Committees

Administrative Cabinet

Dean: Anisa Zvonkovic, Chair

  • Allisen Penn
  • Connie Rogers
  • Gajanan Bhat
  • April Few-Demo
  • Swarn Chatterjee
  • Cal Powell
  • Suzanne Griffeth
  • Mark Ellenberg
  • Jenny Dutton
  • Zo Stoneman
  • Casey Crane
  • Melissa Landers-Potts
  • Megan Ford
  • Bernard Green
  • Jayme Bolding

Staff Council

Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics Melissa McBride mmcbride@uga.edu
Human Development and Family Science Livia Wade lswade@uga.edu
Nutritional Sciences Dulce Minaya dmm99774@uga.edu
Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors Jessica Bentley

jessica.bentley@uga.edu

Institute on Human Development and Disability Alexis Szelwach Alexis.Szelwach@uga.edu
Administrative Unit Catie Floyd catherine.floyd@uga.edu

Do you have a suggestion or issue that you would like Staff Council to discuss? Please contact your department representative to let them know!

Staff Council Bylaws

Staff Council

Student Technology Fee Advisory Committee

Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Vacant, Chair

Interim Chair, Melissa Landers-Potts

Director of Office of Technology and Instructional Services, Mark Ellenberg, Ex Officio

Business and Finance Office, Julie Hawkins, Ex Officio

Department Name Term End

NUTR

NUTR Alternate

Art Grider

Vacant

Spring 2026

Spring 2025

HDFS

HDFS Alternate

Catherine O'Neal

Melissa Kozak

Spring 2026

Spring 2026

FHCE

FHCE Alternate

Dee Warmath

Narang Park 

Spring 2024

Spring 2025

TMI

TMI Alternate

Kim Rich Meister

Greg Vessels

Spring 2026

Spring 2024

IHDD/UAP

IHDD Alternate

Zo Stoneman

Whitney Ostlander

Spring 2024

Spring 2025

OTIS Melinda Pethel N/A

Student Reps  (3 minimum, undergraduate, graduate, and combined

Frida Alejandro (FHCE)

William Tarbutton (FHCE)

Lindsay Moulton (TMI) 

Spring 2025
Student Success and Advising Center Bernard Green N/A
FACS Facilities Manager, Ex Officio Casey Crane  N/A

Curriculum Committee

Associate Dean for Academic Programs: Vacant, Chair

Interim Chair, Melissa Landers-Potts

Dean: Anisa Zvonkovic, Ex Officio

HDFS Melissa Kozak April Few-Demo
NUTR Connie Rogers Rob Pazdro
FHCE Effie Antonoudi Swarn Chatterjee
TMI Gajanan Bhat Clair McClure
IHDD Carol Britton-Laws Zo Stoneman
FACS Ed Tracey Brigman
SSAC Bernard Green Anne Allen

Inclusive Excellence Committee

Dean: Anisa Zvonkovic, Ex Officio

Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach: Allisen Penn

  • Melissa Landers-Potts, chair
  • On-going members from all departmental faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students
  • 2024-2025 Student representatives: Caroline Smith (HDFS), Luke Erickson and Molly Kovtun (FHCE)

Executive Committee

Dean: Anisa Zvonkovic, Chair

  • Allisen Penn
  • Melissa Landers-Potts
  • Connie Rogers
  • Gajanan Bhat
  • April Few-Demo
  • Swarn Chatterjee
  • Zo Stoneman
  • Jenny Dutton
  • Cal Powell
  • Suzanne Griffeth

Faculty Advisory Committee (Elected - 2 Year Term)

On-Going Members

Dean: Anisa Zvonkovic, Chair

Associate Dean for Academic Programs: Vacant, Ex Officio, 

Interim Seat, Melissa Landers-Potts

Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach: Allisen Penn, Ex Officio

2024-2026

NUTR Emily Noble
HDFS Assaf Oshri
Professor Jung Sun Lee
Assistant Professor Sha'Mira Covington

2023-2025

TMI Thea Ellenberg
Associate Professor Diann Moorman
Instructor/Lecturer Clair McClure
Public Service & Outreach Leigh Anne Aaron
FHCE Lu Fan

