Chancellor's Transition Advisory Team
The Transition Advisory Council is a smaller group of UNO, UNMC, and community members who were also nominated to be a part of the transition process. They meet often both as a council and directly with Chancellor Gold, as well as briefing the Transition Team as needed.
Team Members
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Dean, UNO College of Arts and Sciences | radkins@unomaha.edu | |
| Hamediah Alsafwani | Student | |
| John Amend, M.B.A. | Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director, UNO Facilities Management and Planning | jamend@unomaha.edu |
| Gaylene Armstrong, Ph.D. | Director and Professor, UNO School of Criminology and Criminal Justice | garmstrong@unomaha.edu |
| Dhundy "Kiran" Bastola | Associate Professor, UNO School of Interdisciplinary Informatics | dkbastola@unomaha.edu |
| Bianca Bautista, M.Ed. | Assistant Director, UNO Thompson Learning Community | bbautista@unomaha.edu |
| Candice Batton, Ph.D. | Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs | cbatton@unomaha.edu |
| Melissa Berke, Ph.D. | Assistant Dean, UNO College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media | mberke@unomaha.edu |
| Bret Blackman | Chief Information Officer, UNO | bblackman@unomaha.edu |
| David Boocker, Ph.D. | Dean, UNO College of Arts and Sciences | dboocker@unomaha.edu |
| Larry Bradley, Ph.D. | Adjunct Professor, UNO Department of Geography | lbradley@unomaha.edu |
| Katrina Brooks, M.Ed. | Assistant Director, UNO Thompson Learning Community | katrinabrooks@unomaha.edu |
| Jason Buzzell, M.A. | Associate Director, Digital Communications, UNO Office of University Communications | jbuzzell@unomaha.edu |
| Rex Cammack, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, UNO Department of Geology | rcammack@unomaha.edu |
| Omar Correa, M. Ed. | Associate Vice Chancellor, UNO Enrollment Management | ogcorrea@unomaha.edu |
| Michael Crawford, Re.D. | MMI Recreational Therapy at UNMC | mecrawford@unmc.edu |
| Paul Davis, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, UNO Department of Biology | pdavis@unomaha.edu |
| Doug Derrick, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, UNO School of Interdisciplinary Informatics | dcderrick@unomaha.edu |
| Susan Eldridge, Ph.D. | Accounting Department Chair, UNO College of Business Administration | seldridge@unomaha.edu |
| Charlotte Evans, M.A. | Director, UNO Public Safety | cevans@unomaha.edu |
| Janice Fink, M.S. | Business Manager, UNO College of Information Science & Technology | janicefink@unomaha.edu |
| Anthony Flott, M.A. | Director, Alumni Communications, UNO Alumni Association | aflott@unoalumni.org |
| James Freeman | Senior Director, Inclusion, UNO Office of Multicultural Affairs | jfreeman@unomaha.edu |
| Jeffrey French, Ph.D. | Professor and Director, UNO Neuroscience Undergraduate Program | jfrench@unomaha.edu |
| Matthew Galardi | Senior Security Analyst, UNO Information Technology Services | mgalardi@unomaha.edu |
| John Gunning | Supervisor, Grounds/Landscaping, UNO Facilities Management and Planning | jgunning@unomaha.edu |
| Eric Hager | Manager, UNO Bookstore | ehager@unomaha.edu |
| Karen Hein, Ph.D. | Director, UNO Center for Faculty Excellence | khein@unomaha.edu |
| Cecil Hicks, M.B.A. | Assistant Vice Chancellor, UNO Human Resources | clhicks@unomaha.edu |
| Jessi Hitchins, Ph.D. | Director, UNO Gender and Sexuality Resource Center | jhitchins@unomaha.edu |
| Nikitah Imani, Ph.D. | Professor and Department Chair, UNO Department of Black Studies | nimani@unomaha.edu |
| Jerilyn Kamm, M.A. | Director, UNO Graduate Studies | jhyneskamm@unomaha.edu |
| Alan Kolok, Ph.D. | Director, UNO Nebraska Watershed Network and UNMC Center for Environmental Health and Toxicology | akolok@unomaha.edu |
| Elizabeth Kraemer, M.P.A. | Director, Alumni Programming, UNO Alumni Association | ekraemer@unomaha.edu |
| Alexey Krasnoslobodtsev, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, UNO Department of Physics | akrasnos@unomaha.edu |
| Melanie Krings, M.B.A. | Director, UNO Executive Master of Business Administration | mdkrings@unomaha.edu |
| Max Kurz, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute | mkurz@unomaha.edu |
| Steve Langan, M.F.A. | Program Coordinator, Seven Doctors Project | slangan@unomaha.edu |
| Jaci Lindburg, Ph.D. | Director, UNO Digital Learning | jlindburg@unomaha.edu |
| Cameran Logsdon, M.A. | Instructor and Assistant Director, MavForensics | cslogsdon@unomaha.edu |
