Athletics Council

Function

  • Acts in an advisory capacity to the director of intercollegiate athletics in all matters affecting intercollegiate athletics
  • Makes recommendations to the president on matters pertaining to intercollegiate athletics

Composition and tenure

  • 9 faculty (4 to 5 men, 4 to 5 women), with 3-year terms. (F)
  • 1 graduate student and 3 undergraduate students, including 2 women, with 1-year terms.
  • 4 alumni (2 men, 2 women), with 3-year terms. (alumna/alumnus)
  • Faculty Athletics Department representative; executive director, Alumni Relations; associate dean, University College; director, Intercollegiate Athletics; senior associate athletics director; Executive vice president for finance and administration, and the president; or his or her designees.

The chair is the faculty Athletics Department representative.

Responsible to the president.


Committee membership

Swanger, Nancy

Faculty athletics representative
Chair

Barry, Chris

Psychology
Committee term end: 2024 (F)

Chahal, Manpreet

Alumnus
Committee term end: 2025

Chun, Pat

Athletic Director
Ex officio

Farley, Brigit

History-WSU Tri-Cities
Committee term end: 2024 (F)

Graves, Janessa

College of Nursing
Committee term end: 2025 (F)

Heim, Chioma

Alumna
Committee term end: 2024

Hyatt, Jenna

Associate Vice Chancellor of
Student Affairs/Dean of Students
Ex officio

Kmec, Julie

College of Arts & Sciences
Committee term end: 2025 (F)

Lewis, Thabiti

English-WSU Vancouver
Committee term end: 2025 (F)

Licen, Simon

College of Education
Committee term end: 2026 (F)

Maki, Mariah

Executive director, Alumni Relations
Ex officio

McCoy, Anne

Senior associate athletics director
Ex officio

Miller, Sarah

School of Music
Committee term end: 2026

Murray, Vicky

Finance and Adminstration
Ex officio

Peschel, Jason

School of Design & Construction Management
Committee term end: 2024 (F)

Pressley, Shelley

Associate Dean of Student Success
Voiland College of Engineering
Committee term end: 2025 (F)

Schulz, Kirk H.

President
Ex officio

Schuster, Mark

Alumnus
Committee term end: 2026

Shier, David

Associate Dean, Honors College
Committee term end: 2026 (F)

Spangler, Shelly

Alumna
Committee term end: 2025