Graduate Coordinators

Dean: Anisa Zvonkovic, Chair

HDFS Ted Futris
NUTR Alex Anderson
FHCE Kimberly Skobba
TMI Yoo-Kyoung Seock

Undergraduate Coordinators

Associate Dean for Academic Programs: Vacant

Interim Chair, Melissa Landers-Potts

HDFS Melissa Kozak
NUTR Rob Pazdro
FHCE Effie Antonoudi
TMI Clair McClure 

Study Away Committee

Associate Dean for Academic Programs: Vacant, Chair

Interim Chair, Melissa Landers-Potts

Director of Development: Suzanne Griffeth (non-voting member)

Senior Director of Finance and Human Resources: Jenny Dutton (non-voting member) 

  • HDFS Stephanie Whitten
  • NUTR Alex Anderson
  • FHCE Effie Antonoudi
  • TMI Katalin Medvedev

Office Managers Forum

NUTR Tonya Harris
FHCE Melissa McBride
HDFS Livia Wade
TMI

Vacant

Accounts Forum

Chief Financial Officer Jenny Dutton-Chair
NUTR

Kandice Mitchell

HDFS Allen Orr
FHCE

Sonja Halder

TMI

Jessica Bentley

IHDD Christi Holbert
SNAP ED Heatherly McGinnis

Business Affairs Office Personnel: Tina Wiedemann, Amy Fricks, Brooke Salter

Student Veterans Liaisons

ASPIRE: Megan Ford

Scholarships and Awards Committee

Associate Dean for Academic Programs: Vacant, Chair

Interim Chair, Melissa Landers-Potts

Dean: Anisa Zvonkovic, Ex Officio

Director of Development: Suzanne Griffeth, Ex Officio

FHCE Diann Moorman
TMI

Clair McClure

NUTR Robert Pazdro
HDFS Melissa Kozak

Student-Faculty Affairs Committee (the President from each club, Student-Faculty Co-Chair)

Associate Dean for Academic Programs: Vacant, Faculty Co-Chair

Interim Chair, Melissa Landers-Potts

Dean: Anisa Zvonkovic, Ex Officio

Club Advisors

  • AAFCCLA: Vacant
  • SDA: Emma Laing
  • HDFS ASSN: Melissa Kozak
  • Phi Upsilon Omicron: Melissa Landers-Potts
  • HDFS GSO: Margaret Caughy
  • SAFCS: Vacant
  • SMA: Greg Vessels
  • HOUSE: Sherle Brown
  • NUTR GSO: Alex Anderson
  • SFPA: Michael Thomas
  • ROUGE: Jewon Lyu
  • FDSA: Vacant
  • THE AGENCY: Clair McClure
  • FHCE GSO: Diann Moorman
  • NKBA: Kim Rich Meister

University Council Memberships and Standing Committee

University Council - 3 year terms end June 30

Name

Dept

Anisa Zvonkovic (Ex-Officio)

Dean

Elizabeth Wieling (2024)

HDFS

Pamela Turner (2026)

FHCE

Kristy Archuleta (2025)

FHCE

Lauren Housley (2026)

NUTR

University Council Standing Committees 

Committee Name Dept

Committee on Facilities

Thea Ellenberg (2025)

TMI

Curriculum Committee

Vacant (2026)

Faculty Admission Committee

Vladimir Reukov (2025)

TMI

University Libraries Committee

Lauren Housley (2026)

NUTR

Executive Committee *

Pamela Turner (2026)

FHCE

Human Resources Committee *

Elizabeth Wieling (2024)

HDFS

Faculty Affairs Committee *

Kristy Archuleta (2025)

FHCE

University Faculty PTR Appeals Committee

Vacant (2026)

Educational Affairs Committee*

Chad Paton (2026)

NUTR

Program Review & Assessment (PRAC)

Maria Bermudez (2025)

Suraj Sharma (2025)

HDFS

TMI

Information Technology Committee Thea Ellenberg (2025) TMI
University Promotion and Tenure Appeals Committee Andrew Carswell (2026) FHCE
President's Faculty Advisory Committee Suraj Sharma (2025) TMI

* Must also be University Council Members

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