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PSAC includes representation from various stakeholder groups within the University and South Side communities. It has a total of 13 voting representatives and six ex-officio non-voting representatives. Applications for membership are closed.

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Chair

  • Sharon R. Fairley, Professor from Practice in the Law School

University Faculty and Other Academic Appointee Representatives

  • Clifford Ando, David B. and Clara E. Stern Distinguished Service Professor; Professor of Classics, History, and the College
  • Casey Mulligan, Professor in Economics and the College
  • Iris Romero, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dean for Diversity & Inclusion in the Biological Sciences Division

UChicago Medicine Representative

  • Peter H. O’Donnell, Associate Professor of Medicine and Chair of Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics

Graduate Student Representative

  • Shriya Kotta, Creative Writing Masters of Arts Program in the Humanities
  • Dipesh Singla, Masters in Public Policy 

Undergraduate Student Representative

  • Darius Johnson, Undergraduate Student in the College

Staff Representatives

  • Espinola (Lisa) Woolfolk, Senior Buyer in Financial Services

UChicago Medicine Staff Representative

  • Franklin Cosey-Gay, Director, Violence Recovery Program

Community Representatives

  • Susan Johnson, Founder of Chicago Survivors, Inc./Retired Pastor
  • Loren Jones, Staff Attorney, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI)
  • Tyrone Muhammad, Executive Director of Ex-Cons for Community and Social Change (ECCSC)
  • Terrance Miller, Senior Pastor of Reach Within Spiritual Center/Co-founder and President at
    Gentleman’s Closet

Ex Officio

  • Somaiyya Ahmad, Director of Operations in the Office of the Provost
  • Kyle Bowman, University of Chicago Chief of Police
  • Gina Miranda Samuels, Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and
    Practice/Representative from the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
  • Elizabeth Shanin, Senior Associate General Counsel/Representative from the Office of Legal
    Counsel
  • Belinda Cortez Vazquez, Associate Dean of Students in the University for Student Affairs and
    Director, UChicago HELP
  • Wendy W. Williams, Executive Director, Community Partnerships/Representative from the
    Office of Civic Engagement