Persons With Disabilities Committee

The Committee for Persons with Disabilities, working in collaboration with key campus units, shall promote a more accessible physical campus, guide the removal of campus accessibility barriers, review reporting on accessibility improvements, develop and manage a plan for the improvement of accessibility in both the instructional and electronic environments, develop accessibility plans for ER preparedness and evacuations. The committee maintains, reviews, and periodically revises its Operational Guidelines which guides its goals and actions.

Membership

The Persons with Disabilities Committee shall be composed of 14 members:

  • Faculty:

    • Three faculty selected by University Senate Rules Committee (faculty should have knowledge of accessibility challenges and needs)

  • Continuing/Ex-officio:

    • Director of the Office of Accessibility (Committee Chair and Responsible Officer)

    • Assistant Vice President for Human Resources

    • AA/EEO Officer or designee

    • Associate Provost for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs or designee

    • Director of the Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (Biggio will also provide guidance in matters related to instructional design)

    • Director of the Office of Communications and Marketing or designee (OCM will also provide guidance on communications and promotional materials)

    • Director of Public Saftey or designee

    • Director of Campus Planning and Space Management

    • Director of Information Technology or designee

    • Parking Services designee

    • Athletic Events designee

Members

Name Department Term Exp.

Barclay Bentley, Chair

 Director, Office of Accessibility Continuing

Karla McCormick

 Assistant VP of Human Resources Continuing

Kelley Taylor

 AA/EEO Representative Continuing

Lindsay Doukopoulos

 Assoc. Dir. Educational Development, Biggio Center Continuing

Preston Sparks

 Dir. University Communications Services or designee Continuing

Clarence Stewart

 Campus Saftey and Security or designee Continuing

Jeff Steele

 Athletic Events designee Continuing

Arishna Lastinger

 Parking Services designee Continuing

Mark Bransby

 Sr. App Systems Analyst, designee Continuing

Richard Guether

 Dir. Campus Planning and Space Management Continuing

Melinda Camus

 CVM 2025

Jaclyn Koopmann

 Management and Entrepreneurship 2026

Dana Caudle

 Library 2027