Social Work

Mekonnen Ayano
Associate Professor, School of Law

Rajan Batta
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Diversity and SUNY Distinguished Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Emil Beckford
PhD Student, Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education 

Beth Del Genio
Chief of Staff to the President and Vice President for Government and Community Relations

Christina Hernandez
Senior Associate Vice President, Student Life

Cecilia Martinez Leon
Associate Professor of Teaching, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Lee Melvin
Vice Provost for Enrollment Management

Raechele Pope
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Affairs, Chief Diversity Officer, and Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy, Graduate School of Education

Search Consultant

The search committee is working with the assistance of Shelley Arakawa and Charlene Aguilar of the executive search firm, WittKieffer.