Subcommittees | Women's Advisory Committee for Support Staff

Emily Khan (Chair), Tina Alonzo (Vice Chair), Shannon McGuaghey (Secretary), Ashley Lathrop (Immediate-Past Chair)

In addition to their individual duties, members of the Executive Committee shall serve the following functions:

facilitate the development of projects, policies, and programs;
plan monthly meeting agendas; restate motions prior to a vote; and
interface with the ex-officio members, their respective offices, and other groups on behalf of the Committee.

Ashley Lathrop, Taren Storrs

The functions of the CM Subcommittee are:

to manage Committee communications, including brochures, social media, and the WACSS website;
to promote WACSS new member recruitment efforts;
to assist with the development of the Committee's event promotional materials; and
to assist with planning and promoting the Annual Spring Forum.

Tina Alonzo, Kathy Dorshimer, Crissy Hodges-Chakrani

The functions of the DEI Subcommittee are:

to identify and address issues related to diversity, equity, and/or inclusion affecting support staff, particularly women support staff;
to champion university initiatives that integrate and support inclusive representation in our policies and practices;
to coordinate relationship and memberships with Athena WIN;
to stay informed of RVSM updates;
to coordinate relationship with WIST;
to manage updates to the University's Anti-Discrimination Policies (every 3 years or on rolling annual cycle); and
to assist with the development of WACSS events as needed.

Anslee Norris, Arianna Perrien, Lindsey Rose, Penny Shanks

The functions of the EE Subcommittee are:

to coordinate all events, including the Annual Spring Forum, Insights Series, guest speaker events, new-year-planning retreat;
to co-plan the end-of-year retreat with the MBD Subcommittee;
to actively promote and represent WACSS at various events; and
to work closely with committee sponsors and ex-officio units regarding joint initiatives.

Lindsay Hasse, Mary Keyes, Shannon McGaughey, Harmony VanValkenberg, Alison Virag-McCann

The functions of the MBD Subcommittee are:

to coordinate the annual Executive Committee nomination process;
to facilitate new member recruitment, interviews, recommendations, and approval (by the Chief Diversity Officer and the new member's supervisor);
conduct orientation for new Committee members;
manage the relationship with the Emergency Menstrual Hygiene Product program;
to co-plan the end-of-year retreat with the MBD Subcommittee;
to manage TIAA/Financial Series;
to monitor and encourage personal and professional development of women support staff and remain engaged with Human Resources to obtain and share information; and
to assist with development of WACSS events as needed.

Be a representative and raise concerns from the unit level and serve as a sounding board to the Chief Diversity Officer.

Subcommittees meet as needed. The general time commitment is one to two hours per month. The Chair of each subcommittee will give a report to the committee as a whole at each monthly meeting.