| Harmon Maher, Ph.D. | Professor, UNO Department of Geography | harmon_maher@unomaha.edu |
| Susan Kraft Mann | Director, UNMC Strategic Planning and Budget | skraftmann@unmc.edu |
| Caleb Moyer | Student | |
| Sara Myers, Ph.D. | Assistant Vice Chancellor, UNO Research and Creative Activity | samyers@unomaha.edu |
| Jody Neathery-Castro, Ph.D. | Associate Professor and Department Chair, UNO Department of Political Science | jneathery@unomaha.edu |
| Joyce Neujah, M.A.L.S. | Director, Patron Services, UNO Criss Library | jneujahr@unomaha.edu |
| Dave Nielsen, M.S. | Assistant Dean, UNO College of Business Administration | davidnielsen@unomaha.edu |
| Charlene Patterson, Ph.D. | Director, UNO Counseling and Psychological Services | cdpatterson@unomaha.edu |
| Cathy Pettid, M.S. | Assistant Vice Chancellor, UNO Student Affairs; Director, UNO Academic Career & Development Center | cpettid@unomaha.edu |
| Bill Pickett, M.Ed. | Director, UNO Student Involvement; Director, UNO Milo Bail Student Center | wpickett@unomaha.edu |
| Emily Poeschl, M.B.A. | Director, Marketing, UNO Office of University Communications | epoeschl@unomaha.edu |
| Joseph Price, Ph.D. | Special Projects Coordinator, UNO College of Arts and Sciences; Administrative Coordinator, UNO MACCT | jprice@unomaha.edu |
| Sajda Qureshi, Ph.D. | Professor and Graduate Chair, UNO Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis | squreshi@unomaha.edu |
| Vanessa Rath | UNO Parking and Transit Manager | vrath@unomaha.edu |
| T. Hank Robinson, Ph.D. | Director, UNO Office of Institutional Effectiveness | trobinson@unomaha.edu |
| Jim Rogers, Ph.D. | Associate Professor and Department Chair, UNO Department of Mathematics | jrodgers@unomaha.edu |
| Charlotte Russell | Assistant to the Chancellor, UNO Office of Equity, Access and Diversity | crussell@unomaha.edu |
| Jill Russell, Ph.D. | Assistant to the Senior Vice Chancellor | jfrussell@unomaha.edu |
| Renat Sabirianov, Ph.D. | Department Chair and Professor, UNO Department of Physics | rsabirianov@unomaha.edu |
| Deborah Smith-Howell, Ph.D. | Associate Vice Chancellor, UNO Academic Affairs; Dean, UNO Graduate Studies | dsmith-howell@unomaha.edu |
| Scott Snyder, Ph.D. | Associate Vice Chancellor, UNO Office of Research and Creative Activity; Interim Executive Director, Peter Kiewit Institute | sdsnyder@unomaha.edu |
| Richard Stacu, Ed.D. | Professor, UNO Health Education | stacy@unomaha.edu |
| Nicholas Stergiou, Ph.D. | Assistant Dean; Director, UNO Biomechanics Research Building | nstergiou@unomaha.edu |
| Rosemary Strasser,Ph.D. | Associate Professor and Director, UNO Neuroscience & Behavior Graduate Program | rstrasser@unomaha.edu |
| Katie Sup Rezac, M.Ed. | Assistant Director, UNO Division of Continuing Studies Academic Advising | ksup@unomaha.edu |
| Gina Svendsen, M.A. | eCommerce Coordinator, UNO Bookstore | gsvendsen@unomaha.edu |
| Peter Szto, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, UNO Grace Abbott School of Social Work | pszto@unomaha.edu |
| Bill Tappich, Ph.D. | Sophie and Feodora Kahn Professor of Biology, UNO Department of Biology | wtapprich@unomaha.edu |
| Scott Tarry, Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor, UNO Aviation Institute and School of Public Administration | starry@unomaha.edu |
| Regina Toman, Ph.D. | Assistant Dean, UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service; Director, UNO Division of Continuing Studies | rtoman@unomaha.edu |
| Rachel Tomcak, Ph.D. | Director, UNO College of Arts and Sciences Academic Advising | rtomcak@unomaha.edu |
| Adam Tyma, Ph.D. | Associate Professor and Graduate Program Chair, UNO College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media | atyma@unomaha.edu |
| Marsha Vance | Business Manager, UNO College of Education | mvance@unomaha.edu |
| Laura Wakefield | Manager, Employee Relations, Development & Recruiting, UNO Human Resources | lwakefield@unomaha.edu |
| Tony Wilson, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences; Scientific Director, UNMC Center for MEG | twwilson@unmc.edu |
| Suzanne Withem, M.A. | Advisory/Program Coordinator, UNO College of Arts and Sciences | swithem@unomaha.edu |
| Sara Woods, M.P.A. | Executive Associate to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Community Engagement; Director of Weitz CEC | swoods@unomaha.edu |
| Robert Woody, Ph.D. | Professor, UNO Department of Psychology | rwoody@unomaha.edu |
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